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NAC Breda v NEC Nijmegen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Jan, 20:00 BST, Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda

Dick Schreuder is aiming for a vital away win in the Eredivisie on Saturday night, as he takes his NEC Nijmegen side to the Rat Verlegh Stadion to visit NAC Breda and Carl Hoefkens. Analysing both teams' last 20 Eredivisie matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

NAC may feel optimistic ahead of this match and, funnily enough, so might NEC. The bookies see them as well matched and so do we – there's no obvious winner in this clash. So we look to the both teams to score market, where the signs are pointing in one direction. The form stats, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookies odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and we think that's the tip to go with here.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 44% chance of NEC coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
NAC 33%	2/1	-
Draw 24%	13/5	-
NEC 44%	23/20	-
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	-
NEC 2-1 9%	8/1	-
NAC 2-1 8%	10/1	-
NEC 1-0 7%	10/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	-
NAC 1-0 6%	12/1	-
NEC 2-0 6%	12/1	-
NEC 3-1 5%	14/1	-
NAC 2-0 5%	16/1	-
Draw 0-0 4%	14/1	-
NAC 3-1 4%	20/1	-
NEC 3-2 4%	20/1	-
NEC 3-0 4%	20/1	-
NAC 3-2 3%	25/1	-
NAC 3-0 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 60%	8/13	-
Under 2.5 Goals 40%	5/4	-
Home 1st Goal 47%	21/20	-
Away 1st Goal 50%	4/5	-
No 1st Goal 2%	14/1	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	8/15	-
BTTS - No 38%	11/8	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	4/1	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 24%	11/4	-
Home/draw 56%	4/6	-
Away/draw 67%	4/11	-
Home/away 76%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	2/11	-
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	7/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	6/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	1/2	-
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	10/3	-
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/5	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	8/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/14	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1	-
Home DNB 49%	6/5	-
Away DNB 60%	8/13	-
NAC win to nil 14%	11/2	-
NEC win to nil 19%	10/3	-
NAC / NAC 18%	15/4	-
NAC / NEC 4%	20/1	-
NAC / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / NAC 11%	13/2	-
Draw / NEC 14%	5/1	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	-
NEC / NAC 3%	25/1	-
NEC / NEC 24%	5/2	-
NEC / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

NAC have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 4 and won 3. NAC have conceded 26 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

NAC have played 9 games at home, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

NEC lay in 4th place on 29 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 34 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. NEC have conceded 20 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

NEC have played 9 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 2.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.9 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	NAC NEC
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSV	17	15	1	1	31	46	l 0-1A	Jan 24	l 3-5A	Mar 14
2	Feyenoord	17	11	2	4	21	35	Mar 8	l 2-0A	Apr 12	w 2-4F
3	Ajax	17	8	6	3	10	30	Apr 25	l 2-1A	d 2-2F	Feb 21
4	NEC	17	8	5	4	14	29	Jan 17	l 3-0A	-	-
5	Groningen	17	8	3	6	3	27	l 1-2A	Jan 10	w 2-0F	May 10
6	Twente	17	6	7	4	5	25	Jan 30	d 2-2F	d 3-3A	Apr 25
7	AZ Alkmaar	16	7	4	5	3	25	l 0-1A	May 17	w 2-1F	Jan 31
8	Utrecht	17	6	5	6	5	23	d 1-1F	May 2	Jan 9	l 1-0A
9	Heerenveen	17	6	5	6	3	23	May 10	d 3-3A	Mar 22	l 3-2A
10	S.Rotterdam	17	7	2	8	-13	23	Apr 5	l 1-0A	w 3-1F	Feb 15
11	Fortuna	17	6	3	8	-4	21	w 2-1F	Apr 12	Feb 28	l 3-2A
12	GA Eagles	17	4	7	6	-3	19	w 1-0F	Mar 15	May 17	d 1-1F
13	Excelsior	16	6	1	9	-11	19	Feb 6	l 1-0A	w 5-0F	Apr 4
14	PEC Zwolle	17	5	4	8	-17	19	d 2-2F	Mar 21	Jan 24	d 2-2F
15	Telstar	17	3	6	8	-7	15	l 0-1A	Feb 27	May 2	d 2-2A
16	FC Volendam	17	3	5	9	-12	14	Feb 21	l 2-1F	Mar 6	w 2-3A
17	Heracles	17	4	2	11	-18	14	w 2-1A	Feb 14	Feb 7	w 1-4A
18	NAC	17	3	4	10	-10	13	-	-	w 3-0F	Jan 17

