NEC Nijmegen 3–0 NAC Breda — Eredivisie 2025/26 Match Stats

Eredivisie · 2025Sun, 24 Aug 2025, 12:30 UTCStadion de Goffert

NEC Nijmegen

3–0Historical match

NAC Breda

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

NEC Nijmegen won 3–0.

Shots: 187
Shots on target: 102
Expected goals: 4.10.61
Possession: 51%49%

Full time

What the match recorded

NEC Nijmegen beat NAC Breda 3–0. Recorded in this match (NEC Nijmegen – NAC Breda): shots 18–7, shots on target 10–2, expected goals 4.1–0.61, possession 51%–49%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

NAC Breda show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

NAC Breda's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

19 shots/match ▲ShotsNEC Nijmegen · NAC Breda9.33 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	NEC Nijmegen	NAC Breda	Baseline
Shots	19 shots/match	9.33 shots/match	13.3 shots/match
Shots against	9.67 shots/match	16 shots/match	15.2 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

NEC Nijmegen have recorded the higher season possession share.

65% ●PossessionNEC Nijmegen · NAC Breda42.7%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 22.3 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	NEC Nijmegen	NAC Breda	Baseline
Possession	65%	42.7%	48.2%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Both teams have elevated fouls records

weak

Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline.

13.7 fouls/matchFoulsNEC Nijmegen · NAC Breda13 fouls/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	NEC Nijmegen	NAC Breda	Baseline
Fouls	13.7 fouls/match	13 fouls/match	10.8 fouls/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots7 shotsNEC Nijmegen 18 shots, NAC Breda 7 shots
Shots on target10 shots2 shotsNEC Nijmegen 10 shots, NAC Breda 2 shots
Expected goals4.1 xG0.61 xGNEC Nijmegen 4.1 xG, NAC Breda 0.61 xG
Possession51%49%NEC Nijmegen 51%, NAC Breda 49%
Corners3 corners1 cornerNEC Nijmegen 3 corners, NAC Breda 1 corner
Fouls16 fouls18 foulsNEC Nijmegen 16 fouls, NAC Breda 18 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

NEC Nijmegen: 18 shots, 10 on target, 4.19 xG. NAC Breda: 7 shots, 2 on target, 0.45 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: NEC Nijmegen 4.19 xG · NAC Breda 0.45 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1NEC Nijmegen

0Draws

1NAC Breda

14 May 2025NEC Nijmegen — NAC Breda · Eredivisie3–0

5 Oct 2024NAC Breda — NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: NEC Nijmegen favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · NAC Breda in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

NEC Nijmegen3 matchesNAC Breda3 matches

4 goals/match ▲Goals scored3/30.67 goals/match

0.33 goals/match ▲Goals allowed3/32 goals/match

3.12 xG/match ▲Expected goals3/30.97 xG/match

19 shots/match ▲Shots3/39.33 shots/match

10.3 shots/match ▲Shots on target3/32.67 shots/match

65% ●Possession3/342.7%

5.67 corners/match ●Corners3/33 corners/match

13.7 fouls/matchFouls3/313 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 24 Aug 2025, 16:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Eredivisie

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded

NAC Breda show a distinct attacking-volume record