On the 8th of February, PSV will host NAC Breda at Philips Stadion in a KNVB Beker match. PSV is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Ajax. Brian Brobbey struck first for Ajax in the 34th minute on a feed from Dušan Tadić, then in the 53rd minute, Joey Veerman sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Mario Götze. PSV is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, NAC Breda recorded a 0-2 loss against FC Emmen. Jari Vlak struck first for FC Emmen in the 32nd minute on a feed from Reda Kharchouch, then Reda Kharchouch added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Peter van Ooijen In the end, NAC Breda couldn’t muster any offence and FC Emmen ran away with the shutout win. NAC Breda is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Thursday Jan 23rd, NAC Breda hosted PSV at the Rat Verlegh Stadion in their last match together. NAC Breda won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 13000 excited fans. Othman Boussaid struck first for NAC Breda in the 54th minute, then Luka Ilić added another in the 73rd minute In the end, PSV was frustrated by NAC Breda’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. NAC Breda ended the match with the shutout victory.
Thom Haye and Kaj de Rooij are the top scorers for NAC Breda in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. For PSV, their top scorers are Yorbe Vertessen and Cody Gakpo, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.