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
NAC	0 - 1	Telstar
NAC	1 - 1	Utrecht
NAC	0 - 1	PSV
NAC	1 - 0	GA Eagles
NAC	2 - 2	PEC Zwolle
NAC	1 - 2	Groningen
NAC	2 - 1	Heracles
NAC	0 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
NAC	2 - 1	Fortuna
NAC	1 - 1	Willem II
NAC	1 - 3	PEC Zwolle
NAC	1 - 1	GA Eagles
NAC	1 - 1	Groningen
NAC	1 - 1	S.Rotterdam
NAC	0 - 0	Feyenoord
NAC	1 - 1	Heracles
NAC	2 - 1	Twente
NAC	2 - 4	Heerenveen
NAC	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
NAC	1 - 0	Almere City

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	NAC	0 - 1	Telstar
H	NAC	1 - 1	Utrecht
A	NAC	0 - 1	S.Rotterdam
A	NAC	0 - 1	Excelsior
H	NAC	0 - 1	PSV
A	NAC	1 - 2	FC Volendam
H	NAC	1 - 0	GA Eagles
A	NAC	3 - 3	Heerenveen
H	NAC	2 - 2	PEC Zwolle
H	NAC	1 - 2	Groningen
A	NAC	1 - 2	Ajax
H	NAC	2 - 1	Heracles
A	NAC	2 - 2	Twente
H	NAC	0 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
A	NAC	0 - 3	NEC
H	NAC	2 - 1	Fortuna
A	NAC	0 - 2	Feyenoord
H	NAC	1 - 1	Willem II
A	NAC	0 - 3	NEC
A	NAC	0 - 1	Fortuna

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Telstar	2 - 2	NEC
FC Volendam	2 - 3	NEC
Feyenoord	2 - 4	NEC
Utrecht	1 - 0	NEC
PEC Zwolle	2 - 2	NEC
GA Eagles	1 - 1	NEC
Heerenveen	3 - 2	NEC
Fortuna	3 - 2	NEC
Heracles	1 - 4	NEC
Twente	2 - 2	NEC
Heracles	1 - 2	NEC
Ajax	0 - 3	NEC
Heerenveen	1 - 0	NEC
S.Rotterdam	2 - 0	NEC
Utrecht	0 - 1	NEC
Feyenoord	0 - 0	NEC
Twente	2 - 0	NEC
Groningen	2 - 1	NEC
PEC Zwolle	0 - 1	NEC
Willem II	4 - 1	NEC

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	NEC	2 - 2	Ajax
A	NEC	2 - 2	Telstar
A	NEC	3 - 2	FC Volendam
H	NEC	3 - 1	S.Rotterdam
A	NEC	4 - 2	Feyenoord
H	NEC	2 - 0	Groningen
A	NEC	0 - 1	Utrecht
A	NEC	2 - 2	PEC Zwolle
H	NEC	3 - 3	Twente
A	NEC	1 - 1	GA Eagles
H	NEC	2 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
A	NEC	2 - 3	Heerenveen
H	NEC	3 - 5	PSV
A	NEC	2 - 3	Fortuna
H	NEC	3 - 0	NAC
A	NEC	4 - 1	Heracles
H	NEC	5 - 0	Excelsior
A	NEC	2 - 2	Twente
A	NEC	2 - 1	Heracles
H	NEC	3 - 0	NAC

Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for NAC Breda of late. It has been 7 Eredivisie games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday night against NEC Nijmegen.

NEC Nijmegen have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 6 consecutive Eredivisie outings. Their PG of 1.7 against NAC Breda on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	NAC 18th	NEC 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that NAC will score 1 or more goals	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that NEC will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-30 NAC have scored 30% fewer goals at home than predicted	+13 NEC have scored 13% more goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season

BRE

NEC

50%

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Games scored	10		16
Failed to score	7		1
Scored first	6		9
Goals scored	16		43
Avg. goals scored	0.9		2.5
Avg. shots per game	10		12
Avg. shots per goal	11		5
Conversion rate for	9		22
Avg. XG for	1.4		2
KickOff rating		+50%

BRE

NEC

11%

better

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Games conceded	16		14
Clean sheets	1		3
Conceded first	11		8
Goals conceded	26		29
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+11%

NAC v NEC Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

NAC Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	5	3	6
B Kemper	S Hooijdonk	L Holtby	R Hillen

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Kemper DEF	17	1	2	3 -
C. Valerius DEF	17			4 -
J. Talvitie FWD	17	2	1	-
K Sowah FWD	17		1	2 -
D Bielica GLK	16			1 -
M Nassoh MID	16	3		2 -
M. Balard MID	16		1	1 1
C Leemans MID	16			2 -
S Hooijdonk FWD	16	5	1	1 1
R Hillen DEF	15			6 -
L Holtby MID	14	1	3	1
B Lucassen DEF	13			-
R. Paula MID	12	2		-
C Brym FWD	10		3	2 -
L Greiml DEF	7	1		1 -
E Mahmutovic DEF	7			2 -
D. Versluis FWD	6			-
T Kongolo DEF	5			-
F Jensen MID	5			1
M Soumano FWD	5			-
B Ghalidi FWD	3			1 -
J. Candelaria DEF	2			-
K Lamprou GLK	1			-
D. van Reeuwijk DEF	1			-
C Staring MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	3	4
S Hooijdonk	J. Talvitie	L Holtby	B Kemper

