📏 Form Guide

NAC Breda

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NAC Breda go into this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Eredivisie tied result against AZ.

In that match, NAC Breda managed 29% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for NAC Breda was Leo Sauer (75'). For their opponents, AZ got 18 shots at goal with 7 on target. Mexx Meerdink (97') was the scorer for AZ.

NAC Breda have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they have also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, NAC Breda have seen their goal breached in 6 of them while also scoring in 6 of those games.

Their prior results show that NAC Breda:

• are undefeated in their previous 6 home league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 5 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.

FC Zwolle

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Feyenoord in Eredivisie competition, FC Zwolle and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, FC Zwolle had 52% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Feyenoord got 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Ayase Ueda (14'), Antoni Milambo (22') and Igor Paixão (25', 79') scored for Feyenoord.

The numbers tell their own story, and FC Zwolle have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in all. At the back, FC Zwolle have been far from perfect. We shall soon find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Analysis of their past results shows that FC Zwolle:

• remain unbeaten by NAC Breda when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 5 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 15/12/2018, there has been little to separate the clubs with NAC Breda winning 2 of those games, FC Zwolle 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A total of 10 goals were scored between them in this period, with 4 of them for De Parel van het Zuiden and 6 created by Blauwvingers. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The previous league game featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 9 on 20/10/2024 which ended up with the score at FC Zwolle 1-2 NAC Breda.

On that day, FC Zwolle managed 58% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Kaj de Rooij (81').

NAC Breda had 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Elías Már Ómarsson (54', 78') scored.

The referee was Jeroen Manschot.

📋 Team News: NAC Breda

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the NAC Breda gaffer Carl Hoefkens to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength group. Boyd Lucassen (Leg injury) won’t play.

We think that De Parel van het Zuiden could make use of the 3-2-4-1 formation for the game and select Daniel Bielica, Leo Greiml, Enes Mahmutovic, Jan van den Bergh, Cherrion Valerius, Boy Kemper, Kamal Sowah, Maximilien Balard, Clint Leemans, Leo Sauer and Elias Mar Omarsson.

📋 Team News: FC Zwolle

We reckon that Blauwvingers could decide to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Jasper Schendelaar, Eliano Reijnders, Simon Graves, A. Garcia McNulty, Sherel Floranus, Ryan Thomas, Anouar El Azzouzi, Younes Namli, Davy van den Berg, Filip Krastev and Dylan Vente.

💭 Prediction

We think that FC Zwolle might need a bit of good fortune to score goals against this NAC Breda lineup who we reckon should score at least once to put them ahead.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a narrow 1-0 winning margin for NAC Breda at the end of this one.

Looking forward to this.

Peter Guest, 10:15 04/05/2025