Eerste Divisie: NAC Breda expected to win home game against Almere City

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

NAC Breda perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Almere City can look both up and down from their 9th position.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong Ajax.

W W D D L

NAC Breda form and stats

NAC Breda have played 13 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for NAC Breda against Jong Ajax the last match, as M. El Allouchi (2), F. Stokkers and J. van der Gaag were on target. In the game before, an away victory in the KNVB Beker match versus AZ with a 3-1 scoreline.

A very satisfying win for NAC Breda against Jong Ajax last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through M. El Allouchi's goal in the 90th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from NAC Breda's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from NAC Breda in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. NAC Breda are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rat Verlegh Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches.

L W W D L

Almere City form and stats

There's been little loot from Almere City's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Almere City only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.

The manager O. Tobiasen was unhappy after their last game, a Eerste Divisie match played at their home ground Yanmar Stadion. Almere City suffered a 0-1 loss to SC Cambuur (placed 1st). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at FC Dordrecht.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Almere City when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning zero games.

Almere City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Almere City have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

NAC Breda and Almere City have met before this season: Almere City - NAC Breda 1-0. NAC Breda-Almere City H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: NAC Breda five wins, Almere City one win, one draw. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Almere CityT. Verheydt
T. Verheydt
8 goals
Almere CityS. Harrison
S. Harrison
7 goals
Almere CityN. Venema
N. Venema
7 goals

NAC Breda missing players

Almere City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NAC Breda Almere City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 26
12 7 3 Won W 0 2 11
7 3 1 Drew D 2 5 6
7 3 1 Lost L 2 6 9
42 22 6 Scored S 4 19 42
28 11 3 Conceded C 7 26 40
92% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
73% 77% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 81%
54% 54% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 54%
27% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 54% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 38% 31%
62% 62% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 85% 65%
31% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 19%
15% 8% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 19%
 
6.1 6.5 8.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.9 5.9
4.7 4.5 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 9.2 6.6 5.5
1.6 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
387 207 83 Total Shots T S 46 156 344
171 86 30 Shots on Target S O 24 70 154
25% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 27%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Almere City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 SC Cambuur 26 18 3 5 59 23 12 9 1 2 34 12 14 9 2 3 25 11 36 57
2 De Graafschap 26 14 11 1 54 25 13 9 4 0 31 9 13 5 7 1 23 16 29 53
3 FC Volendam 26 15 6 5 50 38 13 8 4 1 29 18 13 7 2 4 21 20 12 51
4 Jong Ajax 26 15 5 6 68 41 13 9 2 2 38 15 13 6 3 4 30 26 27 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 11 11 4 44 36 13 6 7 0 24 11 13 5 4 4 20 25 8 44
6 NAC Breda 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 7 3 3 22 11 13 5 4 4 20 17 14 43
7 NEC 26 11 8 7 47 33 13 6 4 3 23 16 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 41
8 Excelsior 26 11 8 7 55 48 13 7 3 3 35 28 13 4 5 4 20 20 7 41
9 Almere City 26 11 6 9 42 40 13 9 1 3 23 14 13 2 5 6 19 26 2 39
10 FC Den Bosch 26 9 11 6 48 39 14 6 6 2 30 18 12 3 5 4 18 21 9 38
11 Telstar 26 10 7 9 42 45 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 6 3 24 25 -3 37
12 Jong Utrecht 26 9 8 9 44 42 13 7 5 1 31 17 13 2 3 8 13 25 2 35
13 MVV Maastricht 26 7 6 13 34 45 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 1 2 10 13 31 -11 27
14 FC Eindhoven 26 7 6 13 37 54 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 1 2 10 13 34 -17 27
15 Jong AZ 26 6 8 12 42 51 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 1 3 9 18 31 -9 26
16 Jong PSV 26 5 6 15 31 50 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 2 10 14 32 -19 21
17 TOP Oss 26 5 5 16 23 49 13 4 3 6 15 18 13 1 2 10 8 31 -26 20
18 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 4 10 12 30 46 13 3 4 6 23 28 13 1 6 6 7 18 -16 19
19 FC Dordrecht 26 4 7 15 32 58 13 2 4 7 17 27 13 2 3 8 15 31 -26 19
20 Helmond Sport 26 3 7 16 24 57 13 2 4 7 13 22 13 1 3 9 11 35 -33 16

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 SC Cambuur 26 18 3 5 59 23 12 9 1 2 34 12 14 9 2 3 25 11 36 57
2 De Graafschap 26 14 11 1 54 25 13 9 4 0 31 9 13 5 7 1 23 16 29 53
3 FC Volendam 26 15 6 5 50 38 13 8 4 1 29 18 13 7 2 4 21 20 12 51
4 Jong Ajax 26 15 5 6 68 41 13 9 2 2 38 15 13 6 3 4 30 26 27 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 11 11 4 44 36 13 6 7 0 24 11 13 5 4 4 20 25 8 44
6 NAC Breda 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 7 3 3 22 11 13 5 4 4 20 17 14 43
7 NEC 26 11 8 7 47 33 13 6 4 3 23 16 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 41
8 Excelsior 26 11 8 7 55 48 13 7 3 3 35 28 13 4 5 4 20 20 7 41
9 Almere City 26 11 6 9 42 40 13 9 1 3 23 14 13 2 5 6 19 26 2 39
10 FC Den Bosch 26 9 11 6 48 39 14 6 6 2 30 18 12 3 5 4 18 21 9 38
11 Telstar 26 10 7 9 42 45 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 6 3 24 25 -3 37
12 Jong Utrecht 26 9 8 9 44 42 13 7 5 1 31 17 13 2 3 8 13 25 2 35
13 MVV Maastricht 26 7 6 13 34 45 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 1 2 10 13 31 -11 27
14 FC Eindhoven 26 7 6 13 37 54 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 1 2 10 13 34 -17 27
15 Jong AZ 26 6 8 12 42 51 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 1 3 9 18 31 -9 26
16 Jong PSV 26 5 6 15 31 50 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 2 10 14 32 -19 21
17 TOP Oss 26 5 5 16 23 49 13 4 3 6 15 18 13 1 2 10 8 31 -26 20
18 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 4 10 12 30 46 13 3 4 6 23 28 13 1 6 6 7 18 -16 19
19 FC Dordrecht 26 4 7 15 32 58 13 2 4 7 17 27 13 2 3 8 15 31 -26 19
20 Helmond Sport 26 3 7 16 24 57 13 2 4 7 13 22 13 1 3 9 11 35 -33 16

More from Netherlands - Eerste Divisie

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.