NAC Breda vs Heerenveen - prediction, team news, lineups

NAC Breda volition big SC Heerenveen astatine the Rat Verlegh Stadion connected Sunday knowing they inactive person a mathematical accidental of avoiding relegation and preserving their Eredivisie status.

Although the hosts look progressively apt to instrumentality to the 2nd division, a location fixture this play offers them different accidental to support their endurance hopes alive, portion Heerenveen get hopeless to unafraid a long-awaited instrumentality to European shot for the archetypal clip successful much than a decade.

Match preview

NAC Breda caput into Sunday’s clash sitting wrong the relegation zone, and with lone 2 matches remaining, their relegation volition beryllium confirmed if they neglect to unafraid each 3 points against Heerenveen.

The hosts presently beryllium six points down some Volendam and Telstar, who each person 31 points, with Volendam occupying the relegation playoff spot, meaning Breda indispensable commencement winning instantly portion hoping 1 of those sides loses their last 2 fixtures.

As ambitious arsenic endurance whitethorn inactive look mathematically, it would necessitate a singular turnaround from Carl Hoefkens’s side, who are without a triumph successful their past 8 matches and person managed lone 2 wins from their erstwhile 10 league games, some of which came consecutively successful February.

Four defeats successful their past six matches person near NAC firmly trapped successful the relegation battle, and the nine present look progressively apt to instrumentality to the Eerste Divisie alongside Heracles Almelo adjacent season.

Parel van het Zuiden person besides struggled severely astatine location this campaign, winning lone 4 matches astatine the Rat Verlegh Stadion portion signaling 5 draws and 7 defeats, and facing a Heerenveen broadside inactive chasing European qualification could further deepen their problems.

Heerenveen would apt person welcomed the fixture database handed to them successful caller weeks, facing 2 teams presently wrong the relegation zone, and though matches against struggling sides are seldom straightforward, De Superfriezen secured an important triumph implicit Volendam past clip out.

The visitors present person different large accidental to fortify their European ambitions erstwhile they question to look 17th-placed NAC Breda earlier concluding the play astatine location against Ajax.

Only 1 decision successful their past 8 league matches highlights the awesome enactment Robin Veldman has done since the crook of the year, with the run inactive carrying the imaginable to go a historical 1 for the club.

Heerenveen are attempting to extremity a 16-year lack from continental football, and consecutive fixtures against relegation-threatened absorption connection them a important accidental to ascent into sixth place, particularly with AZ Alkmaar dropping points pursuing their draw against Twente and facing a hard travel to Feyenoord this weekend.

No broadside has collected much points than Heerenveen’s 13 crossed the past six Eredivisie rounds, portion lone champions PSV Eindhoven person scored much than their 13 goals during that aforesaid period.

The nine person already reached the 50-point people for the archetypal clip since the 2014-15 season, and Sunday’s brushwood presents different accidental to amended that tally and borderline person to a long-awaited European return.

NAC Breda Eredivisie form:

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Heerenveen Eredivisie form:

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Team News

NAC Breda person nary caller wounded concerns up of this weekend’s match, though Leo Greiml remains sidelined, with his continued lack further weakening a defence that has already struggled for consistency passim the season.

The hosts person besides been dealt a large stroke by the suspension of starring scorer Mohamed Nassoh, 1 of the team’s fewer reliable attacking threats this campaign, leaving overmuch of the originative work to experienced figures Lewis Holtby and Andre Ayew.

Heerenveen, meanwhile, volition question without 5 first-team players arsenic Maxence Rivera, Nikolai Hopland, Levi Smans, Andries Noppert and Amourricho van Axel Dongen stay unavailable due to the fact that of wounded problems.

However, Rivera’s betterment is progressing positively and helium could inactive diagnostic during the last lucifer of the season, portion the visitors indispensable besides header without suspended midfielder Joris van Overeem, whose 9 assists underline his value successful progression and accidental creation.

NAC Breda imaginable starting lineup:

Bielica; Kemper, Mahmutovic, Leemans, Odoi; Sowah, Balard, Paula, Valerius; Ayew, Holtby

Heerenveen imaginable starting lineup:

Klaverboer; Braude, Kersten, Willemsen, Zagaritis; Linday, Brouwers, Trenskow, Meerveld, Oyen; Vente

We say: NAC Breda 1-2 Heerenveen

Pressure continues to intensify connected NAC Breda, whose attacking struggles person go progressively concerning aft scoring lone doubly successful their past 5 matches and failing to find the nett successful each of their erstwhile 2 outings.

Heerenveen get successful Breda carrying momentum and attacking assurance aft scoring 13 goals crossed their past six league fixtures, and their pursuit of European qualification could beryllium decisive contempt the location vantage traditionally giving NAC immoderate encouragement.

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