NAC Breda vs PEC Zwolle Predictions

Breda will finish bottom of the Eredivisie this season, but will be hoping to have learnt enough lessons over the campaign to bounce back to the top flight of Dutch football at the first time of asking. The hosts only have pride to play for in Wednesday night’s final round of Eredivisie fixture for the season, but a win for Zwolle could be enough to move them up to eleventh place if results elsewhere go in their favour. The visitors are three points behind VVV and Heerenveen, so need to win and hope the two teams above them lose to stand any chance of moving up a place or two in their final game.

Breda gave it their best shot away at Heerenveen, and almost came home with a point. The two teams went in level at the break, with Breda having the best chances to open the scoring. However, it was Heerenveen that opened the scoring in the sixty-ninth minute and, despite defender Koch equalising for the visitors with nine minutes left on the clock, claimed a 2-1 win with a goal in the final minute. Zwolle took the lead at home to VVV through Thy just before the break, but it proved to be a false dawn for the hosts as their guests scored four times in the second half to lead 4-1 heading into the last fifteen minutes. Elbers managed to pull a goal back in the eighty-fifth minute to make the final score 4-2, but the hosts will be very disappointed in the manner of their defeat after they had 62% of the overall possession and conceded far too easily.

The recent head to head record between these two sides and their results in the Eredivisie towards the end of the season, suggests that Zwolle are best placed to win the game and that the visitors have an excellent chance of keeping a clean sheet. Zwolle have won four of their last six matches against Breda, four of the last seven encounters between the pair have produced under 2.5 goals, and Zwolle have kept three clean sheets in their last three matches against Breda. Breda have lost four of their last six matches and have failed to score in two of their last four defeats, while Zwolle have kept clean sheets in two of their last three victories. In terms of a final score, we’re expecting a much better defensive display form the visitors on Wednesday night and history suggests this game will be tight and tense, so we are backing a 1-0 win for Zwolle.

Breda’s te Vrede will finish as the clubs top scorer in the Eredivisie this season, as the striker heads into the final game of the season with ten goals to his name. Thy and van Crooij both have nine goals apiece in the league for Zwolle, while van Duinen is just one behind on eight. We’re confident that Zwolle will win and have predicted a final scoreline of 1-0 for Wednesday’s match. Zwolle have a very good recent record of wins and clean sheets against Breda, and head into the game with motivation for the win as Zwolle could still finish a couple of places higher in the table, while Breda know that they will finish bottom.