Perhaps a welcome break from league football as USV Hercules & NAC Breda face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hustling days for the hometeam, as they played only three days ago in the Derde Divisie: Zondag. This match was also played here at Sportpark Voordorp. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, NAC Breda have had more rest.
USV Hercules form and stats
USV Hercules participated in KNVB Beker the last season, where they reached the 2nd preliminary round.A nice win for USV Hercules last time playing, versus HSC '21. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1.
Before that match, a Derde Divisie: Zondag win away at DEM.NAC Breda form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Breda might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. ADO Den Haag proved too strong as NAC Breda slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Rat Verlegh Stadion. Midfield player Velanas was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Velanas served one assist, hit six key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Jong AZ's place.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Eerste Divisie trip to FC Dordrecht.
NAC Breda find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. For NAC Breda, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Velanas 5 goals |  J. van der Sande 4 goals |  B. Lucassen 3 goals |
USV Hercules missing players
NAC Breda missing players
| USV Hercules | NAC Breda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 63 | 44 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 28 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 80% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 8 | 8.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 32% | ||
| 9 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 Almelo | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Almere City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Telstar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Dordrecht | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | De Graafschap | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
