Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when NAC Breda welcomes TOP Oss

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 07.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the NAC Breda supporters in this Rat Verlegh Stadion clash with TOP Oss, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Eerste Divisie table.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for NAC Breda and TOP Oss.

TOP Oss play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for TOP Oss when playing on grass are 5 wins, 4 draws and 11 defeats from 20 matches. They have scored 18 goals and conceded 34 times in these games.

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NAC Breda form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, NAC Breda have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for NAC Breda, who played 1-1 against TOP Oss. That match was also played at this venue (Rat Verlegh Stadion). Preceding that game was the away draw at Excelsior that finished 2-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for NAC Breda home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

A decent goal production from NAC Breda in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, NAC Breda have conceded only 10 goals.

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TOP Oss form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for TOP Oss so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-10 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved TOP Oss have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Helmond Sport game.

TOP Oss are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at NAC Breda (placed 6th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Roda JC Kerkrade.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where TOP Oss played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.

The attacking power of TOP Oss when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. TOP Oss are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: NAC Breda - TOP Oss 1-1. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's five NAC Breda victories, one draw and zero TOP Oss wins. four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TOP OssP. Rommens
P. Rommens
7 goals
NAC BredaA. Verschueren
A. Verschueren
6 goals
NAC BredaS. van Hooijdonk
S. van Hooijdonk
6 goals

NAC Breda missing players

TOP Oss missing players

NAC Breda TOP Oss
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 2 13 25
11 7 4 Won W 0 1 5
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
7 3 0 Lost L 2 10 15
38 22 13 Scored S 1 8 22
26 11 2 Conceded C 7 31 46
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
72% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 80%
52% 54% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 60%
24% 15% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 28%
8% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 8% 8%
60% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 52%
32% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 16%
16% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 40%
 
6.2 6.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 4.1
4.7 4.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.4 5.1
1.5 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.5 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
367 207 64 Total Shots T S 16 106 224
157 86 35 Shots on Target S O 7 42 93
24% 26% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 19% 24%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • NAC Breda has the fewest matches over the total-line (8)
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • NAC Breda have scored at least twice as many goals at home as TOP Oss have scored away.
  • TOP Oss has the fewest scored goals (21)
  • TOP Oss has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
  • TOP Oss has the the worst goal difference (-23) away
  • TOP Oss have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • TOP Oss have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • TOP Oss 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 24 16 3 5 56 22 11 8 1 2 32 11 13 8 2 3 24 11 34 51
2 Jong Ajax 24 15 5 4 64 30 12 9 2 1 36 11 12 6 3 3 28 19 34 50
3 FC Volendam 24 15 4 5 48 36 12 8 3 1 28 17 12 7 1 4 20 19 12 49
4 De Graafschap 24 12 11 1 49 23 12 8 4 0 29 9 12 4 7 1 20 14 26 47
5 Go Ahead Eagles 24 10 11 3 41 32 12 5 7 0 21 10 12 5 4 3 20 22 9 41
6 NAC Breda 24 11 6 7 37 25 12 7 2 3 21 10 12 4 4 4 16 15 12 39
7 Excelsior 24 10 7 7 48 44 12 7 2 3 32 25 12 3 5 4 16 19 4 37
8 Telstar 24 10 6 8 40 37 12 6 1 5 17 13 12 4 5 3 23 24 3 36
9 Almere City 24 10 6 8 40 38 12 9 1 2 23 13 12 1 5 6 17 25 2 36
10 NEC 24 9 8 7 38 32 12 5 4 3 21 16 12 4 4 4 17 16 6 35
11 FC Den Bosch 24 7 11 6 40 36 13 5 6 2 27 16 11 2 5 4 13 20 4 32
12 Jong Utrecht 24 8 8 8 35 37 12 6 5 1 24 15 12 2 3 7 11 22 -2 32
13 FC Eindhoven 24 7 5 12 35 50 12 6 3 3 23 19 12 1 2 9 12 31 -15 26
14 Jong AZ 24 6 6 12 38 47 12 5 4 3 23 19 12 1 2 9 15 28 -9 24
15 MVV Maastricht 24 6 6 12 30 43 12 5 4 3 18 14 12 1 2 9 12 29 -13 24
16 Jong PSV 24 5 5 14 28 46 12 4 4 4 15 15 12 1 1 10 13 31 -18 20
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 24 4 10 10 29 39 12 3 4 5 22 23 12 1 6 5 7 16 -10 19
18 TOP Oss 24 5 4 15 21 45 12 4 3 5 14 15 12 1 1 10 7 30 -24 19
19 FC Dordrecht 24 3 7 14 28 55 12 2 4 6 16 25 12 1 3 8 12 30 -27 16
20 Helmond Sport 24 3 7 14 23 51 12 2 4 6 12 18 12 1 3 8 11 33 -28 16

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.