Excelsior host Almere City with faith in picking up all three points. Can they? Open our match guide!
- Excelsior have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Eerste Divisie
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It should be mentioned that Almere City play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Almere City on artifical turf are 6 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats from 23 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 42-51. You can compare this with overall results below.
Excelsior form and stats
The story so far in the Eerste Divisie for Excelsior at their home stadium (Van Donge & De Roo Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Excelsior enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Telstar's place. The match ended 5-2 with Julian Baas and Thijs Dallinga (4) scoring. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Thijs Dallinga was absolutely essential when Excelsior beat Telstar 5-2, scoring four goals. The attacking player Thijs Dallinga won the honour of being "man of the match" for Excelsior with a rating of 9.64/10. Dallinga scored four goals.
Before that game, the home loss against FC Eindhoven with the scoreline 3-4.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.
Goals decide football matches and Excelsior are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Almere City form and stats
There's been little loot from Almere City's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Eerste Divisie. Almere City only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Home advantage was not enough for Almere in their previous game, as they lost their Eerste Divisie-match, hosting ADO Den Haag, 1-3. Midfield player Marcelencio Esajas was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Esajas dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Helmond Sport with the score of 2-1.Almere are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and zero defeats. From a total of three matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Almere City's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. In the opposite end, Almere City have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Excelsior wins - draws - Almere City wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 16 goals |  R. Niemeijer 4 goals |   I. Alhaft 4 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Almere City missing players
| Excelsior | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 32 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 79% |
| 43% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 43% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| 57% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 7% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 6.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.9 | 9.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 56% | 59% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 41% | 42% |
| 9.7 | 4.3 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.6 | 10.1 |
| 4.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
- Almere City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Almere City have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Excelsior have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Excelsior | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | FC Emmen | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Graafschap | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | ADO Den Haag | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | Jong AZ | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | FC Den Bosch | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Jong Utrecht | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 18 |
| 15 | VVV-Venlo | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Telstar | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Almere City | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 10 |