Can Excelsior beat FC Den Bosch in Van Donge & De Roo Stadion clash?

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (4500 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Excelsior in 7th and FC Den Bosch in 10th place.

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.

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Excelsior form and stats

When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Excelsior have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games. The home fans are hungry for more even though Excelsior have been steadily collecting points here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion through three straight draws.

The home supporters saw a 3-3 draw versus Jong AZ in the Eerste Divisie last time out and are looking for a win here. A strong away win before that one, visiting Helmond Sport and winning 4-1.

Excelsior salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Jong AZ, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in A. Mendes Moreira equalizing. 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? A. Mendes Moreira was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Jong AZ after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Excelsior handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and two defeats.

Excelsior are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (35 goals in 13 games). Excelsior are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (28 from 13 played).

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of FC Den Bosch playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.

FC Den Bosch are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Eerste Divisie against Jong Utrecht (placed 12th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Roda JC Kerkrade at their stadium, the result 5-1.

FC Den Bosch 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, four draws and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.

FC Den Bosch has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, FC Den Bosch have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Excelsior and FC Den Bosch have met before this season: FC Den Bosch - Excelsior 3-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Excelsior five wins, three draws and FC Den Bosch two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC Den Bosch
R. da Rocha Rodrigues
12 goals
ExcelsiorR. Vloet
R. Vloet
11 goals
ExcelsiorE. Ómarsson
E. Ómarsson
8 goals

Excelsior missing players

FC Den Bosch missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior FC Den Bosch
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 12 26
11 7 3 Won W 1 3 9
8 3 1 Drew D 0 5 11
7 3 0 Lost L 2 4 6
55 35 11 Scored S 3 18 48
48 28 6 Conceded C 6 21 39
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 81%
81% 92% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 58% 65%
58% 77% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 54%
35% 46% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 31%
77% 92% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 65%
15% 8% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 27%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 19%
 
6 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3 3.8
4.9 5.4 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.1 4.9
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.1 1.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
325 162 44 Total Shots T S 23 110 294
146 69 18 Shots on Target S O 11 47 119
38% 51% 61% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 38% 40%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Excelsior's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Excelsior has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
  • Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • FC Den Bosch have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Den Bosch have won significantly less corners away then at 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 SC Cambuur 26 18 3 5 59 23 12 9 1 2 34 12 14 9 2 3 25 11 36 57
2 De Graafschap 26 14 11 1 54 25 13 9 4 0 31 9 13 5 7 1 23 16 29 53
3 FC Volendam 26 15 6 5 50 38 13 8 4 1 29 18 13 7 2 4 21 20 12 51
4 Jong Ajax 26 15 5 6 68 41 13 9 2 2 38 15 13 6 3 4 30 26 27 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 11 11 4 44 36 13 6 7 0 24 11 13 5 4 4 20 25 8 44
6 NAC Breda 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 7 3 3 22 11 13 5 4 4 20 17 14 43
7 NEC 26 11 8 7 47 33 13 6 4 3 23 16 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 41
8 Excelsior 26 11 8 7 55 48 13 7 3 3 35 28 13 4 5 4 20 20 7 41
9 Almere City 26 11 6 9 42 40 13 9 1 3 23 14 13 2 5 6 19 26 2 39
10 FC Den Bosch 26 9 11 6 48 39 14 6 6 2 30 18 12 3 5 4 18 21 9 38
11 Telstar 26 10 7 9 42 45 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 6 3 24 25 -3 37
12 Jong Utrecht 26 9 8 9 44 42 13 7 5 1 31 17 13 2 3 8 13 25 2 35
13 MVV Maastricht 26 7 6 13 34 45 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 1 2 10 13 31 -11 27
14 FC Eindhoven 26 7 6 13 37 54 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 1 2 10 13 34 -17 27
15 Jong AZ 26 6 8 12 42 51 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 1 3 9 18 31 -9 26
16 Jong PSV 26 5 6 15 31 50 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 2 10 14 32 -19 21
17 TOP Oss 26 5 5 16 23 49 13 4 3 6 15 18 13 1 2 10 8 31 -26 20
18 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 4 10 12 30 46 13 3 4 6 23 28 13 1 6 6 7 18 -16 19
19 FC Dordrecht 26 4 7 15 32 58 13 2 4 7 17 27 13 2 3 8 15 31 -26 19
20 Helmond Sport 26 3 7 16 24 57 13 2 4 7 13 22 13 1 3 9 11 35 -33 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Cambuur 26 18 3 5 59 23 12 9 1 2 34 12 14 9 2 3 25 11 36 57
2 De Graafschap 26 14 11 1 54 25 13 9 4 0 31 9 13 5 7 1 23 16 29 53
3 FC Volendam 26 15 6 5 50 38 13 8 4 1 29 18 13 7 2 4 21 20 12 51
4 Jong Ajax 26 15 5 6 68 41 13 9 2 2 38 15 13 6 3 4 30 26 27 50
5 Go Ahead Eagles 26 11 11 4 44 36 13 6 7 0 24 11 13 5 4 4 20 25 8 44
6 NAC Breda 26 12 7 7 42 28 13 7 3 3 22 11 13 5 4 4 20 17 14 43
7 NEC 26 11 8 7 47 33 13 6 4 3 23 16 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 41
8 Excelsior 26 11 8 7 55 48 13 7 3 3 35 28 13 4 5 4 20 20 7 41
9 Almere City 26 11 6 9 42 40 13 9 1 3 23 14 13 2 5 6 19 26 2 39
10 FC Den Bosch 26 9 11 6 48 39 14 6 6 2 30 18 12 3 5 4 18 21 9 38
11 Telstar 26 10 7 9 42 45 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 6 3 24 25 -3 37
12 Jong Utrecht 26 9 8 9 44 42 13 7 5 1 31 17 13 2 3 8 13 25 2 35
13 MVV Maastricht 26 7 6 13 34 45 13 6 4 3 21 14 13 1 2 10 13 31 -11 27
14 FC Eindhoven 26 7 6 13 37 54 13 6 4 3 24 20 13 1 2 10 13 34 -17 27
15 Jong AZ 26 6 8 12 42 51 13 5 5 3 24 20 13 1 3 9 18 31 -9 26
16 Jong PSV 26 5 6 15 31 50 13 4 4 5 17 18 13 1 2 10 14 32 -19 21
17 TOP Oss 26 5 5 16 23 49 13 4 3 6 15 18 13 1 2 10 8 31 -26 20
18 Roda JC Kerkrade 26 4 10 12 30 46 13 3 4 6 23 28 13 1 6 6 7 18 -16 19
19 FC Dordrecht 26 4 7 15 32 58 13 2 4 7 17 27 13 2 3 8 15 31 -26 19
20 Helmond Sport 26 3 7 16 24 57 13 2 4 7 13 22 13 1 3 9 11 35 -33 16

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