Willem II favourites for feisty fight facing NAC Breda

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sun 11.December
Match begins: 11:15 (UTC)
Venue: Koning Willem II Stadion (14637 seats)

Willem II have 24 points playing as the home team. NAC Breda have got 18 points playing away. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Willem II have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • NAC Breda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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Willem II form and stats

Willem II have played 7 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Willem shared the glory with FC Dordrecht in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The hometeam coach Hofland made a successful contribution in the game against FC Dordrecht, bringing on de Leeuw who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. The talented striker Hornkamp bettered all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Hornkamp served one assist and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at VVV-Venlo that finished 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Willem II handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the latest 11 league matches from this club have had at least one goal from each side.

The Willem II fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches.

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NAC Breda form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for NAC Breda so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Breda seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus PEC Zwolle with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Plat was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Plat hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, the NAC Breda manager Molenaar faced defeat when travelling to Heracles Almelo and losing 1-5.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

NAC Breda are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. For Breda, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Willem II have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus NAC Breda.

Top Goalscorers

NAC BredaJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
7 goals
NAC BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
6 goals
WillemM. de Leeuw
M. de Leeuw
5 goals

Willem II missing players

NAC Breda missing players

Willem II NAC Breda
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 5 8 16
6 3 2 Won W 1 2 5
6 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 2 0 Lost L 3 5 8
23 8 3 Scored S 7 12 21
19 7 1 Conceded C 12 20 29
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
62% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 88% 62%
31% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 75% 44%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 12%
75% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 75% 69%
25% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 12%
 
6.3 6 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.9 5.4
3.4 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.2 4.4
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.9 11.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.6 8.6
3.9 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.2
37% 25% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 52% 40%
 
8.2 7.3 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 12.4 11.3
3.4 3 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 6.2 4.8
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.
  • Willem II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Willem II have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Willem II 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 Heracles Almelo 16 12 1 3 44 20 8 7 1 0 27 8 8 5 0 3 17 12 24 37
2 PEC Zwolle 16 11 2 3 40 19 8 4 2 2 18 13 8 7 0 1 22 6 21 35
3 MVV Maastricht 16 10 3 3 30 22 9 7 2 0 23 8 7 3 1 3 7 14 8 33
4 FC Eindhoven 16 8 5 3 28 20 8 5 3 0 19 8 8 3 2 3 9 12 8 29
5 Almere City 16 8 2 6 23 21 8 5 1 2 15 9 8 3 1 4 8 12 2 26
6 VVV-Venlo 16 7 4 5 24 25 8 2 3 3 8 10 8 5 1 2 16 15 -1 25
7 Jong AZ 16 7 3 6 26 21 8 5 2 1 18 8 8 2 1 5 8 13 5 24
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 16 7 3 6 26 22 7 4 1 2 14 9 9 3 2 4 12 13 4 24
9 Willem II 16 6 6 4 23 19 7 3 2 2 8 7 9 3 4 2 15 12 4 24
10 Jong Ajax 16 5 6 5 30 28 8 3 3 2 19 11 8 2 3 3 11 17 2 21
11 De Graafschap 16 6 3 7 25 25 8 4 2 2 13 8 8 2 1 5 12 17 0 21
12 Jong PSV 16 5 5 6 25 25 8 4 0 4 12 11 8 1 5 2 13 14 0 20
13 FC Den Bosch 16 6 1 9 26 31 9 4 0 5 15 16 7 2 1 4 11 15 -5 19
14 Telstar 16 4 7 5 15 23 8 2 3 3 8 15 8 2 4 2 7 8 -8 19
15 NAC Breda 16 5 3 8 21 29 8 3 2 3 9 9 8 2 1 5 12 20 -8 18
16 FC Dordrecht 16 4 4 8 21 27 8 3 1 4 13 15 8 1 3 4 8 12 -6 16
17 ADO Den Haag 16 4 4 8 19 26 8 2 2 4 12 13 8 2 2 4 7 13 -7 16
18 TOP Oss 16 5 1 10 18 29 8 3 1 4 11 13 8 2 0 6 7 16 -11 16
19 Helmond Sport 16 5 0 11 13 30 8 3 0 5 10 13 8 2 0 6 3 17 -17 15
20 Jong Utrecht 16 2 3 11 13 28 8 2 2 4 6 8 8 0 1 7 7 20 -15 9

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.