NAC Breda v Ajax: survival fight meets European play-off push | OneFootball

NAC Breda host Ajax in the Eredivisie at the Rat Verlegh Stadion on Saturday, 25 April 2026, with the relegation-threatened hosts chasing vital points and the visitors looking to firm up their European play-off position.

Head-to-head trends favour Ajax, though NAC Breda beat them 2-1 in August 2024 before Ajax edged the September 2025 meeting 2-1. The stakes are clear: NAC are 17th, while the visitors arrive in fifth.

NAC Breda are winless in their past five league games with three draws in that run. Godenzonen have taken points in four of their last five, including a 3-0 win at Heracles.

NAC Breda are without Lewis Holtby and Leo Greiml through injury. Godenzonen travel short-handed too: Davy Klaassen, Olexandr Zinchenko, Kian Fitz-Jim, and goalkeepers Vitezslav Jaros and Joeri Heerkens are injured, while Takehiro Tomiyasu is suspended.

Godenzonen average 1.9 goals per game with 57% possession and 85.47% passing accuracy this season, and Mika Godts has 15 league goals plus 10 assists. NAC Breda have scored 30 and conceded 51. Their high open-play crossing volume, delivered at 20.98% accuracy from 448 crosses, could be a route to test a reshuffled visiting defence.

A home win would move NAC Breda to 28 points and keep their survival bid alive. Victory for Godenzonen would take them to 54 points and could strengthen their grip on the European play-off places.