NEC will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind NAC Breda.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
NEC form and stats
6 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what NEC have to build on here at Goffertstadion in the Eerste Divisie.
NEC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Go Ahead Eagles. Ahead of that match, NEC won a home game hosting Helmond Sport (2-0).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does NEC handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and two defeats.
The NEC fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 league matches. NEC have conceded 16 in these home matches.
NAC Breda form and stats
5 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of NAC Breda playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.
NAC Breda won their last game, 1-0 versus Almere City played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jong Ajax at their stadium, the result 4-2.
NAC Breda are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.
NAC Breda are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. As opposed to that, NAC Breda have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: NAC Breda - NEC 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): NEC zero wins, five draws and NAC Breda five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 Z. Flemming 11 goals |  A. Musaba 7 goals |  O. ter Haar Romeny 7 goals |
NEC missing players
NAC Breda missing players
| NEC | NAC Breda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 48 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 43 |
| 35 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 28 |
| 89% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 78% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 70% |
| 56% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 52% |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 26% |
| 26% | 31% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 11% |
| 56% | 46% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 59% |
| 33% | 46% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 33% |
| 22% | 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 23% | 15% |
| 6.5 | 6.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 339 | 186 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 180 | 403 |
| 139 | 74 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 85 | 173 |
| 35% | 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 24% | 25% |
- NAC Breda has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
- NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 38 | 60 |
| 2 | De Graafschap | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 56 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Jong Ajax | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 53 |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | NAC Breda | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 46 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 61 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 44 |
| 8 | NEC | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 41 |
| 9 | Telstar | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 25 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Almere City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 39 |
| 11 | FC Den Bosch | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 38 |
| 12 | Jong Utrecht | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 38 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 36 | -15 | 30 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 33 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Jong AZ | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 32 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | TOP Oss | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -26 | 21 |
| 18 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -27 | 19 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 59 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 35 | -35 | 16 |