Football betting preview: De Graafschap vs Excelsior

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 19.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vijverberg (12600 seats)

De Graafschap have performed better than Excelsior so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Excelsior have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-5-13 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.

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De Graafschap form and stats

De Graafschap are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Stadion De Vijverberg. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. De Graafschap haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Almere City, 75 days ago.

Graafschap enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Telstar's place. The match ended 2-1 with Ted Van de Pavert and Jasper Van Heertum scoring. Ahead of that match, De Graafschap won a home game hosting FC Eindhoven (1-0).

Graafschap have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion De Vijverberg with 27 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Graafschap have conceded 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Excelsior form and stats

As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, Excelsior have produced an overall stat of 5-2-7 so far. Excelsior seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Excelsior go into this game after a win, the home game against Jong Utrecht that ended 2-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Almere City wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

Excelsior has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 14 games. Excelsior's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Excelsior - Graafschap 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): De Graafschap won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Excelsior has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorE. Ómarsson
E. Ómarsson
18 goals
GraafschapR. Seuntjens
R. Seuntjens
12 goals
De GraafschapE. Lieftink
E. Lieftink
8 goals

De Graafschap missing players

Excelsior missing players

Total First Half Second Half
De Graafschap Excelsior
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 6 Played P 3 14 28
20 10 4 Won W 0 5 11
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 2 1 Lost L 2 7 14
57 27 13 Scored S 3 23 53
36 15 8 Conceded C 7 23 49
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 96%
82% 79% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 82%
61% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 68%
39% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 46%
25% 14% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 29% 32%
61% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 61%
32% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 25%
11% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.2 1.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
14 13.6 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 13.1 13.3
5.8 5.6 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 5.7 5.6
35% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 34%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • De Graafschap haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 28 21 4 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 14 10 4 0 35 9 55 67
2 De Graafschap 28 20 3 5 57 36 14 10 2 2 27 15 14 10 1 3 30 21 21 63
3 NAC Breda 28 18 5 5 57 27 14 10 1 3 32 14 14 8 4 2 25 13 30 59
4 Almere City 28 18 5 5 63 38 14 10 2 2 27 7 14 8 3 3 36 31 25 59
5 Go Ahead Eagles 28 16 6 6 41 18 14 6 4 4 15 10 14 10 2 2 26 8 23 54
6 NEC 28 16 5 7 57 31 14 8 3 3 27 13 14 8 2 4 30 18 26 53
7 FC Volendam 28 13 8 7 62 39 14 5 3 6 31 22 14 8 5 1 31 17 23 47
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 12 9 7 54 41 14 6 5 3 27 18 14 6 4 4 27 23 13 45
9 Excelsior 28 11 3 14 53 49 14 6 1 7 30 26 14 5 2 7 23 23 4 36
10 Telstar 28 9 7 12 45 43 14 4 4 6 28 22 14 5 3 6 17 21 2 34
11 MVV Maastricht 28 9 5 14 32 54 14 6 2 6 23 31 14 3 3 8 9 23 -22 32
12 Jong Ajax 28 8 7 13 45 56 14 3 4 7 19 27 14 5 3 6 26 29 -11 31
13 FC Oss 28 9 4 15 30 48 14 5 2 7 21 24 14 4 2 8 9 24 -18 31
14 Helmond Sport 28 7 9 12 38 51 14 5 2 7 19 27 14 2 7 5 19 24 -13 30
15 FC Eindhoven 28 7 8 13 38 49 14 4 4 6 27 26 14 3 4 7 11 23 -11 29
16 Jong Utrecht 28 9 1 18 38 54 14 5 0 9 19 24 14 4 1 9 19 30 -16 28
17 Jong PSV 28 6 6 16 37 57 14 2 5 7 16 23 14 4 1 9 21 34 -20 24
18 Jong AZ 28 6 5 17 40 75 14 3 3 8 26 39 14 3 2 9 14 36 -35 23
19 FC Dordrecht 28 6 3 19 27 70 14 3 3 8 16 28 14 3 0 11 11 42 -43 21
20 FC Den Bosch 28 4 7 17 33 66 14 3 5 6 20 23 14 1 2 11 13 43 -33 19

Table
  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 28 21 4 3 77 22 14 11 0 3 42 13 14 10 4 0 35 9 55 67
2 De Graafschap 28 20 3 5 57 36 14 10 2 2 27 15 14 10 1 3 30 21 21 63
3 NAC Breda 28 18 5 5 57 27 14 10 1 3 32 14 14 8 4 2 25 13 30 59
4 Almere City 28 18 5 5 63 38 14 10 2 2 27 7 14 8 3 3 36 31 25 59
5 Go Ahead Eagles 28 16 6 6 41 18 14 6 4 4 15 10 14 10 2 2 26 8 23 54
6 NEC 28 16 5 7 57 31 14 8 3 3 27 13 14 8 2 4 30 18 26 53
7 FC Volendam 28 13 8 7 62 39 14 5 3 6 31 22 14 8 5 1 31 17 23 47
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 28 12 9 7 54 41 14 6 5 3 27 18 14 6 4 4 27 23 13 45
9 Excelsior 28 11 3 14 53 49 14 6 1 7 30 26 14 5 2 7 23 23 4 36
10 Telstar 28 9 7 12 45 43 14 4 4 6 28 22 14 5 3 6 17 21 2 34
11 MVV Maastricht 28 9 5 14 32 54 14 6 2 6 23 31 14 3 3 8 9 23 -22 32
12 Jong Ajax 28 8 7 13 45 56 14 3 4 7 19 27 14 5 3 6 26 29 -11 31
13 FC Oss 28 9 4 15 30 48 14 5 2 7 21 24 14 4 2 8 9 24 -18 31
14 Helmond Sport 28 7 9 12 38 51 14 5 2 7 19 27 14 2 7 5 19 24 -13 30
15 FC Eindhoven 28 7 8 13 38 49 14 4 4 6 27 26 14 3 4 7 11 23 -11 29
16 Jong Utrecht 28 9 1 18 38 54 14 5 0 9 19 24 14 4 1 9 19 30 -16 28
17 Jong PSV 28 6 6 16 37 57 14 2 5 7 16 23 14 4 1 9 21 34 -20 24
18 Jong AZ 28 6 5 17 40 75 14 3 3 8 26 39 14 3 2 9 14 36 -35 23
19 FC Dordrecht 28 6 3 19 27 70 14 3 3 8 16 28 14 3 0 11 11 42 -43 21
20 FC Den Bosch 28 4 7 17 33 66 14 3 5 6 20 23 14 1 2 11 13 43 -33 19

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