📏 Form Guide

NAC Breda

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NAC Breda prepare for this game following on from a 1-1 Eredivisie drawn result vs Almere City.

In that match, NAC Breda had 52% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for NAC Breda was Sydney van Hooijdonk (18'). On the other side, Almere City got 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Charles-Andreas Brym (19') was the scorer for Almere City.

NAC Breda have struggled with their forward play in more recent games. Their sum of goals equals just 3 vs opposition teams during the course of their last six matches. In those games, NAC Breda have also seen the number of goals against them come to 9.

Analysis of their past results shows that NAC Breda:

• have not registered a win against FC Groningen in their last 2 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 4 home league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.

FC Groningen

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FC Groningen come into this match after a 1-0 Eredivisie win to defeat Fortuna Sittard in their previous fixture.

In that game, FC Groningen managed 57% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for FC Groningen was Brynjólfur Willumsson (87'). On the other side, Fortuna Sittard had 4 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The stats tell the story, and FC Groningen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 5 goals in all. Defensively, FC Groningen have been far from perfect. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this match, of course.

Ahead of this clash, FC Groningen have not registered a win against NAC Breda when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 23/02/2018 shows us that NAC Breda have won 1 of them and FC Groningen 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

An aggregate of 21 goals were scored between them in these games, with 8 for De Parel van het Zuiden and 13 created by Trots van het Noorden. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Eredivisie match day 1 on 09/08/2024 when the final score was FC Groningen 4-1 NAC Breda.

On that occasion, FC Groningen managed 69% possession and 17 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The goals were scored by Leandro Bacuna (8'), Rui Mendes (25'), Marco Rente (31') and Jorg Schreuders (68').

On the other side, NAC Breda got 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Dominik Janošek (48') scored.

The match was refereed by Marc Nagtegaal.

ℹ️ Team News: NAC Breda

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the NAC Breda gaffer Carl Hoefkens to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Cherrion Valerius (Knee injury) is out of contention.

🗞️ Team News: FC Groningen

FC Groningen boss Dick Lukkien has multiple availability issues to deal with. Fofin Turay (Achilles tendon problems), Sven Bouland (unknown injury) and Mats Seuntjens (unknown injury) won’t be making appearances.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that FC Groningen could find themselves struggling to breach the defence of this NAC Breda side who we think will likely end up scoring and staying ahead.

That’s why our selection here is for a good tussle with a 1-0 win for NAC Breda at the end of the 90.

Lucas Pereira, 15:01 29/03/2025