NAC Breda vs MVV Maastricht preview: Away team will have a difficult 90 minutes at Rat Verlegh Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie Playoffs
Competition: Tue 23.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

NAC Breda and MVV Maastricht are ready to show off their new players and tricks: It's the premier game of the Eredivisie Playoffs season.

It should be mentioned that MVV Maastricht play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for MVV Maastricht on grass are 6 victories, 1 draw and 10 defeats from 17 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 22-35. You can compare this with overall results below.

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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NAC Breda form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for NAC Breda as they were promoted from Eerste Divisie last season. Happy days that were secured through 18 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses from 38 games. The team scored 34 goals at home last season and conceded 27. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

Breda are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie Playoffs match at MVV Maastricht awaits in four days.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the NAC Breda friendly games in pre-season: NAC Breda played one friendly, won 0, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that NAC Breda scored {0 goals} and conceded 2 in these one game.

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

A job perfectly done for MVV Maastricht last season as they secured promotion from Eerste Divisie. With a grand total of 18 wins, 5 draws and 15 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting NAC Breda in just four days.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Breda wins - draws - MVV Maastricht wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MVV MaastrichtR. van Bommel
R. van Bommel
15 goals
NAC BredaO. Velanas
O. Velanas
14 goals
NAC BredaJ. van der Sande
J. van der Sande
13 goals

NAC Breda missing players

MVV Maastricht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NAC Breda MVV Maastricht
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
NAC Breda Last season MVV Maastricht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 10   Won W   5 18
5 3   Drew D   2 5
15 6   Lost L   12 15
64 34   Scored S   23 65
64 27   Conceded C   42 65
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
92% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 82%
68% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   74% 71%
39% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 47%
21% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 26%
71% 63%   BTTS BTTS   63% 68%
16% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 16%
13% 16%   Failed to Score F T   21% 16%
 
4.9 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 3.7
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.6
1.6 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
4 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.4 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 9.9
4.2 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.2
40% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 41%
 
11.1 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.4 14.6
4.4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.3 5.7

Last season 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 38 27 4 7 103 42 19 15 3 1 61 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 61 85
2 PEC Zwolle 38 27 4 7 99 43 19 15 2 2 58 18 19 12 2 5 41 25 56 85
3 Almere City 38 21 7 10 58 41 19 10 4 5 29 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 17 70
4 Willem II 38 19 11 8 68 40 19 13 2 4 37 17 19 6 9 4 31 23 28 68
5 MVV Maastricht 38 18 5 15 65 65 19 13 3 3 42 23 19 5 2 12 23 42 0 59
6 NAC Breda 38 18 5 15 64 64 19 10 3 6 34 27 19 8 2 9 30 37 0 59
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 10 12 56 51 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 10 3 6 32 29 5 58
8 FC Eindhoven 38 16 10 12 58 54 19 10 4 5 37 23 19 6 6 7 21 31 4 58
9 Telstar 38 14 11 13 39 52 19 8 5 6 22 25 19 6 6 7 17 27 -13 53
10 Graafschap 38 15 7 16 64 54 19 10 2 7 31 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 10 52
11 Jong AZ 38 14 9 15 60 58 19 8 7 4 37 24 19 6 2 11 23 34 2 51
12 ADO Den Haag 38 13 12 13 51 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 19 7 6 6 21 26 -6 51
13 Jong Ajax 38 12 10 16 69 72 19 7 5 7 41 31 19 5 5 9 28 41 -3 46
14 Jong PSV 38 12 9 17 59 63 19 8 3 8 34 29 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 45
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 12 7 19 49 59 19 7 4 8 27 26 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 43
16 Helmond Sport 38 11 10 17 39 57 19 7 4 8 26 25 19 4 6 9 13 32 -18 43
17 FC Oss 38 10 7 21 45 76 19 6 3 10 27 37 19 4 4 11 18 39 -31 37
18 FC Dordrecht 38 9 8 21 41 68 19 6 4 9 23 28 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 10 5 23 46 85 19 7 3 9 30 33 19 3 2 14 16 52 -39 35
20 Jong Utrecht 38 7 7 24 33 65 19 5 5 9 18 21 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 28

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Istiqlol Dushanbe 9 6 2 1 20 3 6 5 1 0 18 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 17 20
2 Eskhata 9 5 1 3 11 9 5 2 1 2 7 8 4 3 0 1 4 1 2 16
3 Ravshan 9 3 5 1 10 4 5 3 1 1 9 3 4 0 4 0 1 1 6 14
4 Khatlon 9 4 0 5 7 15 4 2 0 2 4 6 5 2 0 3 3 9 -8 12
5 CSKA Pomir 9 2 5 2 6 6 4 0 3 1 1 3 5 2 2 1 5 3 0 11
6 Fayzkand 9 2 4 3 13 14 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 0 3 3 6 12 -1 10
7 Kuktosh 9 3 1 5 13 16 3 0 1 2 1 5 6 3 0 3 12 11 -3 10
8 Khujand 9 2 4 3 7 13 5 1 3 1 5 6 4 1 1 2 2 7 -6 10
9 Regar-TadAZ 9 2 3 4 10 12 6 2 1 3 7 5 3 0 2 1 3 7 -2 9
10 Khosilot Farkhor 9 2 3 4 7 12 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 1 1 3 4 9 -5 9

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