PEC Zwolle vs NAC Breda forecast and statistics

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAC³PARK Stadion (12500 seats)

1st place in the Eerste Divisie table for PEC Zwolle right now, a good showing. The match-going followers hope for more goals as 7th-placed NAC Breda visit MAC³PARK Stadion.

Insights:
  • PEC Zwolle have the most scored goals (79) in Eerste Divisie
  • PEC Zwolle have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NAC Breda have scored away.

This football stadium uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike NAC Breda's home arena. The last 24 games by the away team on artifical turf have generated 7 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 14 Eerste Divisie games here at MAC³PARK Stadion for PEC Zwolle. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. After failing to beat MVV Maastricht here at MAC³PARK Stadion, PEC Zwolle has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

A strong away win for PEC Zwolle against De Graafschap the last match, as Thy were on target. Kersten, defender, was given a rating of 7.8/10 in that game, top of the team. Kersten won 7 of 11 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Willem II with a 3-2 scoreline.

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 PEC Zwolle home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.

Goal fest? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this side has contained three goals or more.

Zwolle always seem capable of creating a buzz here at MAC³PARK Stadion with 45 goals in 14 league games. PEC Zwolle's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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NAC Breda form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for NAC Breda in their previous game as they lost hosting Jong Ajax, 2-6. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Breda lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-6 beating and focus on this one. Attacker der Sande got a player rating of 7.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Sande scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus MVV Maastricht.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

NAC Breda has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 14 games. For NAC Breda, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

NAC Breda - Zwolle 0-2 was the scoreline in these squads' previous head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. PEC Zwolle-NAC Breda H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: PEC Zwolle five wins, NAC Breda two wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PEC ZwolleL. Thy
L. Thy
14 goals
PEC ZwolleT. van den Belt
T. van den Belt
13 goals
NAC BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
13 goals

PEC Zwolle missing players

NAC Breda missing players

PEC Zwolle NAC Breda
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 2 14 29
21 10 2 Won W 1 5 13
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 2 2 Lost L 1 7 12
79 45 7 Scored S 3 22 49
32 17 5 Conceded C 6 31 52
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
72% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 93% 72%
52% 57% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 45%
41% 50% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 21% 24%
55% 71% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 76%
38% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 14%
10% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
5.7 6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 5 5
3.6 3.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.8 4.6
1.4 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15.3 15.1 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.1 10.4
6.6 7.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.1 4.4
42% 42% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 39% 39%
 
8.7 8.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.6 11.3
3.7 4.4 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 5.6 4.6
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of NAC Breda's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • NAC Breda haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • PEC Zwolle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • PEC Zwolle have scored at least twice as many goals at home as NAC Breda have scored away.
  • PEC Zwolle have the most scored goals (79) in Eerste Divisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the most scored goals in the first half (47) in Eerste Divisie
  • PEC Zwolle have the the best goal difference (+47) in Eerste Divisie
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 PEC Zwolle 29 21 3 5 79 32 14 10 2 2 45 17 15 11 1 3 34 15 47 66
2 Heracles 28 19 3 6 78 32 14 11 2 1 51 14 14 8 1 5 27 18 46 60
3 VVV-Venlo 29 15 6 8 47 38 14 5 5 4 18 14 15 10 1 4 29 24 9 51
4 Almere City 28 15 4 9 40 32 14 7 3 4 24 17 14 8 1 5 16 15 8 49
5 FC Eindhoven 29 13 7 9 43 41 15 8 4 3 30 18 14 5 3 6 13 23 2 46
6 Willem II 28 12 8 8 46 33 14 8 2 4 23 14 14 4 6 4 23 19 13 44
7 NAC Breda 29 13 4 12 49 52 15 8 2 5 27 21 14 5 2 7 22 31 -3 43
8 MVV Maastricht 28 12 5 11 52 52 14 9 3 2 33 16 14 3 2 9 19 36 0 41
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 12 4 13 40 39 15 7 2 6 23 20 14 5 2 7 17 19 1 40
10 Jong AZ 29 11 7 11 48 48 14 7 5 2 31 19 15 4 2 9 17 29 0 40
11 De Graafschap 29 11 6 12 46 39 15 7 2 6 21 15 14 4 4 6 25 24 7 39
12 ADO Den Haag 29 10 9 10 35 41 14 5 4 5 20 20 15 5 5 5 15 21 -6 39
13 Telstar 28 10 9 9 28 39 14 5 4 5 16 21 14 5 5 4 12 18 -11 39
14 Jong PSV 29 9 8 12 44 48 14 5 2 7 23 24 15 4 6 5 21 24 -4 35
15 Helmond Sport 28 9 5 14 26 43 14 7 2 5 20 16 14 2 3 9 6 27 -17 32
16 Jong Ajax 29 7 10 12 51 56 14 4 5 5 27 20 15 3 5 7 24 36 -5 31
17 FC Oss 28 9 3 16 33 49 14 5 1 8 20 22 14 4 2 8 13 27 -16 30
18 FC Den Bosch 28 8 3 17 37 69 14 6 2 6 24 25 14 2 1 11 13 44 -32 27
19 FC Dordrecht 28 7 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 18 23 14 3 3 8 13 25 -17 26
20 Jong Utrecht 28 5 5 18 27 49 15 3 3 9 12 18 13 2 2 9 15 31 -22 20

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.