Eerste Divisie preview and statistics: NAC Breda - FC Dordrecht at Rat Verlegh Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

With their 20 point advantage in the league table, NAC Breda fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against FC Dordrecht.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for NAC Breda and FC Dordrecht.

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NAC Breda form and stats

NAC Breda have collected 17 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 5-2-3.

Happy days for NAC Breda in their previous game, a KNVB Beker match away at Sparta Nijkerk that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that match was a Eerste Divisie defeat to FC Den Bosch (1-2).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for NAC Breda home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

A decent goal production from NAC Breda in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. NAC Breda have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Dordrecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Dordrecht, who have the most conceded goals (48) in Eerste Divisie, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for FC Dordrecht, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Heracles in the KNVB Beker. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jong PSV at their stadium, the result 1-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where FC Dordrecht played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 2 were draws and the home team won as expected 3 times.

FC Dordrecht have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. FC Dordrecht are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 11 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: FC Dordrecht - NAC Breda 0-2. NAC Breda-FC Dordrecht H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: NAC Breda 6 wins, FC Dordrecht 0 wins, 1 draw. 3 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FC DordrechtMarques
Marques
6 goals
NAC BredaS. van Hooijdonk
S. van Hooijdonk
5 goals
FC DordrechtJ. Schuurman
J. Schuurman
5 goals

NAC Breda missing players

FC Dordrecht missing players

NAC Breda FC Dordrecht
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 3 9 19
9 5 2 Won W 0 1 2
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
6 3 0 Lost L 3 6 12
29 15 7 Scored S 5 11 25
21 9 1 Conceded C 11 24 48
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 95%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 58%
21% 10% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 53%
11% 10% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 56% 47%
63% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 79%
32% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 11%
11% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
6.4 6.6 5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 3.6 4.3
5.3 5 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 7 6.8
1.5 1.5 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
249 144 30 Total Shots T S 32 95 233
104 57 17 Shots on Target S O 14 41 102
28% 26% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 27% 25%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals (48)
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
  • FC Dordrecht has the most conceded goals in the second half (27)
  • FC Dordrecht has the the worst goal difference (-23)
  • FC Dordrecht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • FC Dordrecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Dordrecht 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 SC Cambuur 19 13 3 3 45 15 9 7 1 1 28 8 10 6 2 2 17 7 30 42
2 Jong Ajax 19 12 3 4 52 26 9 6 2 1 27 10 10 6 1 3 25 16 26 39
3 Graafschap 19 9 9 1 38 16 10 6 4 0 24 6 9 3 5 1 14 10 22 36
4 FC Volendam 19 11 3 5 34 27 9 6 2 1 19 11 10 5 1 4 15 16 7 36
5 Excelsior 19 10 4 5 40 33 9 7 0 2 26 17 10 3 4 3 14 16 7 34
6 Go Ahead Eagles 19 7 10 2 32 24 10 4 6 0 19 9 9 3 4 2 13 15 8 31
7 NAC Breda 19 9 4 6 29 21 10 5 2 3 15 9 9 4 2 3 14 12 8 31
8 Jong Utrecht 19 7 7 5 30 27 9 5 4 0 21 10 10 2 3 5 9 17 3 28
9 Almere City 19 8 4 7 30 30 9 7 1 1 17 9 10 1 3 6 13 21 0 28
10 NEC 19 7 6 6 30 26 9 4 3 2 17 11 10 3 3 4 13 15 4 27
11 Telstar 19 7 5 7 29 29 9 3 1 5 11 12 10 4 4 2 18 17 0 26
12 FC Den Bosch 19 5 10 4 33 31 10 3 6 1 20 12 9 2 4 3 13 19 2 25
13 FC Eindhoven 19 6 4 9 31 42 9 5 2 2 19 14 10 1 2 7 12 28 -11 22
14 Jong AZ 19 5 5 9 30 34 10 4 3 3 17 15 9 1 2 6 13 19 -4 20
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 19 4 8 7 24 30 10 3 3 4 18 18 9 1 5 3 6 12 -6 17
16 Jong PSV 19 4 4 11 22 36 10 3 3 4 13 14 9 1 1 7 9 22 -14 16
17 MVV Maastricht 19 4 4 11 19 36 9 3 3 3 11 12 10 1 1 8 8 24 -17 16
18 FC Oss 19 4 3 12 17 37 10 3 2 5 11 13 9 1 1 7 6 24 -20 15
19 Helmond Sport 19 3 5 11 21 43 10 2 2 6 12 18 9 1 3 5 9 25 -22 14
20 FC Dordrecht 19 2 5 12 25 48 10 1 3 6 14 24 9 1 2 6 11 24 -23 11

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.