NAC Breda favourites for feisty fight facing VVV-Venlo

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

Who will claim the win when VVV-Venlo travel to NAC Breda? In this preview you'll learn all the relevant facts and statistics required to get smart.

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  • NAC Breda have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Eerste Divisie

NAC Breda have less rest than VVV-Venlo in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong Utrecht.

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NAC Breda form and stats

NAC Breda have collected 31 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 8-7-1. In general it's been a long time since NAC Breda tasted defeat here at Rat Verlegh Stadion, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. Schuppen was the last player to find the net.

Breda lost their last game at Jong Utrecht (placed 19th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

In the match before that, NAC Breda hosted Jong Ajax and drew the game 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how NAC Breda have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost one.

NAC Breda have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rat Verlegh Stadion with 26 goals in 16 league matches. Breda are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rat Verlegh Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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VVV-Venlo form and stats

6-2-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for VVV-Venlo in their Eerste Divisie matches away.

VVV-Venlo are looking to quickly end their 279 minutes long goal drought in the Eerste Divisie.

The manager Luhukay was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Covebo Stadion - De Koel -. VVV-Venlo suffered a 0-5 loss to ADO Den Haag (placed 7th). Midfield player Azrak was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.21/10. Azrak hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus FC Den Bosch that ended 0-0.

VVV-Venlo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

VVV-Venlo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 16 games (in the league). VVV-Venlo have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled earlier this season: VVV-Venlo - NAC Breda 2-2. Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for NAC Breda, five draws and four wins for VVV-Venlo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
7 goals
VVV-VenloS. Braken
S. Braken
6 goals
VVV-VenloN. Venema
N. Venema
6 goals

NAC Breda missing players

VVV-Venlo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NAC Breda VVV-Venlo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
13 8 4 Won W 2 6 12
10 7 1 Drew D 0 2 5
10 1 0 Lost L 3 8 16
49 26 10 Scored S 4 18 40
39 10 2 Conceded C 7 20 49
85% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
73% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 76%
48% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 58%
33% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 27%
15% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 15%
42% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 45%
39% 56% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 38% 30%
33% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 33%
 
5.5 5.4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.3 5.7
4.7 4.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 6.4 5.4
1.2 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.2 1.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.2 12.3 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 7.9 10.5
5.1 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 4.5
29% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 27%
 
10.6 9.8 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 11.3 12.2
4.5 3.6 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.6 4.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • NAC Breda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • NAC Breda have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Eerste Divisie

  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 Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 33 18 11 4 69 45 16 11 2 3 39 24 17 7 9 1 30 21 24 65
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 16 11 6 66 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 17 8 6 3 35 23 27 59
6 Jong Ajax 33 17 7 9 72 55 17 11 3 3 44 26 16 6 4 6 28 29 17 58
7 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
8 De Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 33 13 10 10 49 39 16 8 7 1 26 10 17 5 3 9 23 29 10 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 33 11 5 17 33 42 17 7 3 7 19 20 16 4 2 10 14 22 -9 38
13 Jong PSV 32 10 7 15 52 54 17 7 4 6 32 25 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 37
14 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
15 TOP Oss 33 9 8 16 42 54 16 5 5 6 24 24 17 4 3 10 18 30 -12 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 33 9 4 20 33 59 17 5 0 12 14 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -26 31
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

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 Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 33 18 11 4 69 45 16 11 2 3 39 24 17 7 9 1 30 21 24 65
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 33 16 11 6 66 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 17 8 6 3 35 23 27 59
6 Jong Ajax 33 17 7 9 72 55 17 11 3 3 44 26 16 6 4 6 28 29 17 58
7 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
8 De Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 33 13 10 10 49 39 16 8 7 1 26 10 17 5 3 9 23 29 10 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 33 11 5 17 33 42 17 7 3 7 19 20 16 4 2 10 14 22 -9 38
13 Jong PSV 32 10 7 15 52 54 17 7 4 6 32 25 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 37
14 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
15 TOP Oss 33 9 8 16 42 54 16 5 5 6 24 24 17 4 3 10 18 30 -12 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 33 9 4 20 33 59 17 5 0 12 14 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -26 31
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

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