There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Eerste Divisie table so far. Here's the Excelsior - Roda JC Kerkrade latest:
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Roda JC Kerkrade haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Excelsior form and stats
When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Excelsior have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 6 defeats from 11 games.
The Excelsior crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Vitesse here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in a KNVB Beker match. In the game before, an away victory in the Eerste Divisie match versus FC Volendam with a 2-0 scoreline.
Excelsior's goalkeeper Alessandro Damen was extremely busy against Vitesse, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves. Heartbreak for Excelsior in their last match as Vitesse's L. Openda scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
This is expected to be a close game, with Excelsior perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Excelsior as a small favourite), we find one game. Excelsior has won zero of these, drawn zero and lost one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (22 in 11 games), Excelsior's attacking play is working. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Excelsior with 22 goals conceded in these matches.
Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats
As the visiting team in Eerste Divisie matches, Roda JC Kerkrade have produced an overall stat of 3-4-4 so far.
Kerkrade go into this game after a win, the home game against Jong PSV that ended 5-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against FC Dordrecht with the score of 5-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Kerkrade was very dominant against Jong PSV, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Fabian Serrarens, Danny Bakker, Patrick Pflücke (2) and Thijmen Goppel providing the goals.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Roda JC Kerkrade in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Kerkrade, two draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kerkrade manager J. Streppel as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Helmond Sport.
Kerkrade has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. Kerkrade struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Roda JC Kerkrade - Excelsior 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Excelsior wins - draws - Roda JC Kerkrade wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ómarsson 18 goals |   P. Pflücke 7 goals |  R. Niemeijer 6 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Roda JC Kerkrade missing players
| Excelsior | Roda JC Kerkrade | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 42 |
| 40 | 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 31 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 83% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 70% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 65% |
| 43% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 45% | 43% |
| 30% | 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 18% | 13% |
| 61% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 52% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 30% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 13.9 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.5 | 12.8 |
| 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 32% | 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 30% | 35% |
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Roda JC Kerkrade haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 46 | 53 |
| 2 | Almere City | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 41 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 | NEC | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 41 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 37 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 35 |
| 9 | Telstar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -17 | 20 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -26 | 20 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 32 | -31 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 37 | -29 | 13 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 38 | -41 | 12 |