FC Volendam host NAC Breda as obvious favourites: Full football preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 18.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kras Stadion (7384 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is a way to look into the future. The FC Volendam club members are optimistic that the gap between 2nd and NAC Breda's 14th position in the table will be visible on the pitch.

Insights:
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals (27) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have yet to win a game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This pitch uses artifical turf, unlike NAC Breda's home stadium. The latest 22 games by the guests on artifical turf have produced 9 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses.

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FC Volendam form and stats

The Eerste Divisie statistics at home this season for FC Volendam are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). With a nice streak brewing from their home games, FC Volendam are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

A good away victory last time out for Volendam, who won 5-1 against Telstar (placed 16th). As mentioned above, FC Volendam "killed" Telstar in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Filip Stanković loved the game against Telstar. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 5-1 victory. Daryl van Mieghem, a striker, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 9.32 (out of 10). Mieghem scored one goal, signed up for three assists and hit four key passes.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Almere City.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Volendam matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and one defeat (from five games).

Volendam are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at Jong AZ awaits in four days.

Goals are plentiful at Kras Stadion in the league this season as Volendam has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games. Volendam have conceded 8 from these games.

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NAC Breda form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. With two straight losses from their last two away games, NAC Breda are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

NAC Breda go into this game after a win, the home game against Jong AZ that ended 1-0. Thom Haye got a match rating of 8.65 in that game, top player of the team. Haye served one assist, hit five key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 57 total).

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Excelsior.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and NAC Breda playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting MVV Maastricht in just four days.

The visiting Breda have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. NAC Breda have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Volendam won three, NAC Breda were winners in six and we saw one draw. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC VolendamR. Mühren
R. Mühren
9 goals
NAC BredaR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
7 goals
FC VolendamD. van Mieghem
D. van Mieghem
6 goals

FC Volendam missing players

NAC Breda missing players

FC Volendam NAC Breda
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
27 13 3 Scored S 0 5 16
14 8 2 Conceded C 2 12 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 80%
90% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 60%
70% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
40% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
80% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 50%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 30%
 
5.3 5.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.6 5.9
5.4 4.6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 5.3
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 1.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.7 13.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.4 10.7
6.3 6.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.6 4.8
43% 41% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 33%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of FC Volendam's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • FC Volendam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Volendam have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NAC Breda have scored away.
  • FC Volendam have scored in all their matches so far.
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals (27) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have the the best goal difference (+13) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Volendam is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • NAC Breda have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • NAC Breda have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Excelsior 11 7 1 3 22 12 5 3 1 1 10 3 6 4 0 2 12 9 10 22
2 FC Volendam 10 6 3 1 27 14 5 3 1 1 13 8 5 3 2 0 14 6 13 21
3 Graafschap 11 6 2 3 18 13 6 2 2 2 7 9 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 20
4 FC Emmen 11 6 1 4 17 10 5 2 0 3 9 5 6 4 1 1 8 5 7 19
5 Jong AZ 10 6 0 4 11 9 5 4 0 1 7 4 5 2 0 3 4 5 2 18
6 ADO Den Haag 11 7 2 2 25 15 5 4 0 1 12 6 6 3 2 1 13 9 10 17
7 FC Eindhoven 11 5 2 4 15 15 5 4 1 0 10 5 6 1 1 4 5 10 0 17
8 VVV-Venlo 11 5 1 5 13 14 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 1 0 4 4 9 -1 16
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 10 4 3 3 19 15 6 2 2 2 10 8 4 2 1 1 9 7 4 15
10 Jong Utrecht 10 4 3 3 15 11 4 2 0 2 5 3 6 2 3 1 10 8 4 15
11 Jong Ajax 10 5 0 5 23 21 5 3 0 2 14 9 5 2 0 3 9 12 2 15
12 MVV Maastricht 11 5 0 6 15 29 6 4 0 2 12 12 5 1 0 4 3 17 -14 15
13 Helmond Sport 11 4 1 6 11 15 6 3 1 2 6 6 5 1 0 4 5 9 -4 13
14 NAC Breda 10 3 3 4 16 17 5 3 1 1 11 5 5 0 2 3 5 12 -1 12
15 FC Den Bosch 11 4 0 7 11 18 6 3 0 3 7 10 5 1 0 4 4 8 -7 12
16 Telstar 10 3 3 4 11 19 5 1 2 2 7 11 5 2 1 2 4 8 -8 12
17 Jong PSV 10 3 2 5 12 15 5 3 0 2 8 6 5 0 2 3 4 9 -3 11
18 FC Oss 11 3 1 7 13 20 6 2 1 3 11 12 5 1 0 4 2 8 -7 10
19 Almere City 11 2 3 6 18 21 5 1 2 2 9 9 6 1 1 4 9 12 -3 9
20 FC Dordrecht 11 1 3 7 10 19 5 0 2 3 3 6 6 1 1 4 7 13 -9 6

Read more about Eerste Divisie

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.