This has the potential to be an engrossing match as Excelsior have their supposed home advantage, while Jong Ajax lead them by 6 points in the Eerste Divisie standings.
- Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
This football pitch uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Jong Ajax's home arena. The former 27 games by the away side on artifical turf have seen 11 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses.
It's no vacation for neither Excelsior nor Jong Ajax as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior have played 12 Eerste Divisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Excelsior with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Graafschap game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
In their previous game, the manager Dijkhuizen led his Excelsior to a defeat away at FC Eindhoven. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. The striker Dallinga was announced as "man of the match" for Excelsior with a rating of 7.64/10. Dallinga served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was the home game against FC Emmen that was lost 0-1.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 six matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost five.
A decent goal production from Excelsior in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded.
Jong Ajax form and stats
Playing away, Jong Ajax have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.
The club members enjoyed Jong Ajax's previous match versus Jong PSV (placed 9th), a 2-0 win played at home. Defender Baas was the best team player with a rating of 8.35. Baas hit two key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Jong AZ.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Jong Ajax in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Jong Ajax, two draws and four defeats.
Jong Ajax are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 12 away games so far. In the opposite end, Jong have conceded 18 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Jong Ajax - Excelsior 1-2. Last six meetings involving these participants: Excelsior won four, Jong Ajax triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 25 goals |   N. Ünüvar 10 goals |  R. Niemeijer 8 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Jong Ajax missing players
| Excelsior | Jong Ajax | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 51 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 53 |
| 37 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 35 |
| 96% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 75% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 68% | 67% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 68% |
| 40% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 58% | 44% |
| 32% | 25% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 60% | 58% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 76% |
| 28% | 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 16% | 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 11.1 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.2 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 41% | 37% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 42% | 40% |
| 10.2 | 8.1 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
- Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 56 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | FC Emmen | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 51 |
| 3 | Jong Ajax | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 49 |
| 4 | ADO Den Haag | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 48 |
| 5 | FC Eindhoven | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | Graafschap | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 43 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 42 |
| 9 | Jong PSV | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
| 10 | VVV-Venlo | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 35 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 30 |
| 12 | TOP Oss | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 13 | Telstar | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -19 | 27 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -19 | 26 |
| 15 | Jong AZ | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 25 |
| 16 | Jong Utrecht | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -20 | 25 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -27 | 23 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 34 | -21 | 21 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -18 | 20 |
| 20 | Almere City | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -19 | 19 |
