Balanced ball game between Telstar and NAC Breda expected

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sun 07.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Telstar Stadion

This could be an interesting match as Telstar have their presumed home advantage while NAC Breda are ahead 8 points in the Eerste Divisie table.

Insights:
  • Telstar has the most points from losing position (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Eerste Divisie

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Telstar form and stats

Telstar have collected 15 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 4-3-4.

Telstar shared the glory with Helmond Sport in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that, Telstar drew at home versus Jong AZ.

This is expected to be a close game, with Telstar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Telstar as a small favourite), we find six games. Telstar has won three of these, drawn one and lost two.

The Telstar manager A. Jonker has got the team scoring with 25 from 11 home games in the league. Telstar have conceded 17 from these games.

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NAC Breda form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. Two points from the last two away games for Breda, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

NAC Breda go into this game after a win, the home game against Almere City that ended 4-0. A 1-1 draw at FC Den Bosch's stadium before that.

As you can tell from the results above, Breda was very dominant against Almere City, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Mounir El Allouchi, Lex Immers and Mario Bilate (2) providing the goals.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by NAC Breda in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for NAC Breda, one draw and six defeats.

NAC Breda are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: NAC Breda - Telstar 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Telstar won one game, one match ended with a draw and NAC Breda has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five

Top Goalscorers

TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
12 goals
NAC BredaS. van Hooijdonk
S. van Hooijdonk
12 goals
TelstarI. Bronkhorst
I. Bronkhorst
8 goals

Telstar missing players

NAC Breda missing players

Telstar NAC Breda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
9 4 1 Won W 3 5 12
6 3 0 Drew D 0 4 5
7 4 3 Lost L 0 2 5
41 25 9 Scored S 9 17 41
32 17 9 Conceded C 2 8 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 91%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 73%
64% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 27% 50%
32% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 32%
23% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 14%
77% 82% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 36%
9% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 45% 41%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.4 11.4 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.7 11.1
4.7 5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 4.8 5.1
40% 45% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 32% 36%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Telstar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • NAC Breda has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Telstar has the most points from losing position (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Telstar have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Telstar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 22 17 2 3 65 19 12 9 0 3 36 12 10 8 2 0 29 7 46 53
2 Almere City 22 15 5 2 50 28 11 9 2 0 22 2 11 6 3 2 28 26 22 50
3 Graafschap 22 15 2 5 47 31 11 8 1 2 24 14 11 7 1 3 23 17 16 47
4 NAC Breda 22 12 5 5 41 19 11 7 1 3 24 11 11 5 4 2 17 8 22 41
5 NEC 22 12 5 5 39 25 11 6 3 2 20 10 11 6 2 3 19 15 14 41
6 Go Ahead Eagles 21 11 5 5 29 15 10 4 3 3 12 7 11 7 2 2 17 8 14 38
7 FC Volendam 21 9 7 5 45 27 11 4 3 4 25 14 10 5 4 1 20 13 18 34
8 Telstar 22 9 6 7 41 32 11 4 3 4 25 17 11 5 3 3 16 15 9 33
9 Roda JC Kerkrade 22 8 8 6 37 30 11 5 4 2 19 12 11 3 4 4 18 18 7 32
10 Jong Ajax 22 8 5 9 37 41 11 3 3 5 16 22 11 5 2 4 21 19 -4 29
11 Excelsior 22 8 3 11 42 40 11 4 1 6 22 22 11 4 2 5 20 18 2 27
12 FC Eindhoven 22 7 6 9 34 39 11 4 3 4 25 20 11 3 3 5 9 19 -5 27
13 Helmond Sport 22 6 8 8 30 34 11 4 2 5 16 17 11 2 6 3 14 17 -4 26
14 Jong Utrecht 22 8 1 13 32 41 11 4 0 7 15 19 11 4 1 6 17 22 -9 25
15 FC Oss 22 7 4 11 19 33 11 4 2 5 13 16 11 3 2 6 6 17 -14 25
16 Jong PSV 22 5 5 12 33 46 11 1 4 6 13 20 11 4 1 6 20 26 -13 20
17 Jong AZ 22 5 4 13 32 57 11 2 3 6 21 31 11 3 1 7 11 26 -25 19
18 MVV Maastricht 22 4 5 13 23 50 10 2 2 6 15 28 12 2 3 7 8 22 -27 17
19 FC Den Bosch 22 2 7 13 24 52 11 2 5 4 14 15 11 0 2 9 10 37 -28 13
20 FC Dordrecht 22 3 3 16 18 59 11 2 3 6 11 21 11 1 0 10 7 38 -41 12

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.