NAC Breda vs PSV Match Preview
“It’s going to be a tough one”, PSV coach Fred Rutten said about Friday’s Eredivisie match at NAC Breda. Last season his team lost 2-1 in Breda. “We were the better team for 80 minutes, but we were sloppy and made a few mistakes”, Rutten said about last year’s game at NAC.
PSV drew 0-0 last week at Ajax to hold on to the league lead while FC Twente took their second consecutive loss at home to AZ (2-1). NAC defeated the title holders the week before, but last Saturday they were blown of the pitch by a superb ADO Den Haag.
Orlando Engelaar was passed fit for Friday, but Fred Rutten does not yet know whether he will play the midfielder. Marcus Berg will not travel to Breda. The Swedish striker is down with the flu. NAC will have to do without defender Jens Janse and forward Fouad Idabdelhay, who both suffer from a groin injury.
NAC Breda vs PSV Match Report
NAC Breda managed to beat the league leaders in the Eredivisie for the second time in two weeks on Friday when they set aside PSV (4-2) on Friday. Two weeks ago NAC left FC Twente empty handed in Breda. The home team ended the match with ten, because of a Kees Luijckx red card.
Matthew Amoah was the big man scoring twice. PSV seemed to be in control after Jonathan Reis scored 1-0 from an Ola Toivonen assist in the 15th minute. At the half hour mark a Toivonen mistake gave away the equalizer. The Swede easily gave away the ball in midfield. Amoah broke through and handed Leonardo simple chance.
When Balázs Dzsudzsák put in the 2-1 three minutes later PSV seemed to be back in the driver’s seat, but Amoah equalized in the 41st minute and after the break NAC took control despite the Luijckx red card. Ali Boussaboun put the ten man home team in front in the 50th minute and Amoah finished PSV off in the 79th minute.
NAC remained undefeated at home against PSV for the fifth consecutive season. Only one club managed to set a longer unbeaten home streak against PSV in Eredivisie history. Willem II did not lose at home versus PSV in eight consecutive matches between 1996 and 2004.