Perhaps a welcome break from league football as NAC Breda & VVV-Venlo face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
NAC Breda form and stats
NAC Breda participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Rat Verlegh Stadion as NAC Breda have scored 14 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Eerste Divisie are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Breda here at Rat Verlegh Stadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Breda supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host MVV Maastricht in Eerste Divisie and win 3-0. Midfield player Boris van Schuppen got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Schuppen scored one goal.
Heartbreak before that as NAC Breda lost 0-1 at FC Volendam's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Breda handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and one defeat.
The manager E. de Graaf will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Oss in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 6 games), NAC Breda's attacking play is working. Breda are not conceding a lot of goals here at Rat Verlegh Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the semi-finals.The visitors are W1-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Luhukay, the VVV-Venlo manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for VVV-Venlo in their previous game, as they lost their Eerste Divisie-match, hosting Graafschap, 1-2. Midfield player Carl Johansson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.3/10. Johansson hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
It was a Eerste Divisie defeat before that one as the away game against Excelsior wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.We have checked recent matches where VVV-Venlo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, one draw and four defeats.
VVV-Venlo have another match away from home in just three nights, a Eerste Divisie game against FC Emmen. A back-breaking calendar for the visitors!
The attacking power of VVV-Venlo when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as VVV-Venlo have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for Breda, four draws and five wins for VVV-Venlo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Seuntjens 8 goals |   E. Sorga 3 goals |  T. Haye 2 goals |
NAC Breda missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| NAC Breda | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 42 | 27 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 24% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Jong AZ | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Jong Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | FC Eindhoven | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Telstar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | NAC Breda | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | FC Oss | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Almere City | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 7 |