NAC Breda vs. Go Ahead Eagles - prediction, team news, lineups

Go Ahead Eagles will be hoping to return to winning ways in the Eredivisie this weekend when they travel to Rat Verlegh Stadion to face NAC Breda on Saturday evening. The visitors are on 45 points after 28 games and occupy seventh place in the league standings, while the hosts are down in 15th place with 30 points over the same period. NAC Breda enjoyed a very promising first half of their first season back in the top flight, but since the turn of the calendar, they have been slipping in the standings and are now just six points above the relegation playoff spot. Indeed, the Pearl of the South earned 22 points over their first 17 league games this season, but after losing to Ajax 3-1 on the road last week, they have now managed just eight points in their last 11 league games. Against the league leaders last week, Leo Sauer gave Carl Hoefkens's side a dream start, netting the opener inside the first 10 minutes of the match, but their lead was wiped out by the interval and they never looked likely to get back