Excelsior will clash heads with Almere City in this Eredivisie fixture. All you should learn about the fixture is found right here!
- Almere City have the most conceded goals (14) in Eredivisie
Excelsior's stadium, Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. Almere City have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Almere City when playing on artifical turf; 8 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses from 22 matches. They have scored {35 goals} in these games and conceded 35.
Excelsior and Almere City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Eredivisie games here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion.
Excelsior faced defeat in their previous match, away at Heracles (1-3). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through three league fixtures. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Agrafiotis, having scored in four matches in a row. Baas (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Baas hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Fortuna Sittard that ended 2-2.Excelsior has scored {4 goals-1} so far and conceded {4 goals-2} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Almere City form and stats
No Eredivisie points yet away for Almere City, from their first 2 matches.
Almere City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. PEC Zwolle proved too strong as Almere City slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Yanmar Stadion. Late heartbreak for Almere in the PEC Zwolle match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Jacobs was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Jacobs scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Feyenoord wasn't a success with a 1-6 loss.We have checked recent matches where Almere City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
{2 goals} so far away for Almere City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 8. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Almere City have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Excelsior.Top Goalscorers
  N. Agrafiotis 4 goals |  O. Uddenäs 2 goals |  S. Horemans 1 goals |
Excelsior missing players
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| Excelsior | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 6.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 1.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 31% |
| 12.8 | 14 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 26 | 21.2 |
| 6 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 12.5 | 9.8 |
- Almere City have the most conceded goals (14) in Eredivisie
- Almere City have the most conceded goals (8) away in Eredivisie
- Almere City have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Eredivisie
- Almere City have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Eredivisie
| Excelsior | Last season | Almere City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32 | 22 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | ||
| 71 | 26 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | ||
| 56% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 41% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | ||
| 47% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 8.8 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 18.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5 | ||
| 28% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 17.7 | 16.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.7 | ||
| 7.4 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | PSV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Fortuna Sittard | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Heracles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | PEC Zwolle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Ajax | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | NEC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 0 |
| 18 | RKC Waalwijk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 20 | 51 | 82 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 49 | 75 |
| 3 | Ajax | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 86 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 48 | 69 |
| 4 | AZ | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 64 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 59 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 24 | -6 | 46 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 64 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 38 | -14 | 41 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | NEC | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -23 | 36 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 71 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 39 | -29 | 36 |
| 15 | Excelsior | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 71 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 45 | -39 | 32 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 42 | -32 | 28 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -43 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 18 |
