NAC Breda vs Willem II Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📏 Form Guide

NAC Breda

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NAC Breda won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 3-0 Eredivisie defeat last time out to NEC.

In that match, NAC Breda had 54% possession and 9 shots on goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, NEC Nijmegen had 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Brayann Pereira (31') and Bryan Linssen (67', 70') scored for NEC.

NAC Breda have really struggled up front in recent times. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 vs opposing sides over the course of their previous six fixtures. In those games, NAC Breda have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 12. Nonetheless, time will tell whether the trend shall be maintained here in this match.

Taking a look at their past results, NAC Breda:

• have left without a victory over Willem II in their last 2 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 6 league games. That's never good.

Willem II

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against FC Zwolle in Eredivisie competition, Willem II will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Willem II had 42% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Willem II was Jesse Bosch (72'). At the other end, PEC Zwolle had 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Younes Namli (26') and Eliano Reijnders (79') scored for FC Zwolle.

The stats tell the story, and Willem II have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals in all. In defence, Willem II can certainly do much better.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Willem II:

• haven't been defeated by NAC Breda when having played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. A solid away record against them.
• are without an away win for the past 8 matches in the league. A poor run.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 20/01/2019, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with NAC Breda winning 2 of those games, Willem II 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

An aggregate of 19 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 10 of them for De Parel van het Zuiden and 9 created by Tricolores. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Eredivisie match day 13 on 24/11/2024 when it finished Willem II 2-2 NAC Breda.

In that game, Willem II managed 63% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Jesse Bosch (61') and Jeremy Bokila (98').

For their opponents, NAC Breda got 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Leo Sauer (31') and Leo Greiml (53') scored.

The referee was Allard Lindhout.

🗞️ Team News: NAC Breda

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the NAC Breda gaffer Carl Hoefkens to be concerned with due to a largely intact set of players. Boyd Lucassen (Leg injury) will miss out.

It seems likely that De Parel van het Zuiden look set to kick off with a 4-4-2 system in the match, utilising Kostas Lamprou, Cherrion Valerius, Enes Mahmutovic, Terence Kongolo, Maxime Busi, Casper Staring, Max Balard, Fredrik Jensen, Raul Paula, Sydney van Hooijdonk and Kamal Sowah.

🗞️ Team News: Willem II

Willem II boss Kristof Aelbrecht has to choose a team with limited availability. Mickaël Tirpan (inflammation), Amine Lachkar (Groin surgery), Dani Mathieu (Knee injury) and Khaled Razak (unknown injury) will miss out on this game.

It’s our belief that Tricolores will likely play in a 4-3-3 formation, choosing T. Didillon-Hödl, Tommy St. Jago, Boris Lambert, Erik Schouten, Rob Nizet, Dennis Kaygin, Ringo Meerveld, Jesse Bosch, Emilio Kehrer, Kyan Vaesen and Nick Doodeman.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Willem II could find themselves struggling to hit the back of the net against this NAC Breda outfit who we reckon should score one, at least.

We’re therefore tipping a very competitive game with a 1-0 win for NAC Breda at the end of this one.

Should be a close one.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the 90 min. result market, a win for NAC Breda can be had for 1.85, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.5 and selecting the winning team to be Willem II can be had at 4.1. Those are the top prices being offered at the current time.

Andre Moura, 09:06 16/05/2025