Three points for the home side is anticipated from this game if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Excelsior regulars are optimistic that the contrast between 3rd and FC Den Bosch's 15th place in the table will show on the playing field.
- Excelsior have scored more than double the goals of FC Den Bosch.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Excelsior form and stats
The overall Eerste Divisie results playing at home this season for Excelsior are 7-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Excelsior has recorded two wins in a row here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Excelsior goalkeeper Stijn van Gassel is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 206 minutes without conceding a goal in the Eerste Divisie.
The Excelsior followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Roda JC Kerkrade and win 2-0. The forward Dallinga outperformed all others in that match and got a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Dallinga hit four key passes.
Before that match, a win away at Jong Utrecht.Goals decide football matches and Excelsior are scoring many of them at home; 31 on target from 14 league matches. Excelsior's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Den Bosch form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Den Bosch so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-9 (win-draw-lose). FC Den Bosch are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the TOP Oss fixture.
Bosch have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 286 minutes ago. Fleuren (own goal) was the goal scorer.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to De Graafschap (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender der Winden was the best team player with a rating of 8.02. Winden won 8 of 10 duels.
A 0-2 defeat away at NAC Breda before that.You'll want to know how FC Den Bosch managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found eleven similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and ten home wins.
FC Den Bosch find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bosch struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered match featuring both these teams is the FC Den Bosch - Excelsior 0-5 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Excelsior wins - draws - FC Den Bosch wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 27 goals |  R. Niemeijer 11 goals |  M. Azarkan 7 goals |
Excelsior missing players
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| Excelsior | FC Den Bosch | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 60 | 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 39 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | 48 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 82% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 71% | 70% |
| 64% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | 52% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 26% |
| 32% | 29% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 29% | 26% |
| 57% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 41% |
| 32% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 22% |
| 14% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 36% | 41% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.9 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.7 | 9.5 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 43% | 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 24% | 26% |
| 10.3 | 8.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
- Excelsior have scored more than double the goals of FC Den Bosch.
- FC Den Bosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | FC Volendam | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 62 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 31 | 62 |
| 2 | FC Emmen | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 55 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 21 | 52 |
| 4 | FC Eindhoven | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 50 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 49 |
| 6 | ADO Den Haag | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 48 |
| 7 | De Graafschap | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 46 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 43 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 39 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 36 |
| 11 | Jong PSV | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 35 |
| 12 | TOP Oss | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Telstar | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -19 | 28 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -22 | 28 |
| 15 | FC Den Bosch | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 48 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -21 | 27 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 27 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -28 | 26 |
| 17 | Jong AZ | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 25 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 36 | -19 | 25 |
| 19 | Almere City | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -18 | 23 |
| 20 | Helmond Sport | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -21 | 18 |
