NAC Breda vs Heracles Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Heracles have been the story of the Eerste Divisie so far this season. Six wins from their last seven league matches, including a 5-0 thumping of De Graafschap and a 6-1 win at Jong Utrecht, tells you they've been scoring freely and defending well too.

NAC Breda: 20 completed matches; Heracles: 20 completed matches.

NAC Breda

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

35

Difference

-4

Heracles

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

36

Difference

0

NAC Breda's recent run is far more mixed. Three wins, a draw and three defeats in their last seven Eerste Divisie games, with narrow losses at Waalwijk and at home to Jong Utrecht mixed in among some decent home form.

Heracles arrive with clearly the stronger recent league form of the two.

Comparative Team Statistics: NAC Breda vs Heracles

Recent head-to-head

The last five meetings between these two lean towards Heracles, who've won three of them including a 4-1 away win in the cup and a 1-0 league win as recently as February. NAC Breda's most recent success came at home in September 2025, a 2-1 win.

Further back the head-to-head is much more even, with results swinging both ways over the years, so it's the recent run that carries more relevance here.

League table snapshot

The table backs up what the recent results suggest. Heracles sit top with 18 points from seven games, while NAC Breda are down in 11th on 10 points from the same number of matches.

That's a big early-season gap, though with only seven rounds played there's still a long way to go before anything is settled.

Key men to watch

J. N'djoli has been prolific for Heracles, with 10 goals in just seven appearances, and T. van Gilst has chipped in six more. Between them, along with playmakers C. Abbas and T. Bruns on assists, they've powered that strong scoring record.

NAC Breda:

Best scorers:

P. Gladon - 4

Penalty cards:

L. Greiml x 1 x 1

J. Van den Bergh x 3

M. Nassoh x 3

Heracles:

Best scorers:

J. N'djoli - 10

T. van Gilst - 6

Best assist providers:

C. Abbas - 3

T. Bruns - 3

S. Scheperman - 2

For NAC Breda, P. Gladon is the main scoring threat with four goals in six games, while L. Greiml already has a red card on his disciplinary record this season.