Delightful dogfight as daring NAC Breda duel with determined Jong Ajax

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Mon 13.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

The home team ticketholders hope for three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use against a stumbling visitor. NAC Breda are in 7th place while the guesting Jong Ajax fret at 17th.

Insights:
  • NAC Breda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jong Ajax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

It's no vacation for neither Breda nor Jong Ajax as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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NAC Breda form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, NAC Breda have managed 8 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games. NAC Breda has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Rat Verlegh Stadion. We remember; it was Almere City.

Breda's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-1 versus MVV Maastricht (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. What a game it was for Ómarsson when beating MVV Maastricht, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The striker Ómarsson was announced as "man of the match" for NAC Breda with a rating of 9.1/10. Ómarsson scored three goals.

Before that match, a win away at Jong PSV.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does NAC Breda handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the most recent 10 league matches from this club have had goals from both sides.

There will be little rest for NAC Breda after this match as they are travelling to PEC Zwolle for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.

Breda have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rat Verlegh Stadion with 25 goals in 14 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong Ajax so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-7 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Jong Ajax as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Jong Ajax lost away at FC Eindhoven (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against FC Eindhoven was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Midfielder Vos was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.33. Vos dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 46 total).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus FC Oss.

Jong are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this side's 16 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Almere City in just four days.

Jong Ajax have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. For Jong Ajax, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Jong Ajax have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Breda.

Jong Ajax - NAC Breda 3-1 was the outcome when these sides formerly did battle, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

NAC BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
13 goals
BredaJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
11 goals
Jong AjaxC. Kjelder Rasmussen
C. Kjelder Rasmussen
9 goals

NAC Breda missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NAC Breda Jong Ajax
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
13 8 5 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 0 Drew D 1 5 10
11 4 0 Lost L 4 7 12
47 25 10 Scored S 2 18 45
46 15 4 Conceded C 13 34 54
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
89% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 93% 89%
71% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 64%
43% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 43%
21% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 36% 29%
75% 64% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 79% 79%
14% 21% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
11% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 21% 18%
 
5.1 5.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.2
4.5 4.2 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 5.8 5
1.7 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.4 1.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
10.4 11.7 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 10.6 10.5
4.4 4.7 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.2 4.5
38% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 31% 36%
 
11.1 9.6 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 17.4 14.7 11.6
4.5 3.4 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.4 6 4.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Jong Ajax have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • NAC Breda 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 PEC Zwolle 28 20 3 5 78 32 14 10 2 2 45 17 14 10 1 3 33 15 46 63
2 Heracles 28 19 3 6 78 32 14 11 2 1 51 14 14 8 1 5 27 18 46 60
3 Almere City 27 15 4 8 39 29 13 7 3 3 23 14 14 8 1 5 16 15 10 49
4 VVV-Venlo 28 14 6 8 44 37 14 5 5 4 18 14 14 9 1 4 26 23 7 48
5 FC Eindhoven 28 13 6 9 42 40 14 8 3 3 29 17 14 5 3 6 13 23 2 45
6 Willem II 28 12 8 8 46 33 14 8 2 4 23 14 14 4 6 4 23 19 13 44
7 NAC Breda 28 13 4 11 47 46 14 8 2 4 25 15 14 5 2 7 22 31 1 43
8 MVV Maastricht 28 12 5 11 52 52 14 9 3 2 33 16 14 3 2 9 19 36 0 41
9 Jong AZ 28 11 7 10 48 46 14 7 5 2 31 19 14 4 2 8 17 27 2 40
10 De Graafschap 28 11 6 11 46 38 14 7 2 5 21 14 14 4 4 6 25 24 8 39
11 Telstar 28 10 9 9 28 39 14 5 4 5 16 21 14 5 5 4 12 18 -11 39
12 ADO Den Haag 28 10 8 10 34 40 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 5 4 5 14 20 -6 38
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 11 4 13 38 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 14 5 2 7 17 19 -1 37
14 Jong PSV 28 8 8 12 43 48 14 5 2 7 23 24 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 32
15 Helmond Sport 28 9 5 14 26 43 14 7 2 5 20 16 14 2 3 9 6 27 -17 32
16 FC Oss 28 9 3 16 33 49 14 5 1 8 20 22 14 4 2 8 13 27 -16 30
17 Jong Ajax 28 6 10 12 45 54 14 4 5 5 27 20 14 2 5 7 18 34 -9 28
18 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 37 69 14 6 2 6 24 25 14 2 1 11 13 44 -32 27
19 FC Dordrecht 28 7 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 18 23 14 3 3 8 13 25 -17 26
20 Jong Utrecht 27 5 5 17 27 48 14 3 3 8 12 17 13 2 2 9 15 31 -21 20

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 PEC Zwolle 28 20 3 5 78 32 14 10 2 2 45 17 14 10 1 3 33 15 46 63
2 Heracles 28 19 3 6 78 32 14 11 2 1 51 14 14 8 1 5 27 18 46 60
3 Almere City 27 15 4 8 39 29 13 7 3 3 23 14 14 8 1 5 16 15 10 49
4 VVV-Venlo 28 14 6 8 44 37 14 5 5 4 18 14 14 9 1 4 26 23 7 48
5 FC Eindhoven 28 13 6 9 42 40 14 8 3 3 29 17 14 5 3 6 13 23 2 45
6 Willem II 28 12 8 8 46 33 14 8 2 4 23 14 14 4 6 4 23 19 13 44
7 NAC Breda 28 13 4 11 47 46 14 8 2 4 25 15 14 5 2 7 22 31 1 43
8 MVV Maastricht 28 12 5 11 52 52 14 9 3 2 33 16 14 3 2 9 19 36 0 41
9 Jong AZ 28 11 7 10 48 46 14 7 5 2 31 19 14 4 2 8 17 27 2 40
10 De Graafschap 28 11 6 11 46 38 14 7 2 5 21 14 14 4 4 6 25 24 8 39
11 Telstar 28 10 9 9 28 39 14 5 4 5 16 21 14 5 5 4 12 18 -11 39
12 ADO Den Haag 28 10 8 10 34 40 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 5 4 5 14 20 -6 38
13 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 11 4 13 38 39 14 6 2 6 21 20 14 5 2 7 17 19 -1 37
14 Jong PSV 28 8 8 12 43 48 14 5 2 7 23 24 14 3 6 5 20 24 -5 32
15 Helmond Sport 28 9 5 14 26 43 14 7 2 5 20 16 14 2 3 9 6 27 -17 32
16 FC Oss 28 9 3 16 33 49 14 5 1 8 20 22 14 4 2 8 13 27 -16 30
17 Jong Ajax 28 6 10 12 45 54 14 4 5 5 27 20 14 2 5 7 18 34 -9 28
18 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 37 69 14 6 2 6 24 25 14 2 1 11 13 44 -32 27
19 FC Dordrecht 28 7 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 18 23 14 3 3 8 13 25 -17 26
20 Jong Utrecht 27 5 5 17 27 48 14 3 3 8 12 17 13 2 2 9 15 31 -21 20

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