Football betting preview: NAC Breda vs FC Volendam

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 18.December
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

A key match in Eerste Divisie as both teams are battling for the top positions. With NAC Breda in 5th position and FC Volendam placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • NAC Breda has the most points from losing position (12) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Volendam have not yet lost a game away.

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.

FC Volendam play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for FC Volendam when playing on grass are 5 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from 14 matches. They have scored 18 goals and conceded 30 times in these games.

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NAC Breda form and stats

NAC Breda have played 8 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Breda haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 278 minutes ago. M. Bilate scored that one.

The home team returns to Rat Verlegh Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Go Ahead Eagles (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Eerste Divisie game ended 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against FC Dordrecht with the scoreline 0-1.

A decent goal production from Breda in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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FC Volendam form and stats

FC Volendam's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed FC Volendam collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 4 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Things are running smoothly for Volendam who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against NEC. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Telstar game have they lost an away game, meaning FC Volendam has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

The supporters enjoyed Volendam's previous game versus FC Den Bosch (placed 20th), a Eerste Divisie 6-0 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Excelsior with the score of 3-2.

As you can tell from the results above, Volendam was very dominant against FC Den Bosch, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Samuele Mulattieri, Micky van de Ven, Nick Doodeman (2), Dyllandro Panka and Jari Vlak providing the goals.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 19 goals in 7 league games away this season. As opposed to that, Volendam have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Breda victories, two draws and three FC Volendam wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NAC BredaS. van Hooijdonk
S. van Hooijdonk
8 goals
FC VolendamN. Doodeman
N. Doodeman
8 goals
FC VolendamB. Deul
B. Deul
6 goals

NAC Breda missing players

FC Volendam missing players

NAC Breda FC Volendam
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 1 7 16
9 5 0 Won W 1 4 8
2 0 0 Drew D 0 3 6
5 3 2 Lost L 0 0 2
27 15 0 Scored S 5 19 43
15 9 5 Conceded C 2 10 19
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
62% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 81%
44% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 56%
31% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 57% 56%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 43% 38%
31% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 69%
38% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 25%
44% 38% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 2.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 13 7 Shots (avg) S ( 16 16.7 17.8
5.1 5.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 6.9 7.1
33% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 40% 38%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • FC Volendam have not yet lost a game away.
  • FC Volendam have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Volendam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Volendam have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • FC Volendam haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • NAC Breda has the most points from losing position (12) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 SC Cambuur 15 12 1 2 50 15 8 6 0 2 27 10 7 6 1 0 23 5 35 37
2 Almere City 16 11 4 1 39 21 8 7 1 0 18 2 8 4 3 1 21 19 18 37
3 Graafschap 16 10 2 4 33 26 8 5 1 2 17 12 8 5 1 2 16 14 7 32
4 FC Volendam 16 8 6 2 43 19 9 4 3 2 24 9 7 4 3 0 19 10 24 30
5 NAC Breda 16 9 2 5 27 15 8 5 0 3 15 9 8 4 2 2 12 6 12 29
6 NEC 15 8 4 3 29 16 7 4 2 1 15 7 8 4 2 2 14 9 13 28
7 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 5 5 17 13 8 2 3 3 8 7 8 4 2 2 9 6 4 23
8 Telstar 16 6 4 6 27 23 9 3 2 4 18 13 7 3 2 2 9 10 4 22
9 Jong Ajax 16 6 4 6 30 32 8 3 2 3 13 16 8 3 2 3 17 16 -2 22
10 FC Eindhoven 15 6 4 5 25 28 8 3 3 2 19 14 7 3 1 3 6 14 -3 22
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 15 5 6 4 24 19 7 4 3 0 14 3 8 1 3 4 10 16 5 21
12 Excelsior 16 6 2 8 32 28 7 3 0 4 17 14 9 3 2 4 15 14 4 20
13 Jong Utrecht 15 6 1 8 24 30 8 3 0 5 11 15 7 3 1 3 13 15 -6 19
14 Jong PSV 16 4 4 8 24 31 7 1 3 3 8 12 9 3 1 5 16 19 -7 16
15 TOP Oss 15 4 4 7 13 23 8 3 2 3 10 9 7 1 2 4 3 14 -10 16
16 Helmond Sport 15 4 3 8 13 24 8 2 1 5 6 14 7 2 2 3 7 10 -11 15
17 Jong AZ 15 3 2 10 21 42 7 1 2 4 14 21 8 2 0 6 7 21 -21 11
18 FC Dordrecht 15 3 2 10 12 38 7 2 2 3 8 11 8 1 0 7 4 27 -26 11
19 MVV Maastricht 15 2 4 9 18 37 7 1 1 5 11 24 8 1 3 4 7 13 -19 10
20 FC Den Bosch 16 2 4 10 16 37 8 2 3 3 11 11 8 0 1 7 5 26 -21 10

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.