A highly important fixture in Eerste Divisie as both sides are battling for the top spots. With Excelsior in 2nd place and ADO Den Haag at 4th, this promises to be an exciting fight. Read on to find out more!
- Excelsior have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Eerste Divisie
- ADO Den Haag have the the best goal difference (+24) in Eerste Divisie
Excelsior form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eerste Divisie numbers at home for Excelsior so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Excelsior bring valid hopes of a third.
Excelsior manager Dijkhuizen and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus FC Dordrecht (placed 20th) in the Eerste Divisie. Yaakoubi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Yaakoubi won 2 of 3 duels.
Ahead of that match, Excelsior lost 2-4 at home to FC Groningen (after extra-time).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Excelsior have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost three.
Excelsior can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. 13 goals have been conceded.
ADO Den Haag form and stats
ADO Den Haag's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed ADO Den Haag collect 20 points from their 10 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Excelsior.
ADO Den Haag are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Eerste Divisie against NAC Breda (placed 9th). Midfielder Verheydt was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.72. Verheydt scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Gemert in the KNVB Beker.We have checked recent matches where ADO Den Haag have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, zero draws and four defeats.
The Haag manager Brood has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. Haag have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other previously this campaign: ADO Den Haag - Excelsior 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Excelsior wins - draws - ADO Den Haag wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 25 goals |   T. Verheydt 16 goals |  S. Steijn 11 goals |
Excelsior missing players
ADO Den Haag missing players
| Excelsior | ADO Den Haag | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 48 | 21 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 48 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 85% |
| 70% | 78% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 40% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 5.8 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10.4 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.5 | 12.6 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 48% | 48% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 40% | 40% |
| 9.8 | 7.2 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 8 | 8.5 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
- ADO Den Haag have the the best goal difference (+24) in Eerste Divisie
- ADO Den Haag is in the best form (6-0-0) in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Excelsior have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Eerste Divisie
- 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 | FC Volendam | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 22 | 42 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 38 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 37 |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 31 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | FC Den Bosch | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -12 | 26 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | MVV Maastricht | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 23 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 | Telstar | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 19 | Almere City | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -26 | 11 |
