Excelsior and ADO Den Haag are both doing (very) nicely in the Eerste Divisie with their 2nd and 5th spots respectively. Let's hope for a top fixture!
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ADO Den Haag have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Excelsior nor ADO Den Haag as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Excelsior form and stats
When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Excelsior have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 183 minutes without scoring a league goal. Dallinga was the last player to find the net.
A good away victory last time out for Excelsior, who won 0-3 against Jong PSV (placed 9th). Excelsior drew their last game, 0-3 away at Jong PSV (placed 9th). No payout for Excelsior in their previous match, an away game at Jong PSV that ended in defeat 0-3. Defender Yaakoubi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.84/10. Yaakoubi won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that game, the 0-0 home victory against Graafschap. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Graafschap that ended 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Graafschap that was lost 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Excelsior have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost three.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eerste Divisie game versus FC Emmen in only four days. This game is also played here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion.
Goals decide football matches and Excelsior are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 10 league matches. Excelsior have conceded 13 in these home matches.
ADO Den Haag form and stats
Playing away, ADO Den Haag have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as ADO Den Haag have lost on their last two travels.
Two trips in a row for ADO Den Haag, whose manager Brood could celebrate last time after the win against Roda JC Kerkrade. It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-5. ADO Den Haag play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 6th).
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with ADO Den Haag playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two ADO Den Haag wins, one draw and two defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Haag are regular goalscorers on their travels. ADO Den Haag have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Excelsior and ADO Den Haag have faced each other already this season: ADO Den Haag - Excelsior 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Excelsior two wins, one draw and ADO Den Haag seven victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 25 goals |   T. Verheydt 17 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 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 48 | 21 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 50 |
| 29 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 29 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 86% |
| 68% | 70% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 59% |
| 36% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 55% | 50% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | 41% |
| 59% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 50% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 23% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 6 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 10.4 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11 | 12.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 46% | 45% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 38% | 37% |
| 9.9 | 7.3 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| 4 | 2.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- ADO Den Haag have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 52 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 19 | 43 |
| 3 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 42 |
| 5 | ADO Den Haag | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 41 |
| 6 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 40 |
| 7 | Graafschap | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | FC Eindhoven | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 38 |
| 9 | Jong PSV | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 29 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 12 | FC Den Bosch | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -17 | 26 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Telstar | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -17 | 23 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -21 | 23 |
| 16 | Jong Utrecht | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | TOP Oss | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 20 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -19 | 20 |
| 20 | Almere City | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -19 | 17 |
