The NAC Breda & NEC managers M. Steijn and R. Meijer are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Eerste Divisie league table.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the KNVB Beker. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Go Ahead Eagles.
NAC Breda form and stats
When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, NAC Breda have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 192 minutes without scoring a league goal. N. Venema was the last player to find the net.
NAC Breda lost their last game at Go Ahead Eagles (placed 11th) after a 0-6 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Almere City in the Eerste Divisie.
Breda were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Breda's goalkeeper Chiel Kramer was extremely busy against Go Ahead Eagles, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Goals are plentiful at Rat Verlegh Stadion in the league this season as Breda has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. 7 goals have been conceded.
NEC form and stats
As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, NEC have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.
NEC won their last game, 2-1 versus Go Ahead Eagles played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Jong PSV that ended 1-1.
NEC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, NEC have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Breda five wins, five draws and NEC zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. van Hooijdonk 7 goals |   R. Janga 4 goals |  N. Venema 3 goals |
NAC Breda missing players
NEC missing players
| NAC Breda | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 56% |
| 38% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 38% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 56% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 25% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 2.2 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | 67 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 68 | 122 |
| 43 | 31 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 25 | 49 |
| 42% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 32% | 37% |
- All of NAC Breda's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of NEC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- NAC Breda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- NEC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- NEC 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 | SC Cambuur | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Almere City | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | NEC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | Telstar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | FC Oss | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 5 |