Eerste Divisie fixture prediction and stats, news and lineups for the FC Eindhoven vs NAC Breda duel

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Louwers Stadion (4600 seats)

The football year has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, highs and lows giving mid-table places so far. Gear up for FC Eindhoven - NAC Breda!

Insights:
  • FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This ground has artifical turf, which is not NAC Breda's familiar surface at their own field. When playing on artifical turf NAC Breda have performed like this: Played 25 matches with the output 8 wins, 5 draws and 12 defeats with the goal numbers 42-50 (scored/conceded).

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

9-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for FC Eindhoven so far this season.

The FC Eindhoven coach Penders and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus VVV-Venlo (placed 5th). The hometeam coach Penders made a successful contribution in the game against VVV-Venlo, bringing on Kökçü who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Doorm got a match rating of 7.22 in that game, the max score being 10. Doorm served one assist and hit five key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting PEC Zwolle in a game that was won 4-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does FC Eindhoven handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Goals from both teams! That has happened in 5 league matches in a row for this team. Could it happen again?

Goals decide football matches and Eindhoven are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 16 league matches. FC Eindhoven's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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NAC Breda form and stats

Playing away, NAC Breda have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 8 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Willem II with 0-1 on the scoreboard. McNulty was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.13. The defender McNulty hit one key pass and won 6 of 12 duels.

Before that, Breda secured a home win against FC Den Bosch with the score 2-0.

NAC Breda are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Breda's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 league matches away. NAC Breda have conceded 34 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H game ended NAC Breda - FC Eindhoven 1-1, earlier this season. Statistics for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Eindhoven, four draws and four wins for NAC Breda. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

NAC BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
13 goals
NAC BredaJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
12 goals
FC EindhovenC. Brym
C. Brym
10 goals

FC Eindhoven missing players

NAC Breda missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Eindhoven NAC Breda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
14 9 1 Won W 2 6 15
9 4 3 Drew D 1 2 4
10 3 1 Lost L 1 8 14
52 34 9 Scored S 7 25 54
49 20 10 Conceded C 5 34 56
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
55% 62% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 88% 67%
36% 44% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 56% 42%
21% 31% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 21%
55% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 81% 70%
21% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 15%
24% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 15%
 
4.3 4.3 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.8 5
5.1 5.6 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5 4.7
1.8 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 1.8 1.6
6 4 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.3 8.9 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8.6 10.2
4 3.6 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.3
39% 59% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 41% 38%
 
10.3 9.9 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 12.8 11.1
3.7 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.4 4.4
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of NAC Breda's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • NAC Breda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles Almelo 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 56 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 21 56
5 VVV-Venlo 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -2 49
9 Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
16 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
17 TOP Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PEC Zwolle 33 24 3 6 87 36 17 13 2 2 51 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 51 75
2 Heracles Almelo 33 22 4 7 91 41 17 13 3 1 56 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 50 70
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 32 16 8 8 56 35 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 6 4 28 20 21 56
5 VVV-Venlo 33 15 8 10 52 46 17 5 7 5 22 20 16 10 1 5 30 26 6 53
6 MVV Maastricht 33 16 5 12 60 58 17 12 3 2 39 19 16 4 2 10 21 39 2 53
7 FC Eindhoven 33 14 9 10 52 49 16 9 4 3 34 20 17 5 5 7 18 29 3 51
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 56 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -2 49
9 Graafschap 33 13 7 13 56 47 16 8 2 6 26 18 17 5 5 7 30 29 9 46
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 33 11 10 12 34 49 16 6 4 6 19 24 17 5 6 6 15 25 -15 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 3 6 24 21 17 5 3 9 19 26 -4 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Helmond Sport 33 10 8 15 33 50 16 7 3 6 23 20 17 3 5 9 10 30 -17 38
16 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
17 TOP Oss 33 9 5 19 41 64 17 5 3 9 26 32 16 4 2 10 15 32 -23 32
18 FC Dordrecht 33 8 6 19 35 57 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 3 11 16 34 -22 30
19 FC Den Bosch 33 9 3 21 43 79 17 7 2 8 28 30 16 2 1 13 15 49 -36 30
20 Jong Utrecht 32 6 5 21 31 55 16 4 3 9 16 20 16 2 2 12 15 35 -24 23

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The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.