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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Wed 24.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

The visiting Feyenoord side should be favourites in this visit to NAC Breda, as the away team holds a 37 point advantage from their 31 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither NAC Breda nor Feyenoord as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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NAC Breda form and stats

When playing at home, NAC Breda, who have the fewest scored goals (28) in Eredivisie, have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games. NAC Breda have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The fans are hoping that NAC Breda will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Eredivisie game against Fortuna Sittard. Preceding that game was the home draw versus FC Emmen that ended 1-1.

NAC Breda has scored 18 goals at home this season, in 15 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the NAC Breda defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Feyenoord form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. The fact that Feyenoord have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Feyenoord are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Eredivisie against AZ. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Heracles.

Feyenoord are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Feyenoord have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Feyenoord - NAC Breda 4-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 2 - 6 (NAC Breda wins - draws - Feyenoord wins).

Top Goalscorers

R. van Persie
16 goals / 4 assists
S. Berghuis
11 goals / 11 assists
M. te Vrede
10 goals

NAC Breda missing players

Feyenoord missing players

NAC Breda Feyenoord
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 15 Played 15 31
28 18 Scored 24 67
68 26 Conceded 24 38
94% 93% Over 0.5 100% 100%
90% 93% Over 1.5 93% 90%
61% 60% Over 2.5 53% 68%
29% 27% Over 3.5 33% 35%
23% 13% Over 4.5 20% 23%
48% 53% Both teams to score 67% 58%
10% 13% Clean Sheet 13% 29%
48% 40% Failed To Score 20% 13%
 
3.6 4.4 Corners For (avg) 6.3 7.3
6.6 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 5.7 4.3
1.6 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.2
4 1 Red Cards (total) 5 7
Key stats this season:
  • Feyenoord hasn'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 D P
1 Ajax 31 25 2 4 107 28 15 13 2 0 62 10 16 12 0 4 45 18 79 77
2 PSV 31 24 5 2 92 24 16 15 1 0 55 6 15 9 4 2 37 18 68 77
3 Feyenoord 31 18 5 8 67 38 16 14 0 2 43 14 15 4 5 6 24 24 29 59
4 AZ 31 15 7 9 59 38 15 9 3 3 32 14 16 6 4 6 27 24 21 52
5 Heracles 31 15 3 13 55 58 16 11 0 5 38 27 15 4 3 8 17 31 -3 48
6 Vitesse 31 12 11 8 59 45 16 9 6 1 39 24 15 3 5 7 20 21 14 47
7 FC Utrecht 31 13 8 10 54 45 15 7 5 3 25 14 16 6 3 7 29 31 9 47
8 Willem II 31 13 5 13 54 60 15 6 2 7 24 27 16 7 3 6 30 33 -6 44
9 FC Groningen 31 12 6 13 34 37 16 9 1 6 23 16 15 3 5 7 11 21 -3 42
10 SC Heerenveen 31 9 10 12 59 67 15 3 6 6 23 32 16 6 4 6 36 35 -8 37
11 VVV-Venlo 31 10 7 14 40 56 16 7 3 6 24 22 15 3 4 8 16 34 -16 37
12 ADO Den Haag 31 9 9 13 47 60 15 5 4 6 24 29 16 4 5 7 23 31 -13 36
13 PEC Zwolle 31 10 5 16 39 51 15 5 3 7 26 25 16 5 2 9 13 26 -12 35
14 Fortuna Sittard 31 9 7 15 48 71 16 7 5 4 29 22 15 2 2 11 19 49 -23 34
15 FC Emmen 31 8 8 15 37 69 16 4 5 7 22 31 15 4 3 8 15 38 -32 32
16 Excelsior 31 7 6 18 36 70 16 5 4 7 23 34 15 2 2 11 13 36 -34 27
17 Graafschap 31 7 5 19 35 65 15 5 3 7 23 24 16 2 2 12 12 41 -30 26
18 NAC Breda 31 5 7 19 28 68 15 4 5 6 18 26 16 1 2 13 10 42 -40 22

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