Possible nail-biting contest in NAC Breda - Almere City game

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 16.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

NAC Breda will want to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosts are currently 8 points behind Almere City.

Insights:
  • NAC Breda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Eerste Divisie

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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NAC Breda form and stats

The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for NAC Breda at their home stadium (Rat Verlegh Stadion) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Breda enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Willem II's place. The match ended 2-1 with Antonia and Ligeon scoring. Finally, a league victory after four games without. Ligeon (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Ligeon scored one goal and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Heartbreak before that as NAC Breda lost 1-5 at Heracles Almelo's place.

Some stats: A review of the 14 latest league games highlights that 11 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Breda has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches.

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Almere City form and stats

Playing away, Almere City have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.

Impressive finishing from Peña, Duijvestijn and Hilterman (2) secured the home win 4-1 against ADO Den Haag in their previous game. Almere City goalie Bakker was high and low in the ADO Den Haag game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Midfield player Duijvestijn was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.43/10. Duijvestijn scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that, Almere City secured a home win against FC Dordrecht with the score 2-1.

Almere find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Almere City have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): NAC Breda won six games, one match ended with a draw and Almere City got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityJ. Hilterman
J. Hilterman
9 goals
NAC BredaJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
7 goals
BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
6 goals

NAC Breda missing players

Almere City missing players

NAC Breda Almere City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
6 3 0 Won W 0 3 9
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
8 3 2 Lost L 1 4 6
23 9 2 Scored S 3 8 27
30 9 5 Conceded C 4 12 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 82%
65% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 59%
41% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 24%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 24%
71% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 53%
18% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 24%
12% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 24%
 
5.2 6 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 4.6
4.6 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.8
1.9 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 9.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 15 9.2 10.1
3.3 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.2 4.4
41% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 24% 36%
 
11.5 10.2 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 9.1 8.7
4.8 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.4 4.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Eerste Divisie
  • Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 Heracles Almelo 16 12 1 3 44 21 7 6 1 0 24 8 9 6 0 3 20 13 23 37
2 PEC Zwolle 15 10 2 3 38 19 8 4 2 2 18 13 7 6 0 1 20 6 19 35
3 MVV Maastricht 16 9 3 4 30 24 8 6 2 0 22 8 8 3 1 4 8 16 6 33
4 Almere City 16 9 2 5 27 21 9 6 1 2 19 10 7 3 1 3 8 11 6 26
5 FC Eindhoven 16 8 5 3 27 21 7 4 3 0 16 8 9 4 2 3 11 13 6 29
6 VVV-Venlo 16 7 4 5 24 26 9 3 3 3 10 11 7 4 1 2 14 15 -2 25
7 Willem II 16 6 5 5 22 19 8 3 2 3 9 9 8 3 3 2 13 10 3 24
8 Jong AZ 14 7 2 5 25 20 7 5 1 1 17 7 7 2 1 4 7 11 5 24
9 Telstar 16 5 7 4 16 20 9 3 3 3 9 15 7 2 4 1 7 5 -4 19
10 NAC Breda 16 6 3 7 23 28 7 3 2 2 9 7 9 3 1 5 14 21 -5 18
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 16 6 3 7 26 25 8 4 1 3 15 12 8 2 2 4 11 13 1 24
12 Jong Ajax 16 5 5 6 30 29 9 3 3 3 20 13 7 2 2 3 10 16 1 21
13 FC Den Bosch 16 6 1 9 26 30 8 4 0 4 15 14 8 2 1 5 11 16 -4 19
14 FC Dordrecht 16 5 3 8 20 25 7 3 0 4 11 13 9 2 3 4 9 12 -5 16
15 De Graafschap 16 5 3 8 24 27 9 4 2 3 14 10 7 1 1 5 10 17 -3 21
16 Jong PSV 15 4 5 6 23 24 7 3 0 4 10 10 8 1 5 2 13 14 -1 20
17 ADO Den Haag 16 4 4 8 20 29 7 2 2 3 12 12 9 2 2 5 8 17 -9 16
18 Helmond Sport 15 5 0 10 13 28 7 3 0 4 10 11 8 2 0 6 3 17 -15 15
19 TOP Oss 15 4 1 10 18 27 8 2 1 5 9 13 7 2 0 5 7 13 -9 16
20 Jong Utrecht 16 3 3 10 14 27 8 2 2 4 6 8 8 1 1 6 8 19 -13 9

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.