Home advantage could prove decisive in NAC Breda - Jong Ajax battle

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 01.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

Eerste Divisie: Two sides in decent form get together for this match. Jong Ajax with a slight edge with their 5th position in the league table?

Insights:
  • NAC Breda have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Eerste Divisie

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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NAC Breda form and stats

NAC Breda have performed here at Rat Verlegh Stadion this season with 8 wins from 15 Eerste Divisie matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 1. The NAC Breda fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Rat Verlegh Stadion and will expect new points from this game. NAC Breda has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

The fans are hoping that Breda will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the game against Helmond Sport (placed 20th).

Before that match, a win away at Telstar.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does NAC Breda handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and one defeat.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Breda as they are travelling to their away game against Jong Utrecht in the Eerste Divisie. That match is three days after this one.

NAC Breda have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rat Verlegh Stadion with 26 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, NAC Breda have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.

There were no winners in Jong's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs FC Eindhoven (placed 4th). Midfield player Taylor was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Taylor hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 70 successful passes (of 79 total).

Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to FC Dordrecht.

Jong Ajax are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting TOP Oss in just three days.

Jong Ajax are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 15 away games so far. Jong's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought earlier this season: Jong Ajax - NAC Breda 6-3. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - one - four (Breda wins - draws - Jong Ajax wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jong AjaxN. Ünüvar
N. Ünüvar
13 goals
NAC BredaR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
12 goals

NAC Breda missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NAC Breda Jong Ajax
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 6 15 31
13 8 1 Won W 3 6 16
9 6 3 Drew D 1 3 6
9 1 1 Lost L 2 6 9
49 26 7 Scored S 11 28 68
38 10 5 Conceded C 10 29 54
87% 87% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 94%
52% 47% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 74%
35% 27% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 52%
16% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 27% 23%
45% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 83% 80% 81%
39% 53% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 13%
29% 13% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 13% 6%
 
5.7 5.5 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 4.8
4.6 4.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.3 4.5
1.1 1.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.7
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.4 12.4 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.9 12.2
5.2 5.4 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5.3 5.6
30% 32% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 35% 39%
 
10.3 9.4 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11.8 10
4.5 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.4 4.9
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong Ajax have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • NAC Breda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • NAC Breda have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Eerste Divisie

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Emmen 31 21 4 6 52 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 16 10 4 2 21 10 31 67
2 FC Volendam 31 18 10 3 66 41 15 11 2 2 38 22 16 7 8 1 28 19 25 64
3 Excelsior 31 18 5 8 70 42 15 8 3 4 35 19 16 10 2 4 35 23 28 59
4 FC Eindhoven 32 17 7 8 60 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 16 7 3 6 26 22 23 58
5 Jong Ajax 31 16 6 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 54
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 14 11 6 63 38 15 7 5 3 29 15 16 7 6 3 34 23 25 53
7 ADO Den Haag 31 18 5 8 64 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 16 8 3 5 31 29 18 53
8 Graafschap 32 14 8 10 43 35 16 4 6 6 15 21 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 50
9 NAC Breda 31 13 9 9 49 38 15 8 6 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 48
10 VVV-Venlo 31 12 4 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 22 24 15 6 1 8 18 20 -4 40
11 Jong PSV 30 10 6 14 50 50 16 7 3 6 30 23 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 36
12 Jong AZ 31 10 5 16 31 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -10 35
13 FC Den Bosch 31 10 3 18 33 57 15 8 0 7 18 25 16 2 3 11 15 32 -24 33
14 TOP Oss 31 8 8 15 39 49 16 5 5 6 24 24 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 32
15 Almere City 31 8 8 15 46 58 16 4 4 8 22 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -12 32
16 FC Dordrecht 32 8 8 16 47 68 16 5 6 5 25 27 16 3 2 11 22 41 -21 32
17 Telstar 31 7 11 13 35 58 16 4 5 7 19 33 15 3 6 6 16 25 -23 32
18 MVV Maastricht 31 9 2 20 34 64 15 4 2 9 18 29 16 5 0 11 16 35 -30 29
19 Jong Utrecht 31 8 4 19 31 57 16 4 0 12 13 31 15 4 4 7 18 26 -26 28
20 Helmond Sport 31 7 6 18 32 55 16 4 3 9 18 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -23 24

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 FC Emmen 31 21 4 6 52 21 15 11 0 4 31 11 16 10 4 2 21 10 31 67
2 FC Volendam 31 18 10 3 66 41 15 11 2 2 38 22 16 7 8 1 28 19 25 64
3 Excelsior 31 18 5 8 70 42 15 8 3 4 35 19 16 10 2 4 35 23 28 59
4 FC Eindhoven 32 17 7 8 60 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 16 7 3 6 26 22 23 58
5 Jong Ajax 31 16 6 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 15 6 3 6 28 29 14 54
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 31 14 11 6 63 38 15 7 5 3 29 15 16 7 6 3 34 23 25 53
7 ADO Den Haag 31 18 5 8 64 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 16 8 3 5 31 29 18 53
8 Graafschap 32 14 8 10 43 35 16 4 6 6 15 21 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 50
9 NAC Breda 31 13 9 9 49 38 15 8 6 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 48
10 VVV-Venlo 31 12 4 15 40 44 16 6 3 7 22 24 15 6 1 8 18 20 -4 40
11 Jong PSV 30 10 6 14 50 50 16 7 3 6 30 23 14 3 3 8 20 27 0 36
12 Jong AZ 31 10 5 16 31 41 15 6 3 6 17 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -10 35
13 FC Den Bosch 31 10 3 18 33 57 15 8 0 7 18 25 16 2 3 11 15 32 -24 33
14 TOP Oss 31 8 8 15 39 49 16 5 5 6 24 24 15 3 3 9 15 25 -10 32
15 Almere City 31 8 8 15 46 58 16 4 4 8 22 27 15 4 4 7 24 31 -12 32
16 FC Dordrecht 32 8 8 16 47 68 16 5 6 5 25 27 16 3 2 11 22 41 -21 32
17 Telstar 31 7 11 13 35 58 16 4 5 7 19 33 15 3 6 6 16 25 -23 32
18 MVV Maastricht 31 9 2 20 34 64 15 4 2 9 18 29 16 5 0 11 16 35 -30 29
19 Jong Utrecht 31 8 4 19 31 57 16 4 0 12 13 31 15 4 4 7 18 26 -26 28
20 Helmond Sport 31 7 6 18 32 55 16 4 3 9 18 29 15 3 3 9 14 26 -23 24

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