NAC Breda 3-1 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

NAC Breda 3-1 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Saturday 23 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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NAC Breda 3-1 FC Utrecht: match report

NAC Breda defeated FC Utrecht 3-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Pablo Marí opened the scoring in the 26th minute. NAC Breda's goals came from Pablo Marí (26'), T. Ambrose (71') and Angeliño (90+5'). FC Utrecht scored through Cyriel Dessers (75').

Discipline: NAC Breda received 2 yellow cards; FC Utrecht received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game NAC Breda were 16th on 13 points from 17 and FC Utrecht 6th on 28 points from 16. NAC Breda went on to finish that season 14th with 34 points, and FC Utrecht 6th with 57.

NAC Breda lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Utrecht in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Zakaria Labyad of FC Utrecht (8.2), ahead of Angeliño (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 NAC Breda wins, 1 draw and 0 for FC Utrecht.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Pablo MaríNAC Breda · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · R. StriederFC Utrecht
  • 65'Yellow card · B. MeijersNAC Breda
  • 71'Goal · T. AmbroseNAC Breda · 2-0
  • 75'Goal · Cyriel DessersFC Utrecht · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Cyriel DessersFC Utrecht
  • 79'Yellow card · Mark BirighittiNAC Breda
  • 90+3'Second yellow · R. StriederFC Utrecht
  • 90+5'Goal · AngeliñoNAC Breda · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: NAC Breda 0, draws 1, FC Utrecht 0.

Team news

NAC Breda line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Birighitti, Fabian Sporkslede, Bart Meijers, Pablo Marí, Angeliño, Rai Vloet, Manu García, Gianluca Nijholt, Giovanni Korte, Mounir El Allouchi, Thierry Ambrose

FC Utrecht line-up (4-3-1-2)

David Jensen, Mark van der Maarel, Ramon Leeuwin, Willem Janssen, Urby Emanuelson, Rico Strieder, Yassin Ayoub, Sean Klaiber, Sander van de Streek, Gyrano Kerk, Zakaria Labyad