NAC Breda vs Go Ahead Eagles - prediction, team news, lineups

Back connected Eredivisie work aft their cupful engagement successful midweek, NAC Breda invited Go Ahead Eagles to the Rat Verlegh Stadion connected Saturday evening.

While the hosts saw their winless streak widen past clip out, the visitors emerged victorious from their astir caller outing and volition present spell successful hunt of 3 consecutive wins for the archetypal clip successful 7 months.

Match preview

After rescuing a gully from the jaws of decision successful their 3-3 stalemate against Heerenveen connected Friday, NAC Breda entertained the situation of Heracles successful Wednesday's KNVB Beker opener successful request of a lift, but were comprehensively thrashed 4-1.

In truth, the borderline of decision was a tad harsh connected Carl Hoefkens's side, though it was successful keeping with their caller slump successful form, which has seen them neglect to triumph immoderate of their past 5 outings.

Defensive lapses person been cardinal to Breda's struggles arsenic they person gone 12 matches crossed each competitions since their past cleanable sheet, with lone Heracles conceding much goals successful the Dutch apical flight.

Finishing 15th successful the standings, Parel van het Zuiden were progressive successful a conflict for endurance for ample spells of their instrumentality to the Eredivisie past clip retired and are 14th aft 10 matches this term, extracurricular the driblet portion lone connected extremity quality and already flirting with relegation erstwhile again. 

With 7 of their 9 points truthful acold coming successful location games, Saturday's hosts volition request to prime up results successful beforehand of their fans much often than not to basal their champion accidental of beating the drop.

Winless successful 9 consecutive encounters with this weekend's opponents, Breda person not fared good successful this fixture and person it each to bash if they are to unafraid a archetypal triumph since March 2015.

Given their tally to KNVB Beker glory past season, Go Ahead Eagles were not progressive successful the competition's opening circular this time, giving them a six-day turnaround up of their travel to Breda. 

Melvin Boel's men volition inactive beryllium pumped by their Europa League triumph implicit Aston Villa, which, astatine the time, snapped a three-game winless streak earlier they ran retired 2-0 winners against Excelsior past clip out.

Following a dilatory commencement to proceedings that brought astir lone 3 points from the archetypal 12 available, the pridefulness of the IJssel Kowet person present picked up 10 points from their consequent six league games to beryllium 10th successful the Eredivisie table, 1 constituent shy of European contention.

Despite their beardown grounds successful contests against Breda, Go Ahead Eagles volition beryllium wary of their inclination to beryllium caught retired aboriginal connected successful games, having fto successful the opener successful six of their past 8 affairs.

However, Saturday's visitors person developed a knack for ending games strongly, with 5 of their 17 league goals coming successful the last 15 minutes of matches, and this could travel successful useful against an opposing outfit who person conceded 5 of 19 goals during that timespan.

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Team News

Still awaiting a archetypal outing since joining Breda from Ajaccio, 20-year-old Frenchman Moussa Soumano remains retired with a semipermanent genu problem.

Brahim Ghalidi and Rio Hillen are besides acceptable to miss retired for the hosts, but Enes Mahmutovic is disposable to diagnostic erstwhile again aft returning to enactment against Heracles.

Defensive duo Gerrit Nauber and Pim Saathof volition not play immoderate portion for Go Ahead Eagles here, with the second nursing a genu contented since July.

Victor Edvardsen and Soren Tengstedt are besides retired of contention, portion Jakob Breum and Richonell Margaret are immense doubts aft coming disconnected injured against Villa and Excelsior respectively.

NAC Breda imaginable starting lineup:

Lamprou; Kemper, Kongolo, Greiml, Valerius; Holtby, Balard; Reulen, Sowah, Lucassen; Van Hooijdonk

Go Ahead Eagles imaginable starting lineup:

De Busser; Deijl, Twigt, Kramer, James; Meulensteen, Rahmouni; Sivertsen, Goudmijn, Suray; Smit

We say: NAC Breda 1-1 Go Ahead Eagles

Given the authorities of the teams heading into this one, Go Ahead Eagles volition consciousness an distant triumph is connected the cards, but they person lone managed 1 league triumph connected the roadworthy since aboriginal March.

We are backing a stock of the spoils with honours adjacent astatine the extremity of the 90 minutes.

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