Key statistics for the KNVB Beker fixture between NAC Breda and FC Utrecht

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Competition: Netherlands KNVB Beker
Competition: Tue 14.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion (19000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's NAC Breda or FC Utrecht that keep their silverware dream alive.

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

This is not the first game this season in the KNVB Beker for Breda, as the manager de Graaf led his troops to eliminate VVV-Venlo, and reach the 2nd Round. NAC Breda was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the KNVB Beker.

NAC Breda are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Rat Verlegh Stadion. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Almere City in the Eerste Divisie last time out and are looking for a win here. Dion Malone, defender, was given a rating of 7.62/10 in that game, top of the team. Malone won 6 of 7 duels.

Before that match, a Eerste Divisie win away at FC Den Bosch.

There will be little rest for Breda after this match as they are travelling to ADO Den Haag for a Eerste Divisie game in only three days.

The Breda fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, NAC Breda have conceded only 7 goals.

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FC Utrecht form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated SteDoCo in order to reach 2nd round of KNVB Beker. Utrecht was sent out of KNVB Beker in the 2nd round last season.

There's been little loot from FC Utrecht's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Eredivisie. FC Utrecht only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Utrecht as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Ajax match.

FC Utrecht's last game was the home draw against Go Ahead Eagles (0-0). Adam Maher got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Maher hit four key passes and had 60 successful passes (of 70 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting PSV's place.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Eredivisie trip to Fortuna Sittard.

Utrecht find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Utrecht have conceded 14 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Breda two wins, three draws and FC Utrecht five victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NAC BredaR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
10 goals
FC UtrechtB. Ramselaar
B. Ramselaar
6 goals
BredaT. Haye
T. Haye
4 goals

NAC Breda missing players

FC Utrecht missing players

Total First Half Second Half
NAC Breda FC Utrecht
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   11 25
11 8   Won W   5 15
7 4   Drew D   1 3
7 2   Lost L   5 7
39 23   Scored S   20 65
28 11   Conceded C   15 32
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
72% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 80%
52% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 76%
24% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 60%
12% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 44%
52% 57%   BTTS BTTS   45% 60%
36% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 36%
20% 0%   Failed to Score F T   18% 12%
 
5.6 6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.7
5 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.9
0.9 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.5
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.9 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 13.6
4.9 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 5.4
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 43%
 
