BREDA. NAC Breda tops Jong Utrecht 3-1. NAC Breda got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Lucassen Boyd (42′) and P. Sejdiu (59′). Jong Utrecht tried to recover with a goal from Lynden Edhart (64′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (66′) scored by Fredrik Jensen for NAC Breda. NAC Breda took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Rat Verlegh Stadion stadium in Breda on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 17,736 spectators.​ The referee was Martin van den Kerkhof with the support of Luc de Koning and Rick van Rijn. The 4th official was Thijs Dogterom.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

NAC Breda had a superior ball possession 57% while Jong Utrecht was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

NAC Breda was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why NAC Breda won the match​.

NAC Breda shot 18 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Jong Utrecht shot 7 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, NAC Breda has 43 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Jong Utrecht will stays with 23 points like TOP Oss to remain in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eerste Divisie, NAC Breda will play away against Jong Ajax on the 8th of March with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Jong Ajax (3 draws).

Jong Utrecht will host Helmond Sport on the 8th of March with a 5-5 head to head stats.

NAC Breda – Formation

NAC Breda started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ton Lokhoff decided to play with the following team: Roy Kortsmit (7.0), Lucassen Boyd (8.1), Cuco Martina (6.7), Jan Van den Bergh (7.3), Manel Royo (7.3), Fredrik Jensen (7.8), Casper Staring (6.8), P. Sejdiu (8.7), Aimé Omgba (7.8), Dominik Janošek (8.4) and Elías Már Ómarsson (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Martin Koscelník, Sigurd Haugen, Roy Kuijpers, Rowan Besselink, Cherrion Valerius, Thomas Marijnissen (6.3), Stef de Wijs, Boris van Schuppen, Pepijn van de Merbel and Tein Troost.

NAC Breda could not rely on the presence of Thomas Marijnissen (injured).

Substitutions

NAC Breda made 2 changes: P. Sejdiu for Thomas Marijnissen (82′) and Aimé Omgba for Boris van Schuppen (90′).

Player of the match: P. Sejdiu​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for NAC Breda was P. Sejdiu.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 33 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Jong Utrecht – Formation

Jong Utrecht started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ivar van Dinteren played with: Andreas Frederik Dithmer (6.7), Rickson van Hees (6.0), Wessel Kooy (7.0), Joshua Mukeh (6.4), Michel Driezen (6.4), Silas Andersen (6.7), Ivar Jenner (7.1), Gibson Yah (6.8), Mees Akkerman (6.6), Jesse van de Haar (6.8) and Adrian Blake (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Achraf Boumenjal (6.8), Nordin Bukala, Aurelio Oehlers (6.6), Olivier van Eldik, Tijn den Boggende (6.8), Rafik el Arguioui (6.6), Lynden Edhart (7.7), Emil Rohd, Neal Viereck, Björn Hardley, Tobias Augustinus-Jensen and Devin Remie.

Substitutions

Jong Utrecht made 4 changes: Adrian Blake for Lynden Edhart (46′), Mees Akkerman for Aurelio Oehlers (46′), Gibson Yah for Rafik el Arguioui (62′) and Rickson van Hees for Achraf Boumenjal (83′).

Player of the match: Lynden Edhart​

The player that probably impressed the most for Jong Utrecht was Lynden Edhart.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 19 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6.

His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eerste Divisie.​

• Telstar – Roda JC Kerkrade – 1-1
• FC Eindhoven – Jong AZ – 1-1
• NAC Breda – Jong Utrecht – 3-1
• Helmond Sport – VVV-Venlo – 1-1
• FC Emmen – Willem II – 2-0
• ADO Den Haag – Jong Ajax – 2-1
• De Graafschap – TOP Oss – 2-1