De Vijverberg: De Graafschap vs Excelsior Eerste Divisie preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Date: Fri 01.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

De Graafschap and Excelsior are both riding high in the Eerste Divisie with their 2nd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

De Graafschap and Excelsior 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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Excelsior's home stadium. The visitors last 26 games on grass have ended in 7 wins, 3 draws and 16 losses.

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De Graafschap form and stats

This stadium, De Vijverberg, has been a fortress for De Graafschap in the Eerste Divisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0. De Graafschap has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sparta Rotterdam defeat 157 days ago.

De Graafschap's last game was hosting FC Dordrecht (placed 20th) and winning 5-0. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting NAC Breda.

As mentioned above, De Graafschap "killed" FC Dordrecht in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Goals are plentiful at De Vijverberg in the league this season as De Graafschap has scored 17 goals here in 6 attempts. Defensively De Graafschap have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Excelsior form and stats

Excelsior have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Eerste Divisie, after 1-2-3 (6 played).

Excelsior failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs Jong Ajax (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-3. A 0-0 draw at MVV Maastricht's stadium before that.

The attacking power of Excelsior when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Excelsior have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: De Graafschap won 5, Excelsior won 3 and 2 draws. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

De GraafschapM. Hamdaoui
M. Hamdaoui
5 goals / 2 assists
ExcelsiorJeffry Fortes
Jeffry Fortes
5 goals / 2 assists
ExcelsiorR. Vloet
R. Vloet
5 goals / 2 assists

De Graafschap missing players

Excelsior missing players

De Graafschap Excelsior
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
7 5 2 Won W 0 1 6
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
0 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
26 17 5 Scored S 1 5 23
7 2 2 Conceded C 6 12 22
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 92%
58% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 83%
33% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 58%
17% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
42% 17% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 67%
58% 83% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
17% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 25%
 
5.3 4.8 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 7.5 6.5 6.2
4.2 5 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5.2
1.5 0.8 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 1.8
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • De Graafschap have not yet lost a game.
  • De Graafschap have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • De Graafschap have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • De Graafschap have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Excelsior have scored away.
  • Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

De Graafschap
All Eredivisie Playoffs Eredivisie Eerste Divisie KNVB Beker
All Home Away Home vs top
27-09-19 ED Roda JC Kerkrade 1 - 1 De Graafschap
04-10-19 ED De Graafschap 0 - 0 Almere City
18-10-19 ED Jong Utrecht 2 - 2 De Graafschap
21-10-19 ED NAC Breda 1 - 2 De Graafschap
25-10-19 ED De Graafschap 5 - 0 FC Dordrecht
29-10-19 KB Vitesse 18:30 De Graafschap
01-11-19 ED De Graafschap 20:00 Excelsior
08-11-19 ED Helmond Sport 20:00 De Graafschap
22-11-19 ED De Graafschap 20:00 Jong PSV
25-11-19 ED Jong AZ 20:00 De Graafschap
Excelsior
All Eredivisie Playoffs Eredivisie Eerste Divisie KNVB Beker
All Home Away Away vs top
27-09-19 ED Excelsior 5 - 2 Jong PSV
04-10-19 ED SC Cambuur 4 - 0 Excelsior
13-10-19 ED Excelsior 3 - 2 FC Dordrecht
18-10-19 ED MVV Maastricht 0 - 0 Excelsior
25-10-19 ED Excelsior 1 - 3 Jong Ajax
29-10-19 KB Excelsior 19:45 NEC
01-11-19 ED De Graafschap 20:00 Excelsior
08-11-19 ED Excelsior 20:00 FC Eindhoven
17-11-19 ED FC Den Bosch 14:30 Excelsior
22-11-19 ED Excelsior 20:00 FC Volendam

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 12 8 2 2 30 8 5 5 0 0 22 4 7 3 2 2 8 4 22 26
2 De Graafschap 12 7 5 0 26 7 6 5 1 0 17 2 6 2 4 0 9 5 19 26
3 Jong Ajax 12 7 2 3 36 18 5 4 1 0 18 5 7 3 1 3 18 13 18 23
4 NAC Breda 12 7 2 3 20 13 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 3 1 2 10 9 7 23
5 Excelsior 12 6 2 4 23 22 6 5 0 1 18 10 6 1 2 3 5 12 1 20
6 NEC 12 5 4 3 21 17 6 3 2 1 12 8 6 2 2 2 9 9 4 19
7 Jong Utrecht 12 5 4 3 22 19 6 3 3 0 14 6 6 2 1 3 8 13 3 19
8 Almere City 12 5 4 3 19 17 6 5 1 0 13 7 6 0 3 3 6 10 2 19
9 Go Ahead Eagles 12 4 6 2 21 18 7 3 4 0 14 6 5 1 2 2 7 12 3 18
10 Telstar 12 5 2 5 18 18 5 2 0 3 6 6 7 3 2 2 12 12 0 17
11 Roda JC Kerkrade 12 4 4 4 17 17 7 3 2 2 14 10 5 1 2 2 3 7 0 16
12 FC Eindhoven 12 4 3 5 19 24 5 3 2 0 14 6 7 1 1 5 5 18 -5 15
13 FC Volendam 12 4 3 5 15 21 6 3 2 1 11 9 6 1 1 4 4 12 -6 15
14 FC Den Bosch 12 2 7 3 19 17 6 2 3 1 11 4 6 0 4 2 8 13 2 13
15 Helmond Sport 12 3 3 6 13 28 6 2 2 2 7 9 6 1 1 4 6 19 -15 12
16 TOP Oss 12 3 2 7 12 21 7 2 2 3 7 8 5 1 0 4 5 13 -9 11
17 Jong AZ 12 2 4 6 16 21 7 1 3 3 8 11 5 1 1 3 8 10 -5 10
18 Jong PSV 12 3 1 8 14 23 6 3 1 2 10 8 6 0 0 6 4 15 -9 10
19 MVV Maastricht 12 2 3 7 8 22 6 1 2 3 3 9 6 1 1 4 5 13 -14 9
20 FC Dordrecht 12 1 3 8 15 33 6 1 1 4 8 15 6 0 2 4 7 18 -18 6

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