NAC Breda v FC Twente: play-off push meets survival fight | OneFootball

NAC Breda host FC Twente in the Eredivisie on Friday, 30 January 2026 at the Rat Verlegh Stadion, with the hosts trying to escape the relegation places and the visitors looking to strengthen their European play-off bid.

The reverse fixture finished 2-2 in Enschede in September, and NAC Breda now face an eighth-placed FC Twente who sit inside the qualification play-off spots.

Form points to a contrast. NAC are winless in five league games and have just one victory across their last 10. FC Twente are unbeaten in their past three league outings, drawing with Excelsior and PEC Zwolle either side of a 2-0 win at Heracles, and also won away at Utrecht in the cup.

Availability could matter. NAC Breda list midfielder Raul Paula as injured. FC Twente report goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall, defenders Robin Propper and Mees Hilgers, plus forwards Taylor Booth and Lucas Vennegoor of Hesselink as sidelined.

The match-up may hinge on control and efficiency. FC Twente average 56% possession with 81.72% passing accuracy and have taken 259 shots at 47.88% accuracy this season, while NAC Breda sit on 48% possession with two clean sheets and 32 goals conceded. Ricky van Wolfswinkel leads FC Twente with seven league goals, while Lewis Holtby and Charles-Andreas Brym have four assists each for NAC.

In the table picture, a home win would lift NAC Breda to 18 points and could move them out of the relegation places. Victory for FC Twente would take them to 33 points and could push them up within the qualification play-off pack.