This has the potential to be an action-packed game as De Graafschap have their supposed home advantage, while Excelsior have an edge of 4 points in the Eerste Divisie standings.
- De Graafschap have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have the the best goal difference (+8) in Eerste Divisie
Graafschap have less rest than Excelsior in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Jong AZ, so at least Graafschap are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
This football pitch has grass, unlike Excelsior's home arena. The previous 18 games by the visitors on grass have given 5 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses.
De Graafschap form and stats
Three Eerste Divisie home games done for De Graafschap, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Graafschap lost their last game at Jong AZ (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Jasper Van Heertum was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Heertum hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against FC Volendam that was lost 0-3.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Graafschap here at Stadion De Vijverberg in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Graafschap with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior are yet to lose a point on their Eerste Divisie travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Excelsior go into this game after a win, the home game against FC Dordrecht that ended 3-1. Mats Wieffer got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. Wieffer hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 9 of 10 times and had 76 successful passes (of 83 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 5-0 at FC Den Bosch.The Excelsior manager M. Dijkhuizen has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 9 goals in 3 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Graafschap four wins, three draws and Excelsior three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 7 goals |   J. Konings 2 goals |  G. Korte 2 goals |
De Graafschap missing players
Excelsior missing players
| De Graafschap | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 13 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| 5.5 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.7 | 4 |
| 24% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 53% | 54% |
- All of De Graafschap's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Excelsior's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- De Graafschap have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Eerste Divisie
- De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Excelsior have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Excelsior have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Excelsior have the most points (9) away in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have the the best goal difference (+8) in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have won all their away games so far.
- Excelsior have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jong AZ | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Jong Utrecht | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | TOP Oss | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | De Graafschap | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | MVV Maastricht | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Almere City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | FC Emmen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Jong Ajax | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | NAC Breda | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Telstar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 3 |