Buckle up for a show! The leading heroes are Excelsior and FC Emmen, victory is the prize and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Eerste Divisie
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting FC Emmen have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 7-6-7 (win-draw-loss) from 20 matches.
These are hustling days for the home side, as they had a game only four days ago in the Eerste Divisie. Thankfully the previous game, versus ADO Den Haag, was also a home game here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. The away team is better rested.
Excelsior form and stats
When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Excelsior have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
The Excelsior supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion: A 2-3 defeat against ADO Den Haag (placed 3rd). Midfielder Wieffer was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.71 (out of ten) in that game. Wieffer hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 67 successful passes (of 80 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Jong PSV.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 five matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost four.
Excelsior can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Excelsior's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Emmen form and stats
FC Emmen's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed FC Emmen collect 24 points from their 12 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). It could be a hat trick of victories away for FC Emmen, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The FC Emmen goalkeeper Michael Brouwer is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 314 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Emmen won their last game, 2-0 versus NAC Breda played at home. Brouwer was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.81. The agile goalkeeper Brouwer topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Den Bosch at their stadium, the result 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by FC Emmen in our archives, and the results are: three wins for FC Emmen, one draw and two defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FC Emmen have scored 15 goals in 12 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These competitors have met earlier this season: FC Emmen - Excelsior 0-1. Excelsior-FC Emmen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior five wins, FC Emmen four wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 25 goals |  R. Niemeijer 8 goals |   J. Hilterman 8 goals |
Excelsior missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 50 | 23 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 34 |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 95% |
| 87% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 58% | 64% |
| 70% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 36% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 8% | 9% |
| 30% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 61% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 36% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 41% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 11.6 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 42% | 37% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 23% | 29% |
| 10.2 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 6.9 | 7 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Emmen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Emmen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Emmen have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Eerste Divisie
| 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 | FC Emmen | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 44 |
| 4 | Excelsior | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 18 | 43 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 43 |
| 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 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 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 | Telstar | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -16 | 26 |
| 13 | FC Den Bosch | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -17 | 26 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -21 | 23 |
| 17 | Jong Utrecht | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -19 | 22 |
| 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 |
