NAC Breda 3-4 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 17 January 2026

Result

NAC Breda 3-4 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Saturday 17 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

NAC Breda · NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie predictions

NAC Breda 3-4 NEC Nijmegen: match report

NAC Breda lost to NEC Nijmegen 3-4 in Eredivisie on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-2.

Eli Dasa opened the scoring in the 10th minute. NAC Breda's goals came from Moussa Soumano (38'), Moussa Soumano (55') and Boy Kemper (81'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Eli Dasa (10'), Sami Ouaissa (17'), Dirk Proper (69') and Kodai Sano (90+4').

Discipline: NAC Breda received 3 yellow cards; NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game NAC Breda were 16th on 14 points from 18 and NEC Nijmegen 4th on 29 points from 17. NAC Breda went on to finish that season 17th with 29 points, and NEC Nijmegen 4th with 59.

NAC Breda lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Moussa Soumano of NAC Breda (8.7), ahead of Rio Hillen (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 NAC Breda win, 0 draws and 2 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Charles-Andreas BrymNAC Breda
  • 10'Goal · Eli DasaNEC Nijmegen · 0-1
  • 17'Goal · Sami OuaissaNEC Nijmegen · 0-2
  • 38'Goal · Moussa SoumanoNAC Breda · 1-2
  • 55'Goal · Moussa SoumanoNAC Breda · 2-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Max BalardNAC Breda
  • 69'Goal · Dirk ProperNEC Nijmegen · 2-3
  • 81'Goal · Boy KemperNAC Breda · 3-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Dirk ProperNEC Nijmegen
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Boyd LucassenNAC Breda
  • 90+4'Goal · Kodai SanoNEC Nijmegen · 3-4

Head-to-head

3 meetings: NAC Breda 1, draws 0, NEC Nijmegen 2.

Team news

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NAC Breda line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bielica, Denis Odoi, Leo Greiml, Rio Hillen, Boy Kemper, Max Balard, Kamal Sowah, Charles-Andreas Brym, Lewis Holtby, Moussa Soumano, Sydney van Hooijdonk

NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-4-1-2)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Eli Dasa, Philippe Sandler, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Sami Ouaissa, Kodai Sano, Darko Nejasmic, Başar Önal, Tjaronn Chery, Koki Ogawa, Noé Lebreton