The Eerste Divisie league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Excelsior and De Graafschap are placed 9th and 6th respectively.
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!
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike De Graafschap's home stadium. The visitors last 14 games on artifical turf have ended in 4 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses.
Excelsior form and stats
Two Eerste Divisie home games so far for Excelsior, who are yet to win here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. Only 0 points so far. Excelsior are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, having lost their two previous games here.
Excelsior are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Jong Ajax. Preceding that match was a defeat to Telstar (1-2).
Excelsior are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at FC Eindhoven awaits in four days.
Excelsior has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 8 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
De Graafschap form and stats
De Graafschap have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Eerste Divisie were 7 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat from 15 fixtures.
Impressive finishing from Mohamed Hamdaoui (2) secured the home win 2-0 against NEC in their previous game. A 3-7 defeat away at Jong AZ before that.
Goalkeeper Rody de Boer was absolutely vital in the Graafschap victory against NEC, making eight saves.
After this away game De Graafschap return home for a Eerste Divisie game against NAC Breda. That game is only four sleeps after this.
De Graafschap have the goal stats of 3-7 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Excelsior-De Graafschap H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior three wins, De Graafschap five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Ómarsson 7 goals |   E. Lieftink 4 goals |  D. van Mieghem 3 goals |
Excelsior missing players
De Graafschap missing players
| Excelsior | De Graafschap | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 5 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 60% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | 30 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 13 | 52 |
| 37 | 14 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 38% | 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 68% |
| Excelsior | Last season | De Graafschap | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 65 | 44 | Scored | S | 27 | 63 | ||
| 55 | 32 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 83% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 66% | ||
| 59% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 38% | ||
| 34% | 47% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 24% | ||
| 76% | 87% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 66% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 34% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 10% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 342 | 175 | Total Shots | T S | 198 | 413 | ||
| 157 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 82 | 185 | ||
| 41% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | NAC Breda | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Almere City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | SC Cambuur | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Telstar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | De Graafschap | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | FC Eindhoven | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | NEC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Jong AZ | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Go Ahead Eagles | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | FC Volendam | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 20 | FC Oss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -10 | 1 |