A total of 18 games have been played and NAC Breda are 10 points on top of Almere City. What happens?
- NAC Breda have the most clean sheets (7) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Eerste Divisie
NAC Breda and Almere City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
NAC Breda form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Rat Verlegh Stadion as NAC Breda have scored 16 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nick Olij not having conceded a league goal in 303 minutes.
Happy days for Breda in their previous game, a Eerste Divisie match away at FC Den Bosch (placed 10th) that ended with a 5-0 victory. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Breda played a great game against FC Den Bosch and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Ralf Seuntjens (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.2/10. Seuntjens scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, Breda had a home game versus Helmond Sport which ended with a victory 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Breda handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.
The match schedule is unforgiving for NAC Breda as they have a new game in only four days, a KNVB Beker match thankfully also at home. FC Utrecht are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 8 games), Breda's attacking play is working. Breda have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Almere City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Almere City so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Lance Duijvestijn and Jonas Arweiler scored in Almere's previous match, the home game against FC Eindhoven that ended 2-0. Bram Van Vlerken, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.4. Vlerken served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
A 0-3 defeat away at FC Emmen before that.We have checked recent matches where Almere have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were two victories, one draw and zero defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Almere's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. The Almere manager T. Bakens has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Breda won six, Almere City were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Seuntjens 10 goals |   J. Arweiler 8 goals |  L. Duijvestijn 6 goals |
NAC Breda missing players
Almere City missing players
| NAC Breda | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 30 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 22 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 39 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 94% |
| 56% | 62% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 72% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 28% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 78% | 72% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 28% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 13.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.7 | 10.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 33% | 38% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 43% | 41% |
| 10.6 | 8.6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
- Almere City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Almere City have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- NAC Breda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- NAC Breda have scored in all their home matches so far.
- NAC Breda have the most clean sheets (7) in Eerste Divisie
- NAC Breda haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Volendam | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Jong Ajax | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Graafschap | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 29 |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 27 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 26 |
| 10 | FC Den Bosch | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 25 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 23 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Telstar | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -17 | 18 |
| 17 | Almere City | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -9 | 16 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 16 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -25 | 10 |