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Hooijdonk FWD	5	10	1	1
M Nassoh MID	3	9		3
J. Talvitie FWD	2	10	1	3
R. Paula MID	2	5		1
B Kemper DEF	1	6	2	4
L Holtby MID	1	4	3	3
L Greiml DEF	1	4		1
C. Valerius DEF		2
K Sowah FWD		5	1	3
M. Balard MID			1	2
C Leemans MID		3		1
R Hillen DEF		3
B Lucassen DEF		1		1
C Brym FWD		3	3	3
E Mahmutovic DEF		1
F Jensen MID		1
M Soumano FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
775	30	101
R Hillen	K Sowah	B Kemper

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Hillen DEF	775	29	80
M. Balard MID	699	30	71
K Sowah FWD	605	30	58
B Kemper DEF	591	29	101
D Bielica GLK	491		7
M Nassoh MID	484	22	57
L Holtby MID	476	29	52
C. Valerius DEF	388	24	59
L Greiml DEF	373	15	58
C Leemans MID	312	9	20
J. Talvitie FWD	307	22	60
B Lucassen DEF	242	12	36
S Hooijdonk FWD	230	13	80
E Mahmutovic DEF	176	2	20
F Jensen MID	149	2	14
C Brym FWD	144	4	25
R. Paula MID	134	4	22
T Kongolo DEF	58	5	17
K Lamprou GLK	44
B Ghalidi FWD	42		10
M Soumano FWD	21	1	5
D. van Reeuwijk DEF	19		2
J. Candelaria DEF	9		1
D. Versluis FWD	8	2	5
C Staring MID	7		1

NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	7	7	6
G Crettaz	K. Shiogai	B Linssen	A Kaplan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Crettaz GLK	17			2 -
S. Ouaissa MID	17	4	2	4 1
K Sano MID	17	1	3	1 -
T Chery MID	16	3	3	2 1
K Ogawa FWD	16	6	2	1 -
B Linssen FWD	16	6	7	5 -
B. Onal FWD	14	3	6	4 -
D Nejasmic MID	13	1		1 -
D Proper MID	13	2		1 -
D. Fonville DEF	12		2	-
A Kaplan DEF	12	1		6 -
B Pereira DEF	12			1 -
V Misidjan FWD	12	1	2	-
K. Shiogai FWD	12	7		1 -
P Sandler DEF	11	1	1	4 1
E Dasa DEF	10			-
V Crooij MID	8	1		-
Y Kachati FWD	8	2	1	-
T Ouwejan DEF	6	1	2	-
J Willems DEF	3			-
R González FWD	3			-
Y. Sbai DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	24	7	6
K. Shiogai	T Chery	B Linssen	S. Ouaissa

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K. Shiogai FWD	7	8		1
K Ogawa FWD	6	15	2	1
B Linssen FWD	6	15	7	4
S. Ouaissa MID	4	10	2	6
T Chery MID	3	24	3	2
B. Onal FWD	3	14	6	6
D Proper MID	2	3		1
Y Kachati FWD	2	4	1	1
K Sano MID	1	2	3	6
D Nejasmic MID	1	5		1
A Kaplan DEF	1	4
V Misidjan FWD	1	3	2	4
P Sandler DEF	1	3	1	1
V Crooij MID	1	4		1
T Ouwejan DEF	1	1	2	4
D. Fonville DEF			2
B Pereira DEF		1		2
E Dasa DEF		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
825	47	110
G Crettaz	K Sano	K Sano

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Crettaz GLK	825	4	6
K Sano MID	816	47	110
A Kaplan DEF	596	32	100
P Sandler DEF	579	9	45
T Chery MID	551	8	34
D Nejasmic MID	550	29	69
S. Ouaissa MID	429	17	85
E Dasa DEF	392	11	32
B Pereira DEF	327	17	54
D Proper MID	320	14	38
B. Onal FWD	303	15	62
B Linssen FWD	250	20	53
D. Fonville DEF	189	8	19
V Misidjan FWD	164	5	24
K Ogawa FWD	153	11	71
T Ouwejan DEF	145	10	21
V Crooij MID	82	2	17
K. Shiogai FWD	57	3	26
Y Kachati FWD	55	2	13
J Willems DEF	31	1	6
R González FWD	23	2	5
Y. Sbai DEF	3