NAC Breda vs PEC Zwolle match preview: Even contest expected at Rat Verlegh Stadion

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Wed 15.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

NAC Breda are welcoming PEC Zwolle for another important game after their 1-2 result against SC Heerenveen.

It's no vacation for neither NAC Breda nor PEC Zwolle 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting PEC Zwolle have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-4-15 (win-draw-loss) from 27 matches.

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NAC Breda form and stats

NAC Breda, who have the fewest scored goals (29) in Eredivisie, have played 16 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-7 (wins-draws-losses). NAC Breda are slowly digging their own grave here at Rat Verlegh Stadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the SC Heerenveen match. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on NAC Breda to get some points in this home game.

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 SC Heerenveen. Ahead of that match, NAC Breda lost 0-4 at home to Feyenoord.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how NAC Breda have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 2 Lost 3.

The NAC Breda fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 30 goals have been conceded.

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PEC Zwolle form and stats

5-2-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for PEC Zwolle in their matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Stam, the PEC Zwolle manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

PEC Zwolle failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs VVV-Venlo that ended with defeat 2-4. Before that, PEC Zwolle secured a home win against FC Groningen with the score 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by PEC Zwolle in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for PEC Zwolle, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games, an average of less than one per game. PEC Zwolle have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: PEC Zwolle - NAC Breda 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for NAC Breda, 2 draws and 5 wins for PEC Zwolle. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

M. te Vrede
10 goals
V. van Crooij
9 goals / 3 assists
L. Thy
9 goals / 1 assists

NAC Breda missing players

PEC Zwolle missing players

NAC Breda PEC Zwolle
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played 4 16 33
5 4 1 Won 3 5 11
7 5 1 Drew 0 2 5
21 7 2 Lost 1 9 17
29 18 6 Scored 5 13 44
74 30 6 Conceded 3 26 57
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 94%
91% 94% 100% Over 1.5 75% 81% 85%
64% 62% 50% Over 2.5 25% 38% 55%
30% 31% 25% Over 3.5 0% 19% 36%
21% 12% 25% Over 4.5 0% 6% 27%
48% 50% 50% BTTS 0% 25% 42%
9% 12% 25% Clean Sheets 75% 31% 30%
48% 44% 25% Failed To Score 25% 44% 33%
 
3.6 4.2 5.2 Corners For (avg) 6.2 4.9 5.5
6.6 5.1 2.8 Corners Against (avg) 7.2 6.8 5.5
1.5 1.6 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.1 1.8
4 1 0 Red Cards 0 3 3
Key stats this season:
  • NAC Breda have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • PEC Zwolle haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

NAC Breda
All Eredivisie Playoffs Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
09-03-19 ER PSV 2 - 0 NAC Breda
16-03-19 ER NAC Breda 0 - 4 FC Utrecht
31-03-19 ER NAC Breda 1 - 1 VVV-Venlo
03-04-19 ER Excelsior 1 - 2 NAC Breda
06-04-19 ER Heracles 1 - 0 NAC Breda
12-04-19 ER NAC Breda 1 - 1 FC Emmen
21-04-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 2 - 1 NAC Breda
24-04-19 ER NAC Breda 0 - 4 Feyenoord
12-05-19 ER SC Heerenveen 2 - 1 NAC Breda
15-05-19 ER NAC Breda 17:30 PEC Zwolle
PEC Zwolle
All Eredivisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
13-03-19 ER Ajax 2 - 1 PEC Zwolle
17-03-19 ER Excelsior 0 - 2 PEC Zwolle
31-03-19 ER PEC Zwolle 3 - 0 FC Emmen
04-04-19 ER PSV 4 - 0 PEC Zwolle
07-04-19 ER PEC Zwolle 5 - 0 Fortuna Sittard
14-04-19 ER Willem II 2 - 0 PEC Zwolle
20-04-19 ER Vitesse 4 - 1 PEC Zwolle
29-04-19 ER PEC Zwolle 3 - 2 FC Groningen
12-05-19 ER PEC Zwolle 2 - 4 VVV-Venlo
15-05-19 ER NAC Breda 17:30 PEC Zwolle

  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 33 27 2 4 115 31 17 15 2 0 70 13 16 12 0 4 45 18 84 83
2 PSV 33 25 5 3 95 25 16 15 1 0 55 6 17 10 4 3 40 19 70 80
3 Feyenoord 33 19 5 9 71 40 17 14 0 3 43 16 16 5 5 6 28 24 31 62
4 AZ 33 17 7 9 62 39 17 11 3 3 35 15 16 6 4 6 27 24 23 58
5 Vitesse 33 13 11 9 67 50 17 10 6 1 45 25 16 3 5 8 22 25 17 50
6 FC Utrecht 33 14 8 11 57 50 16 8 5 3 27 15 17 6 3 8 30 35 7 50
7 Heracles 33 15 3 15 60 65 17 11 0 6 42 32 16 4 3 9 18 33 -5 48
8 FC Groningen 33 13 6 14 39 40 17 10 1 6 26 16 16 3 5 8 13 24 -1 45
9 Willem II 33 13 5 15 56 66 17 6 2 9 26 33 16 7 3 6 30 33 -10 44
10 ADO Den Haag 33 11 9 13 52 61 16 6 4 6 27 30 17 5 5 7 25 31 -9 42
11 SC Heerenveen 33 10 11 12 63 70 17 4 7 6 27 35 16 6 4 6 36 35 -7 41
12 VVV-Venlo 33 11 8 14 46 60 16 7 3 6 24 22 17 4 5 8 22 38 -14 41
13 PEC Zwolle 33 11 5 17 44 57 17 6 3 8 31 31 16 5 2 9 13 26 -13 38
14 FC Emmen 33 9 8 16 40 72 16 4 5 7 22 31 17 5 3 9 18 41 -32 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 33 9 7 17 49 76 16 7 5 4 29 22 17 2 2 13 20 54 -27 34
16 Excelsior 33 8 6 19 42 77 16 5 4 7 23 34 17 3 2 12 19 43 -35 30
17 Graafschap 33 8 5 20 37 71 16 6 3 7 24 24 17 2 2 13 13 47 -34 29
18 NAC Breda 33 5 7 21 29 74 16 4 5 7 18 30 17 1 2 14 11 44 -45 22

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