This is shaping up to be quite the exciting skirmish at Rat Verlegh Stadion in the Eerste Divisie. NAC Breda is in 6th position and host FC Eindhoven in 2nd spot. Read all about the game here!
It should be mentioned that FC Eindhoven play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for FC Eindhoven on grass are 4 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 18 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 17-27. You can compare this with overall results below.
Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!
NAC Breda form and stats
As mentioned below, NAC Breda are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Eerste Divisie games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Breda after consecutive victories at their own ground.
It's back home for NAC Breda, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Roda JC Kerkrade away with the result 3-1. Velanas, de Rooij and der Sande found the net in that victory. Midfielder Velanas was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.65 (out of ten) in that game. Velanas scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.
Ahead of that match, Breda won a home game hosting FC Oss (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how NAC Breda have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Early season league goal statistics from NAC Breda's 2 home games: 2 goals, 0 conceded.
FC Eindhoven form and stats
FC Eindhoven are yet to lose a point on their Eerste Divisie travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. The fact that FC Eindhoven have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Eindhoven goalkeeper Nigel Bertrams is eager to challenge this, with his 194 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The fans enjoyed FC Eindhoven's previous fixture versus Jong AZ (placed 4th), a 1-0 win played at home. Bertrams was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.61. The agile goalkeeper Bertrams topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result Eindhoven won their away game at Helmond Sport. The scoreline was 1-0.We have checked recent matches where FC Eindhoven have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
FC Eindhoven have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (NAC Breda wins - draws - FC Eindhoven wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Velanas 3 goals |  J. van der Sande 2 goals |   N. Bannis 2 goals |
NAC Breda missing players
FC Eindhoven missing players
| NAC Breda | FC Eindhoven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.2 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 4.5 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 2.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 8.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| NAC Breda | Last season | FC Eindhoven | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | ||
| 20% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | ||
| 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.8 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | FC Eindhoven | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Heracles | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | Jong AZ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Almere City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Willem II | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | FC Dordrecht | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Telstar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | De Graafschap | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 20 | ADO Den Haag | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 0 |