11.4 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 10.2
4.5 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Volendam 19 12 6 1 47 25 10 7 2 1 26 14 9 5 4 0 21 11 22 42
2 Excelsior 19 13 2 4 47 25 9 5 2 2 21 13 10 8 0 2 26 12 22 41
3 FC Emmen 19 11 3 5 29 15 9 6 0 3 17 6 10 5 3 2 12 9 14 36
4 Jong Ajax 19 11 3 5 44 31 9 6 1 2 24 14 10 5 2 3 20 17 13 36
5 ADO Den Haag 19 13 2 4 44 23 9 7 0 2 22 11 10 6 2 2 22 12 21 35
6 Graafschap 19 10 3 6 31 23 10 3 3 4 10 14 9 7 0 2 21 9 8 33
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 19 8 6 5 37 27 10 3 4 3 16 14 9 5 2 2 21 13 10 30
8 FC Eindhoven 19 9 3 7 33 27 9 6 2 1 18 10 10 3 1 6 15 17 6 30
9 NAC Breda 19 7 6 6 31 23 9 5 3 1 17 7 10 2 3 5 14 16 8 27
10 FC Den Bosch 19 8 1 10 22 34 10 6 0 4 12 17 9 2 1 6 10 17 -12 25
11 VVV-Venlo 19 7 2 10 21 25 10 5 1 4 14 12 9 2 1 6 7 13 -4 23
12 MVV Maastricht 19 7 2 10 22 39 10 4 2 4 15 17 9 3 0 6 7 22 -17 23
13 Jong PSV 19 6 4 9 29 32 10 4 2 4 16 14 9 2 2 5 13 18 -3 22
14 Jong Utrecht 19 6 4 9 24 31 9 3 0 6 9 17 10 3 4 3 15 14 -7 22
15 Jong AZ 19 6 3 10 16 22 10 4 2 4 8 9 9 2 1 6 8 13 -6 21
16 Helmond Sport 19 5 4 10 17 29 10 3 2 5 9 17 9 2 2 5 8 12 -12 19
17 Telstar 19 4 7 8 22 39 9 1 3 5 12 23 10 3 4 3 10 16 -17 19
18 Almere City 19 4 5 10 31 40 9 2 2 5 15 19 10 2 3 5 16 21 -9 17
19 FC Oss 19 3 6 10 20 31 10 2 4 4 14 17 9 1 2 6 6 14 -11 15
20 FC Dordrecht 19 2 4 13 22 48 9 1 3 5 10 19 10 1 1 8 12 29 -26 10
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 15 11 3 1 48 2 8 6 1 1 32 1 7 5 2 0 16 1 46 36
2 Feyenoord 15 11 2 2 38 14 8 7 1 0 24 7 7 4 1 2 14 7 24 35
3 PSV 15 11 1 3 38 22 8 7 0 1 25 12 7 4 1 2 13 10 16 34
4 FC Utrecht 16 8 3 5 30 20 8 6 2 0 22 6 8 2 1 5 8 14 10 27
5 SC Cambuur 16 9 0 7 30 36 8 4 0 4 16 18 8 5 0 3 14 18 -6 27
6 Vitesse 15 8 2 5 20 22 7 2 2 3 7 12 8 6 0 2 13 10 -2 26
7 FC Twente 15 7 4 4 22 19 7 3 3 1 8 5 8 4 1 3 14 14 3 25
8 AZ 15 7 2 6 28 21 7 5 1 1 19 9 8 2 1 5 9 12 7 23
9 SC Heerenveen 16 6 4 6 18 21 9 3 2 4 11 14 7 3 2 2 7 7 -3 22
10 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 3 7 19 25 8 4 0 4 13 11 8 2 3 3 6 14 -6 21
11 NEC 15 5 4 6 20 24 7 2 2 3 8 8 8 3 2 3 12 16 -4 19
12 FC Groningen 15 4 6 5 17 21 7 1 5 1 6 5 8 3 1 4 11 16 -4 18
13 Willem II 16 5 3 8 17 31 8 3 1 4 7 14 8 2 2 4 10 17 -14 18
14 RKC Waalwijk 15 3 6 6 16 23 8 3 1 4 7 12 7 0 5 2 9 11 -7 15
15 Heracles 15 4 2 9 15 21 8 4 1 3 10 9 7 0 1 6 5 12 -6 14
16 Fortuna Sittard 16 3 3 10 17 39 7 2 1 4 8 19 9 1 2 6 9 20 -22 12
17 Sparta Rotterdam 16 2 5 9 12 24 8 1 3 4 6 11 8 1 2 5 6 13 -12 11
18 PEC Zwolle 16 1 3 12 8 28 8 1 2 5 3 8 8 0 1 7 5 20 -20 6

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 Ajax 15 11 3 1 48 2 8 6 1 1 32 1 7 5 2 0 16 1 46 36
2 Feyenoord 15 11 2 2 38 14 8 7 1 0 24 7 7 4 1 2 14 7 24 35
3 PSV 15 11 1 3 38 22 8 7 0 1 25 12 7 4 1 2 13 10 16 34
4 FC Utrecht 16 8 3 5 30 20 8 6 2 0 22 6 8 2 1 5 8 14 10 27
5 SC Cambuur 16 9 0 7 30 36 8 4 0 4 16 18 8 5 0 3 14 18 -6 27
6 Vitesse 15 8 2 5 20 22 7 2 2 3 7 12 8 6 0 2 13 10 -2 26
7 FC Twente 15 7 4 4 22 19 7 3 3 1 8 5 8 4 1 3 14 14 3 25
8 AZ 15 7 2 6 28 21 7 5 1 1 19 9 8 2 1 5 9 12 7 23
9 SC Heerenveen 16 6 4 6 18 21 9 3 2 4 11 14 7 3 2 2 7 7 -3 22
10 Go Ahead Eagles 16 6 3 7 19 25 8 4 0 4 13 11 8 2 3 3 6 14 -6 21
11 NEC 15 5 4 6 20 24 7 2 2 3 8 8 8 3 2 3 12 16 -4 19
12 FC Groningen 15 4 6 5 17 21 7 1 5 1 6 5 8 3 1 4 11 16 -4 18
13 Willem II 16 5 3 8 17 31 8 3 1 4 7 14 8 2 2 4 10 17 -14 18
14 RKC Waalwijk 15 3 6 6 16 23 8 3 1 4 7 12 7 0 5 2 9 11 -7 15
15 Heracles 15 4 2 9 15 21 8 4 1 3 10 9 7 0 1 6 5 12 -6 14
16 Fortuna Sittard 16 3 3 10 17 39 7 2 1 4 8 19 9 1 2 6 9 20 -22 12
17 Sparta Rotterdam 16 2 5 9 12 24 8 1 3 4 6 11 8 1 2 5 6 13 -12 11
18 PEC Zwolle 16 1 3 12 8 28 8 1 2 5 3 8 8 0 1 7 5 20 -20 6

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