The league table in Eerste Divisie tells a story about these teams so far, with NAC Breda leading MVV Maastricht by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts NAC Breda saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Eerste Divisie. That game was an away game at Jong PSV, so at least NAC Breda are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting MVV Maastricht have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-4-14 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
NAC Breda form and stats
NAC Breda have collected 14 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 4-2-2.
NAC Breda are returning here after visiting Jong PSV in a Eerste Divisie game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, NAC Breda lost 1-2 at home to Jong Ajax.
The NAC Breda fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. NAC Breda have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
MVV Maastricht form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for MVV Maastricht so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). A depressing five defeats in a row for MVV Maastricht in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus FC Dordrecht.
MVV Maastricht won their last game, 4-0 versus TOP Oss played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting FC Eindhoven's place.
As mentioned above, MVV Maastricht was the only team on the pitch versus TOP Oss in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting MVV Maastricht as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. For MVV Maastricht, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): NAC Breda won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and MVV Maastricht has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 4Top Goalscorers
  A. van den Hurk 7 goals |   S. van Hooijdonk 5 goals |  M. El Allouchi 3 goals |
NAC Breda missing players
MVV Maastricht missing players
| NAC Breda | MVV Maastricht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 29 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 25% | 12% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 6.6 | 6.6 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.4 | 6.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 213 | 113 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 75 | 122 |
| 89 | 45 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 31 | 49 |
| 28% | 27% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 35% |
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- MVV Maastricht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- MVV Maastricht haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 36 |
| 2 | De Graafschap | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 33 |
| 3 | Jong Ajax | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 30 |
| 4 | NEC | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Excelsior | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Telstar | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong Utrecht | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | Almere City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Jong AZ | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 14 |
| 18 | Jong PSV | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 12 |
| 19 | TOP Oss | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -17 | 12 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -21 | 8 |