NAC Breda vs Emmen Predictions

• Emmen took just ten points from a possible 51 away from home in the regular season
• Both teams have scored and there have been over 2.5 goals in five of Emmen’s last six matches
• NAC Breda have won seven of their last ten matches

Crucial Eredivisie playoff between yo-yo rivals

Four defeats from their last five games condemned FC Emmen to a playoff with a side from the Eerste Divisie to keep alive their dream of preserving their top flight status in Dutch football.

Dick Lukkien’s men are no strangers to this game, they were promoted for the first time in their history through this route in 2017-18 and were relegated from the Eredivisie in 2020-21 through the playoff after losing on penalties to NAC Breda, who they meet again this time around after they got the better of MVV Maastricht in the first round.

The winners of this clash will face either VVV Venlo or Almere City in the final playoff.

Entertaining affair on the cards

Emmen have struggled on the road this season, losing 13 of their 17 matches on the road in the Eredivisie, and they may find this clash difficult against an in-form NAC Breda team that have won seven of their last ten clashes.

High-scoring affairs have become par for the course for the visitors, with both teams scoring and more than three goals in five of their last six matches. The same looks likely when they face NAC, who finished the season in the second tier with a level goal difference having scored and conceded 64 goals apiece in their 38 regular season games.

Only one team in the Eredivisie drew more games than Emmen’s ten this season and another stalemate could be on the cards here, keeping the tie alive for the second leg. Correct score backers may consider a 2-2 draw in what is set to be an enthralling clash.

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