With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Excelsior fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Jong Utrecht.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eerste Divisie
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior have collected 16 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 5-1-7.
Excelsior travelled for their previous game, a trip to Almere City that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Jong Ajax.
The Excelsior manager M. Dijkhuizen has got the team scoring with 28 from 13 home games in the league. Excelsior are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (26 from 13 played).
Jong Utrecht form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jong Utrecht so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-8 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Utrecht as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the MVV Maastricht match.
Utrecht's previous game was their home loss versus MVV Maastricht (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs FC Dordrecht.
A quick return to home after this game, as Jong Utrecht are hosting Jong PSV in the Eerste Divisie only three days away.
The visiting Jong Utrecht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 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. The Jong Utrecht manager A. Plugboer has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Jong Utrecht - Excelsior 3-2. Excelsior-Jong Utrecht H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior one win, Jong Utrecht one win, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Ómarsson 18 goals |   J. Hilterman 15 goals |  R. Niemeijer 7 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Jong Utrecht missing players
| Excelsior | Jong Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 50 | 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 38 |
| 45 | 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 28 | 52 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 92% | 89% |
| 67% | 77% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 69% | 70% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 46% | 41% |
| 30% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 38% | 26% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 67% |
| 26% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 23% | 15% |
| 22% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 13.3 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 13.5 | 12.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 33% | 39% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 27% |
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Jong Utrecht have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eerste Divisie
- Jong Utrecht 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 | SC Cambuur | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 55 | 66 |
| 2 | Graafschap | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 57 |
| 3 | NAC Breda | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 28 | 53 |
| 4 | Go Ahead Eagles | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 53 |
| 5 | Almere City | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 53 |
| 6 | NEC | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 24 | 50 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 44 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 41 |
| 9 | Telstar | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 34 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 50 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -10 | 30 |
| 12 | Helmond Sport | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -12 | 30 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | MVV Maastricht | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -23 | 29 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 27 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -14 | 28 |
| 16 | FC Oss | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -20 | 28 |
| 17 | Jong PSV | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -17 | 24 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 33 | -33 | 23 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 42 | -42 | 18 |
| 20 | FC Den Bosch | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 42 | -30 | 16 |