Verdict: FC Emmen draw no wager
Finest Odds: 19/20
Bookmaker: Olympusbet
With a spot on this season’s play-off remaining hanging within the steadiness, FC Emmen will welcome NAC Breda to Drenthe on Saturday afternoon for his or her second-leg showdown.
FC Emmen
Beginning with the hosts, snatching a late 1-1 stalemate after they travelled to Breda for his or her first-leg assembly earlier within the week, Fred Grim’s males ought to really feel that they’ve an actual alternative right here. Whereas the Drenthe-based outfit may need suffered play-off heartbreak final season as they missed out on the prospect to e book a profitable Eredivisie return, the previous Dutch coach has seen his squad impress over the previous month. Though the Whites may need opened April within the midst of a minor wobble, Emmen have come roaring again in an attention grabbing vogue. Extending on their play-off journey on Could 18th as they secured a 3-2 combination victory in opposition to Dordrecht, Saturday’s hosts are unbeaten in all of their earlier seven appearances in opposition to second-tier opposition. Likewise, it must also be famous that Grim’s males signed off their regular-season journey by profitable all of their remaining 4 matchups by an combination rating of 10-4.
Group Information
Each nonetheless coping with respective harm points and lacking out within the first-leg on Tuesday night time, Emmen will as soon as once more be with out the duo of Robin Schouten and 23-year-old Chardi Mpindi Landu this weekend. Nonetheless, forward of Saturday’s showdown in Drenthe, Grim’s males don’t have any contemporary suspensions or considerations to fret about.
Changing from the penalty spot in opposition to Breda earlier within the week and now notching seven objectives in his earlier eight appearances, the red-hot Vicente Besuijen will play a number one position right here. Regardless of notching only a trio of strikes because the begin of February, ex-Leganes striker Piotr Parzyszek will spearhead Emmen’s cost.
NAC Breda
As for the guests, lacking out on the prospect to assert a vital first-leg benefit on residence soil in midweek, NAC Breda might have an actual problem on their arms right here. Regardless of extending on their play-off journey earlier within the month as they secured a thumping 8-1 combination victory in opposition to Roda, the Yellows have struggled to search out any form of stability since getting back from March’s worldwide break. In actual fact, Jean-Paul van Gastel’s facet recorded only a single victory from any of their remaining eight second-tier appearances. Together with mustering only a single victory on there travels because the begin of March, the one-time Feyenoord coach can even have an actual headache over his facet’s prolonged defensive struggles. Together with a 4-1 drumming in opposition to Dordrecht final month, Breda have recorded only a pair of fresh sheets from any of their earlier 11 outings.
Group Information
Nonetheless coping with a long-term knee harm and never making a single look since opening the New Yr, Breda will as soon as once more be unable to name upon 30-year-old midfielder Javier Vet on Saturday afternoon. Likewise, lacking the first-leg in midweek Gastel’s males have confirmed that one-time PSV starlet Clint Leemans is not going to characteristic once more till subsequent season.
Discovering the web on the Rat Verlegh Stadion on Tuesday night time and now bagging three objectives in as many appearances, Norwegian striker Sigurd Haugen will spearhead Breda’s cost. Former Gent starlet Tom Boere might be compelled to accept one other spot on the bench this weekend.
Key Components to Contemplate
When FC Emmen and NAC Breda met for his or her first-leg showdown on Tuesday night time, Saturday’s opponents performed out a 1-1 stalemate.
Emmen are unbeaten in all of their earlier seven conferences in opposition to Eerste Divisie opposition.
Likewise, Saturday’s hosts gained all of their remaining 4 regular-season matchups by an combination rating of 10-4.
NAC Breda have collected only a pair of fresh sheet from any of their earlier 11 consecutive showdowns in opposition to second-tier opposition.
Together with a first-leg strike on Tuesday night time, the red-hot Vicente Besuijen has bagged seven objectives in his earlier eight appearances.
Conclusion
Snatching what was a vital late equaliser after they travelled to Breda on Tuesday night time, Emmen needs to be smelling an actual alternative right here. Now unbeaten in all of their seven showdowns in opposition to second-tier opposition, Grim’s males needs to be relishing a return to Drenthe this weekend. Likewise, now struggling only a single defeat from any of their earlier eight straight battles in opposition to Saturday’s hosts, a draw no wager might be discovered at interesting odds.
Verdict: FC Emmen draw no wager
Finest Odds: 19/20
Bookmaker: Olympusbet