National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's NAC Breda or FC Eindhoven that keep their silverware dream alive.
This stadium has grass, which is not FC Eindhoven's regular surface at their own pitch. When appearing on grass FC Eindhoven have performed like this: Played 17 matches with the output 4 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats with the goal production 19-18 (scored/conceded).
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for NAC Breda and FC Eindhoven.
NAC Breda form and stats
Action has already taken place for NAC Breda in KNVB Beker as they have defeated USV Hercules to reach the 2nd Round. Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the quarter-finals.4 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what NAC Breda have to build on here at Rat Verlegh Stadion in the Eerste Divisie.
Breda's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Jong PSV. The home side are looking to build on that result. der Sande, a forward, was the best performer for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 8.21 (out of 10). Sande scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the home Eerste Divisie game against Almere City that was lost 0-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how NAC Breda have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.
The manager Lokhoff will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Helmond Sport in only three days.
Breda are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, NAC Breda have conceded 11 goals.
FC Eindhoven form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Willem II in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. Eindhoven was sent out of KNVB Beker in the 1st round last season.The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.
FC Eindhoven has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Jong Ajax for a 1-1 draw. Attacker Rottier got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Rottier scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The game before that, in the Eerste Divisie, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against VVV-Venlo.FC Eindhoven are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
Eindhoven are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by FC Eindhoven in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): NAC Breda won four games, four matches ended with a tie and FC Eindhoven managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  J. van der Sande 8 goals |  O. Velanas 7 goals |   N. Bannis 5 goals |
NAC Breda missing players
FC Eindhoven missing players
| NAC Breda | FC Eindhoven | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | C | 25 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.7 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 37% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 40% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Almere City | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Willem II | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | De Graafschap | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Telstar | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | TOP Oss | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 19 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 15 |
