Eerste Divisie prediction and preview: SC Cambuur modest favorites to beat NAC Breda

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 13.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cambuurstadion (10000 seats)

A key match in Eerste Divisie as both teams are battling for the top positions. With SC Cambuur in 1st position and NAC Breda placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie. That game was an away game at Jong AZ, so at least SC Cambuur are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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SC Cambuur form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 14 Eerste Divisie games here at Cambuurstadion for SC Cambuur. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. SC Cambuur has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Cambuurstadion. We remember; it was FC Volendam. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as SC Cambuur has won seven games in a row. The TOP Oss match was the last time out without a victory.

A strong away win for SC Cambuur against Jong AZ the last match, as R. Mühren (2) and M. Breij were on target. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Jong PSV.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from SC Cambuur's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn one and lost one.

SC Cambuur are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (40 goals in 14 games). 14 goals have been conceded.

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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, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

NAC Breda won their last game, 4-1 versus Roda JC Kerkrade played at home. Prior to that match, the NAC Breda manager P. Hyballa faced defeat when travelling to Feyenoord and losing 1-7.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and NAC Breda playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

NAC Breda has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. 18 goals have been conceded by NAC Breda in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result NAC Breda - SC Cambuur 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - two - four (SC Cambuur wins - draws - NAC Breda wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SC CambuurR. Mühren
R. Mühren
26 goals
SC CambuurJ. Jacobs
J. Jacobs
12 goals
NAC BredaA. Verschueren
A. Verschueren
7 goals

SC Cambuur missing players

NAC Breda missing players

SC Cambuur NAC Breda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
21 11 1 Won W 1 5 14
3 1 0 Drew D 0 5 8
5 2 2 Lost L 2 4 7
68 40 6 Scored S 5 21 48
25 14 4 Conceded C 5 18 30
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
83% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 72%
62% 79% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 52%
45% 64% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 28%
24% 36% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 14%
48% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 62%
41% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 31%
17% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 14%
 
6 8 9 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.9 6.2
4.4 4.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5 4.6
1.3 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
359 174 44 Total Shots T S 36 193 448
166 83 17 Shots on Target S O 18 89 188
41% 48% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 24% 26%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • SC Cambuur has the fewest conceded goals (25)
  • SC Cambuur has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14)
  • SC Cambuur has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
  • SC Cambuur has the most clean sheets (12)
  • SC Cambuur has the most scored goals in the first half (35)
  • SC Cambuur has the the best goal difference (+43)
  • SC Cambuur have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SC Cambuur have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • SC Cambuur have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SC Cambuur is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 29 21 3 5 68 25 14 11 1 2 40 14 15 10 2 3 28 11 43 66
2 De Graafschap 29 17 11 1 63 28 14 10 4 0 36 10 15 7 7 1 27 18 35 62
3 FC Volendam 29 16 7 6 57 42 15 9 5 1 35 20 14 7 2 5 22 22 15 55
4 Jong Ajax 29 16 6 7 72 47 14 9 3 2 40 17 15 7 3 5 32 30 25 54
5 NAC Breda 29 14 8 7 48 30 15 9 3 3 27 12 14 5 5 4 21 18 18 50
6 Go Ahead Eagles 29 12 12 5 49 41 15 7 7 1 27 14 14 5 5 4 22 27 8 48
7 Excelsior 29 13 8 8 65 55 15 9 3 3 44 32 14 4 5 5 21 23 10 47
8 NEC 29 12 9 8 51 37 14 6 5 3 24 17 15 6 4 5 27 20 14 45
9 Almere City 29 13 5 11 44 42 14 10 1 3 25 14 15 3 4 8 19 28 2 44
10 Telstar 29 12 8 9 47 48 15 8 1 6 21 21 14 4 7 3 26 27 -1 44
11 FC Den Bosch 29 10 11 8 56 49 15 6 6 3 31 20 14 4 5 5 25 29 7 38
12 Jong Utrecht 29 10 8 11 48 47 15 8 5 2 34 20 14 2 3 9 14 27 1 38
13 FC Eindhoven 29 9 7 13 46 59 15 7 5 3 29 23 14 2 2 10 17 36 -13 34
14 Jong AZ 29 7 7 15 45 61 15 6 4 5 26 25 14 1 3 10 19 36 -16 28
15 MVV Maastricht 29 7 6 16 37 53 14 6 4 4 23 17 15 1 2 12 14 36 -16 27
16 TOP Oss 29 6 7 16 28 53 14 5 3 6 17 19 15 1 4 10 11 34 -25 25
17 Roda JC Kerkrade 29 5 10 14 36 52 14 4 4 6 28 28 15 1 6 8 8 24 -16 22
18 Jong PSV 29 5 7 17 34 56 14 4 5 5 18 19 15 1 2 12 16 37 -22 22
19 FC Dordrecht 29 4 8 17 34 66 14 2 4 8 18 29 15 2 4 9 16 37 -32 20
20 Helmond Sport 29 3 8 18 25 62 15 2 5 8 14 25 14 1 3 10 11 37 -37 17

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.