Hold on to your hats, Eredivisie fanatics! This NAC Breda versus PEC Zwolle match is shaping up to raise our beeping heart rates. Let's dissect these teams like a middle school biology project!
Looking at the team composition, Zwolle's goalkeeper Schendelaar holds a solid 6.47 rating with 8 saves. Not too shabby, but then again it's no Daniel Bielica from Breda! This guy is stonewalling shots with a 7.60 rating and 9 saves. The backup, Roy Kortsmit isn't pulling his weight, though, only a 6.30 rating and a lone save. Should Bielica take a snickers break, Breda's defense might wobble.
Zwolle's top players Vente, Krastev, and Monteiro have some impressive passing accuracy, all but Vente is dancing around the 90% mark. Not much contribution to the goal account, though, a mere goal from Vente. NAC Breda's players seem to be firing on more cylinders. Sauer has dropped 2 balls in the back of the net, with Balard also notching up a goal. Van den Bergh holds a pretty rating card but needs some goal action!
Turn back the pages of history and you'll find Breda edged Zwolle in the last encounter - might still be stinging for Zwolle.
Season records are pretty neck and neck - Breda with a barely there lead of 8-8-14 against Zwolle's 7-10-13. And recent results are as balanced as a seesaw on stilts - plenty of draws to go around.
But, seeing as we're playing Nostradamus, let's get down to the prophecy. NAC Breda seems to have that little extra juice in them. Expect them to squeeze out a victory.
Albert’s Prediction: NAC Breda by 1