NAC Breda vs Heracles prediction 31.01.2025 | Eredivisie
NAC Breda
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Heracles Almelo
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- Competition: Eredivisie
- Date: 31st January 2025
- Kick-off: 19:00 UTC / 20:00 CET
- Venue: Rat Verlegh Stadion
NAC Breda will be looking to register back to back home wins for the first time this season when they host Heracles on Friday night.
Having beaten Twente 2:1 at home the week before, the hosts travelled to PSV Eindhoven last weekend hoping to repeat that performance, although they knew it would be a tough challenge. Carl Hoefkens' men battled to the end before losing 3:2, but they take plenty of positives from that encounter into Friday's game.
Heracles meanwhile are still unbeaten in 2025, with the visitors going into Friday's game with a four-match unbeaten run with two wins. Both wins came on the road, and they also kept a clean sheet in all two matches. Having won their last two meetings with NAC, Erwin van de Looi’s men will fancy their chances of extending their unbeaten run on Friday.
NAC Breda vs Heracles Betting Tips: Over 2.5 goals
When it comes to defending, NAC Breda have not done much right in recent weeks and this season entirely. Parel van het Zuiden have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last six matches and shipped at least two goals in all but one of them. All six games ended with more than two goals scored.
Meetings between NAC Breda and Heracles, especially at the Rat Verlegh stadium, are also known for being entertaining. Indeed, ten goals were recorded in the last two Eredivisie encounters between the two sides at this venue, and none of the last four ended with less than three goals.
- Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals
- NAC Breda vs Heracles prediction: 2-2
NAC Breda vs Heracles Almelo Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Heracles Almelo
2 : 0
NAC Breda
Eredivisie
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NAC Breda
0 : 3
Heracles Almelo
Eerste Divisie
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Heracles Almelo
5 : 1
NAC Breda
Eerste Divisie
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Heracles Almelo
1 : 0
NAC Breda
Eredivisie
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NAC Breda
2 : 1
Heracles Almelo
Eredivisie
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NAC Breda
6 : 1
Heracles Almelo
Eredivisie
NAC Breda team news
NAC Breda head coach Carl Hoefkens will again be without the services of centre back Cherrion Valerius this week due to injury.
Valerius has been nursing a knee injury since October, but Pearl of the South don’t have any other injury concerns or suspensions.
Last matches of NAC Breda
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PSV Eindhoven
3 : 2
NAC Breda
Eredivisie
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NAC Breda
2 : 1
Twente
Eredivisie
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NAC Breda
2 : 4
Heerenveen
Eredivisie
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NAC Breda
3 : 2
Servette FC
Club Friendlies 3
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Go Ahead Eagles
2 : 1
NAC Breda
Eredivisie
NAC Breda lineup
Goalkeeper
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99
Daniel Bielica
Defenders
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44
Maxime Busi
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12
Leo Greiml
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5
Jan Van den Bergh
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4
Boy Kemper
Midfielders
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16
Max Balard
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20
Fredrik Oldrup Jensen
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8
Clint Leemans
Forwards
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11
Raul Paula
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10
Elías Már Ómarsson
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77
Leo Sauer
Heracles team news
As for Heracles, head coach Erwin van de Looi is set to be without Nikolai Laursen on Friday due to a cruciate ligament injury.
Laursen is being accompanied in the treatment room by Sava-Arangel Cestic and Stijn Bultman who are nursing ankle and meniscus injuries, respectively.
Last matches of Heracles Almelo
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Heracles Almelo
1 : 1
FC Groningen
Eredivisie
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Heracles Almelo
1 : 1
Utrecht
Eredivisie
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Almere City
0 : 2
Heracles Almelo
Eredivisie
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De Graafschap
0 : 2
Heracles Almelo
KNVB Beker
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Heracles Almelo
1 : 1
Sparta Rotterdam
Eredivisie
Heracles Almelo lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Fabian de Keijzer
Defenders
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3
Jannes Wieckhoff
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4
Damon Mirani
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24
Ivan Mesík
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39
Mats Rots
Midfielders
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32
Sem Scheperman
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17
Thomas Bruns
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13
Jan Žambůrek
Forwards
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29
Suf Podgoreanu
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9
Jizz Hornkamp
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8
Mario Engels
Three reasons we expect at least three goals in this game
- Seven of the last nine meetings between NAC and Heracles ended with over 2.5 goals.
- Heracles finished just one of their last six away games in the league without conceding.
- All the last six games of NAC Breda produced three or more goals.
Main prediction NAC Breda - Heracles Almelo
Over 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
Melbet
1.82
Additional predictions
NAC Breda & Heracles Almelo current standing in Eredivisie
| Regular Season | P | W | D | L |
G - A
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GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSV | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 65 - 20 | +45 | 49 |
| 2 | Ajax | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 41 - 17 | +24 | 45 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 37 - 30 | +7 | 41 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 42 - 24 | +18 | 36 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 39 - 25 | +14 | 34 |
| 6 | AZ | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 34 - 21 | +13 | 34 |
| 7 | Go Ahead Eagles | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 35 - 28 | +7 | 31 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 - 36 | -9 | 25 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 25 - 35 | -10 | 25 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 - 36 | -15 | 24 |
| 11 | NEC Nijmegen | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 28 - 25 | +3 | 23 |
| 12 | Willem II | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 - 28 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 - 29 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 - 29 | -12 | 21 |
| 15 | Heracles Almelo | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 - 36 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 - 29 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 22 - 44 | -22 | 11 |
| 18 | Almere City | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 - 39 | -29 | 10 |