Delightful dogfight as daring NAC Breda duel with determined Jong AZ

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

It's only the second fixture in the Eerste Divisie for these squads. And fresh bodies and minds here at Rat Verlegh Stadion as NAC Breda host Jong AZ. Check out this preview!

2 - 2 - 10 with 11-25. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Jong AZ when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Jong AZ play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

The visiting Jong AZ played their last game only four days ago, a Eerste Divisie match.

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NAC Breda form and stats

In the previous season, NAC Breda's league statistics were 16 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, ending with 8th spot in the Eerste Divisie. From these 38 matches they scored {60 goals} and gave away 45. Appearing as the home side in the former season NAC Breda delivered 10-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with {33 goals} and 13 conceded.

NAC Breda drew their last game, 2-2 away at FC Dordrecht (placed 9th). Late drama in the game against FC Dordrecht as NAC Breda were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Sejdiu popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Sejdiu was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against FC Dordrecht after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The versatile forward Sejdiu bettered all others in that game and received a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Sejdiu scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Club Friendlies 2 home game that ended 1-1 versus Alanyaspor.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Breda handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

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Jong AZ form and stats

Let's have a look at how Jong AZ performed last season in the Eerste Divisie: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 9 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded {58 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 11 with 23/34 goals scored/conceded.

Jong AZ had fun at their own home (Rat Verlegh Stadion) last time out, beating Jong Utrecht 1-0. Addai scored. Addai got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Addai scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus ADO Den Haag.

Jong are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the last eight meetings): NAC Breda won seven games, zero matches ended with a draw and Jong AZ managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / two.

Top Goalscorers

NAC BredaD. Janosek
D. Janosek
1 goals
BredaP. Sejdiu
P. Sejdiu
1 goals

NAC Breda missing players

Jong AZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NAC Breda Jong AZ
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
NAC Breda Last season Jong AZ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   19 38
0 0   Won W   6 14
1 1   Drew D   2 9
0 0   Lost L   11 15
1 1   Scored S   23 60
1 1   Conceded C   34 58
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 84%
0% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 55%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 45%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 18%
100% 100%   BTTS BTTS   53% 61%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 13%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   42% 29%
 
4 4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4
7 7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.1
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11 11   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 11.4
3 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.5
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 29%
 
9 9   Shots against (avg) S A   12 12.4
1 1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 5.2

  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 Groningen 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 MVV Maastricht 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Jong AZ 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 FC Den Bosch 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Jong PSV 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 NAC Breda 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 SC Cambuur 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 FC Emmen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 FC Eindhoven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Willem II 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 ADO Den Haag 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Graafschap 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Telstar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 TOP Oss 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 VVV-Venlo 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heracles 38 27 4 7 103 42 19 15 3 1 61 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 61 85
2 PEC Zwolle 38 27 4 7 99 43 19 15 2 2 58 18 19 12 2 5 41 25 56 85
3 Almere City 38 21 7 10 58 41 19 10 4 5 29 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 17 70
4 Willem II 38 19 11 8 68 40 19 13 2 4 37 17 19 6 9 4 31 23 28 68
5 MVV Maastricht 38 18 5 15 65 65 19 13 3 3 42 23 19 5 2 12 23 42 0 59
6 NAC Breda 38 18 5 15 64 64 19 10 3 6 34 27 19 8 2 9 30 37 0 59
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 10 12 56 51 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 10 3 6 32 29 5 58
8 FC Eindhoven 38 16 10 12 58 54 19 10 4 5 37 23 19 6 6 7 21 31 4 58
9 Telstar 38 14 11 13 39 52 19 8 5 6 22 25 19 6 6 7 17 27 -13 53
10 Graafschap 38 15 7 16 64 54 19 10 2 7 31 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 10 52
11 Jong AZ 38 14 9 15 60 58 19 8 7 4 37 24 19 6 2 11 23 34 2 51
12 ADO Den Haag 38 13 12 13 51 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 19 7 6 6 21 26 -6 51
13 Jong Ajax 38 12 10 16 69 72 19 7 5 7 41 31 19 5 5 9 28 41 -3 46
14 Jong PSV 38 12 9 17 59 63 19 8 3 8 34 29 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 45
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 12 7 19 49 59 19 7 4 8 27 26 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 43
16 Helmond Sport 38 11 10 17 39 57 19 7 4 8 26 25 19 4 6 9 13 32 -18 43
17 TOP Oss 38 10 7 21 45 76 19 6 3 10 27 37 19 4 4 11 18 39 -31 37
18 FC Dordrecht 38 9 8 21 41 68 19 6 4 9 23 28 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 10 5 23 46 85 19 7 3 9 30 33 19 3 2 14 16 52 -39 35
20 Jong Utrecht 38 7 7 24 33 65 19 5 5 9 18 21 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 28

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 Groningen 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 MVV Maastricht 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Jong AZ 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 FC Den Bosch 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Jong PSV 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 NAC Breda 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 SC Cambuur 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 FC Dordrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 FC Emmen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 FC Eindhoven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Willem II 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 ADO Den Haag 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Graafschap 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Telstar 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Jong Utrecht 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 TOP Oss 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 VVV-Venlo 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Jong Ajax 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
20 Helmond Sport 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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