Excelsior vs Go Ahead Eagles Preview & Prediction 12 May 2021

This could be an interesting match as Excelsior have their presumed home advantage while Go Ahead Eagles are ahead 26 points in the Eerste Divisie table.

Insights:

Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Eerste Divisie

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.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Go Ahead Eagles's home stadium. The visitors last 24 games on artifical turf have ended in 13 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses.

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Excelsior form and stats

Overall Eerste Divisie stats at home this season for Excelsior are 8-2-8 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Excelsior after consecutive victories at their own ground.

No payout for Excelsior in their previous match, an away game at Jong AZ that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against FC Dordrecht.

Excelsior's goalkeeper Alessandro Damen was extremely busy against Jong AZ, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.

The Excelsior fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 35 goals in 18 league matches. Excelsior have conceded 30 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

Go Ahead Eagles's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Go Ahead Eagles, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Eerste Divisie, collect 39 points from their 18 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 12 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). The fact that Go Ahead Eagles have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Eagles are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Eerste Divisie against NEC (placed 7th). A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Helmond Sport.

Eagles has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 31 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Eagles are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Excelsior and Go Ahead Eagles have met before this season: Go Ahead Eagles - Excelsior 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Excelsior victories, five draws and three Go Ahead Eagles wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

E. Ómarsson

22 goals

R. Niemeijer

11 goals

J. Zwarts

10 goals

Excelsior missing players

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Excelsior				Go Ahead Eagles
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
14	8	0	Won	W	5	12	22
6	2	0	Drew	D	0	3	8
17	8	5	Lost	L	1	3	7
65	35	7	Scored	S	14	31	61
65	30	15	Conceded	C	3	12	25
95%	94%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	89%	81%
84%	83%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	72%	62%
68%	72%	80%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	67%	44%	49%
38%	33%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	17%	17%	19%
27%	28%	40%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	11%	14%
62%	50%	60%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	22%	24%
24%	33%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	67%	67%	65%
19%	22%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	22%	30%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.2	0.9	1	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	0.8	1.2	1.1
5	2	1	Red cards	R C	0	0	0

12.6	13.9	13.4	Shots (avg)	S (	10	10.7	9.8
5.4	5.6	5.2	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	5.7	4.8	4.1
33%	35%	27%	Goal Efficiency	G E	41%	36%	40%

Excelsior			First Half	Go Ahead Eagles
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
10	6	0	Won	W	4	11	19
16	7	2	Drew	D	1	5	13
11	5	3	Lost	L	1	2	5
27	16	6	Scored	S	7	16	31
25	12	10	Conceded	C	1	2	7
70%	72%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	83%	72%	68%
43%	39%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	28%	27%
14%	17%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	0%	8%
5%	11%	40%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
3%	6%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
22%	17%	60%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	0%	5%
54%	61%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	83%	89%	81%
54%	50%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	39%	46%

Excelsior			Second Half	Go Ahead Eagles
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	6	18	37
15	7	0	Won	W	3	7	13
8	3	1	Drew	D	3	7	17
14	8	4	Lost	L	0	4	7
38	19	1	Scored	S	7	15	30
40	18	5	Conceded	C	2	10	18
84%	83%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	67%	67%	59%
59%	56%	20%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	50%	44%	41%
38%	39%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	33%	22%	22%
11%	11%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	6%	8%
11%	11%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
35%	33%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	22%	19%
43%	44%	20%	Clean Sheets	C S	67%	67%	70%
38%	39%	80%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	44%	51%

Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:

Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Go Ahead Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Eerste Divisie
Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Eerste Divisie
Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Eerste Divisie
Go Ahead Eagles have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Eerste Divisie
Go Ahead Eagles have the most clean sheets (12) away in Eerste Divisie
Go Ahead Eagles have the most clean sheets (24) 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	SC Cambuur	37	28	5	4	106	34	18	14	1	3	57	17	19	14	4	1	49	17	72	89
2	De Graafschap	37	23	7	7	67	47	18	11	4	3	31	21	19	12	3	4	36	26	20	76
3	Go Ahead Eagles	37	22	8	7	61	25	19	10	5	4	30	13	18	12	3	3	31	12	36	74
4	Almere City	37	22	8	7	74	47	18	13	3	2	33	8	19	9	5	5	41	39	27	74
5	NAC Breda	37	22	7	8	73	38	19	13	1	5	41	19	18	9	6	3	32	19	35	73
6	FC Volendam	37	18	9	10	77	51	18	8	3	7	40	27	19	10	6	3	37	24	26	63
7	NEC	37	19	6	12	66	44	18	10	4	4	32	18	19	9	2	8	34	26	22	63
8	Roda JC Kerkrade	37	15	12	10	67	59	19	8	7	4	35	24	18	7	5	6	32	35	8	57
9	Excelsior	37	14	6	17	65	65	18	8	2	8	35	30	19	6	4	9	30	35	0	48
10	Helmond Sport	37	11	11	15	51	68	19	8	4	7	26	30	18	3	7	8	25	38	-17	44
11	TOP Oss	37	12	8	17	38	57	18	7	3	8	27	31	19	5	5	9	11	26	-19	44
12	MVV Maastricht	37	12	7	18	47	71	18	8	3	7	31	37	19	4	4	11	16	34	-24	43
13	Telstar	37	10	11	16	56	59	18	5	6	7	36	29	19	5	5	9	20	30	-3	41
14	Jong PSV	37	10	9	18	53	64	19	4	6	9	22	27	18	6	3	9	31	37	-11	39
15	FC Eindhoven	37	10	9	18	48	60	18	6	5	7	31	28	19	4	4	11	17	32	-12	39
16	Jong AZ	37	11	5	21	55	90	19	7	3	9	38	46	18	4	2	12	17	44	-35	38
17	Jong Ajax	37	9	10	18	53	70	19	4	6	9	25	34	18	5	4	9	28	36	-17	37
18	Jong Utrecht	37	11	1	25	51	75	19	5	0	14	23	38	18	6	1	11	28	37	-24	34
19	FC Den Bosch	37	8	8	21	58	82	19	6	6	7	38	32	18	2	2	14	20	50	-24	32
20	FC Dordrecht	37	8	3	26	35	95	19	4	3	12	20	41	18	4	0	14	15	54	-60	27

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	37	28	5	4	106	34	18	14	1	3	57	17	19	14	4	1	49	17	72	89
2	De Graafschap	37	23	7	7	67	47	18	11	4	3	31	21	19	12	3	4	36	26	20	76
3	Go Ahead Eagles	37	22	8	7	61	25	19	10	5	4	30	13	18	12	3	3	31	12	36	74
4	Almere City	37	22	8	7	74	47	18	13	3	2	33	8	19	9	5	5	41	39	27	74
5	NAC Breda	37	22	7	8	73	38	19	13	1	5	41	19	18	9	6	3	32	19	35	73
6	FC Volendam	37	18	9	10	77	51	18	8	3	7	40	27	19	10	6	3	37	24	26	63
7	NEC	37	19	6	12	66	44	18	10	4	4	32	18	19	9	2	8	34	26	22	63
8	Roda JC Kerkrade	37	15	12	10	67	59	19	8	7	4	35	24	18	7	5	6	32	35	8	57
9	Excelsior	37	14	6	17	65	65	18	8	2	8	35	30	19	6	4	9	30	35	0	48
10	Helmond Sport	37	11	11	15	51	68	19	8	4	7	26	30	18	3	7	8	25	38	-17	44
11	TOP Oss	37	12	8	17	38	57	18	7	3	8	27	31	19	5	5	9	11	26	-19	44
12	MVV Maastricht	37	12	7	18	47	71	18	8	3	7	31	37	19	4	4	11	16	34	-24	43
13	Telstar	37	10	11	16	56	59	18	5	6	7	36	29	19	5	5	9	20	30	-3	41
14	Jong PSV	37	10	9	18	53	64	19	4	6	9	22	27	18	6	3	9	31	37	-11	39
15	FC Eindhoven	37	10	9	18	48	60	18	6	5	7	31	28	19	4	4	11	17	32	-12	39
16	Jong AZ	37	11	5	21	55	90	19	7	3	9	38	46	18	4	2	12	17	44	-35	38
17	Jong Ajax	37	9	10	18	53	70	19	4	6	9	25	34	18	5	4	9	28	36	-17	37
18	Jong Utrecht	37	11	1	25	51	75	19	5	0	14	23	38	18	6	1	11	28	37	-24	34
19	FC Den Bosch	37	8	8	21	58	82	19	6	6	7	38	32	18	2	2	14	20	50	-24	32
20	FC Dordrecht	37	8	3	26	35	95	19	4	3	12	20	41	18	4	0	14	15	54	-60	27