Early weight of the money indicate Excelsior edge when meeting Telstar

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (4500 seats)

The Eerste Divisie overall standings tell a story about these participants up until now, with Excelsior in front of Telstar by 30 points. Here's our preview:

Insights:
  • Excelsior have the most scored goals (73) in Eerste Divisie
  • Excelsior have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Telstar have scored away.

Both sides have had enough days rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!

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Excelsior form and stats

Excelsior have collected 30 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 9-3-4. Excelsior has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. We remember; it was FC Emmen.

In their previous game, the manager Dijkhuizen led his Excelsior to a defeat away at Almere City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. Midfielder Wieffer was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Wieffer dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).

Before that, Excelsior had a home game versus Helmond Sport which ended with a victory 3-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Excelsior matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and one defeat (from four games).

Excelsior can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 38 times. On the other hand, Excelsior have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Telstar form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Telstar so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Home advantage was not enough for Telstar in their previous game as they lost hosting FC Den Bosch, 1-2. Plet, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Plet scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A 1-2 defeat away at FC Emmen before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Telstar when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing four and winning one game.

Telstar have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 17 goals have been scored. Many of these goals have arrived late in the fixtures; more than 50 percent (10 goals) after the 60th minute. Telstar have conceded 27 goals in these games. Telstar has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most recent past match between these sides is the Telstar - Excelsior 2-5 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Excelsior three wins, four draws and Telstar three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorT. Dallinga
T. Dallinga
31 goals
ExcelsiorR. Niemeijer
R. Niemeijer
13 goals
TelstarG. Plet
G. Plet
12 goals

Excelsior missing players

Telstar missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior Telstar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 16 33
19 9 5 Won W 0 3 7
5 3 0 Drew D 1 6 11
9 4 1 Lost L 3 7 15
73 38 13 Scored S 4 17 37
45 19 4 Conceded C 7 27 62
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
85% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 79%
67% 69% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 61%
39% 38% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
30% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 18%
55% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 64%
33% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 21%
15% 19% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 21%
 
4.6 4.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 5.3
6.1 5.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.2 4.5
1.2 1.1 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.5 11.6 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8.2 9.8
5.3 5.8 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 4
42% 41% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 34% 28%
 
10.7 7.9 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.8 10.5
4.4 3.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.4 4.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Telstar have scored away.
  • Excelsior have the most scored goals (73) in Eerste Divisie
  • Excelsior have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in Eerste Divisie
  • Telstar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 32 18 10 4 67 43 16 11 2 3 39 24 16 7 8 1 28 19 24 64
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 15 11 6 65 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 16 7 6 3 34 23 26 56
6 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
7 Jong Ajax 32 16 7 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 16 6 4 6 28 29 14 55
8 Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 32 13 10 9 49 38 16 8 7 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 32 11 5 16 33 41 16 7 3 6 19 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -8 38
13 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
14 Jong PSV 31 10 6 15 50 52 16 7 3 6 30 23 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 36
15 TOP Oss 32 9 8 15 41 50 16 5 5 6 24 24 16 4 3 9 17 26 -9 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 32 8 4 20 32 59 16 4 0 12 13 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -27 28
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

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 FC Emmen 33 22 5 6 55 23 16 12 0 4 33 12 17 10 5 2 22 11 32 71
2 FC Volendam 32 18 10 4 67 43 16 11 2 3 39 24 16 7 8 1 28 19 24 64
3 Excelsior 33 19 5 9 73 45 16 9 3 4 38 19 17 10 2 5 35 26 28 62
4 FC Eindhoven 33 18 7 8 61 37 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 8 3 6 27 22 24 61
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 15 11 6 65 39 16 8 5 3 31 16 16 7 6 3 34 23 26 56
6 ADO Den Haag 32 19 5 8 69 46 15 10 2 3 33 17 17 9 3 5 36 29 23 56
7 Jong Ajax 32 16 7 9 68 54 16 10 3 3 40 25 16 6 4 6 28 29 14 55
8 Graafschap 33 14 9 10 44 36 17 4 7 6 16 22 16 10 2 4 28 14 8 51
9 NAC Breda 32 13 10 9 49 38 16 8 7 1 26 10 16 5 3 8 23 28 11 49
10 VVV-Venlo 33 12 5 16 40 49 17 6 3 8 22 29 16 6 2 8 18 20 -9 41
11 Almere City 33 10 8 15 52 58 17 5 4 8 25 27 16 5 4 7 27 31 -6 38
12 Jong AZ 32 11 5 16 33 41 16 7 3 6 19 19 16 4 2 10 14 22 -8 38
13 FC Den Bosch 33 11 4 18 35 58 16 8 1 7 18 25 17 3 3 11 17 33 -23 37
14 Jong PSV 31 10 6 15 50 52 16 7 3 6 30 23 15 3 3 9 20 29 -2 36
15 TOP Oss 32 9 8 15 41 50 16 5 5 6 24 24 16 4 3 9 17 26 -9 35
16 FC Dordrecht 33 8 8 17 47 69 17 5 6 6 25 28 16 3 2 11 22 41 -22 32
17 Telstar 33 7 11 15 37 62 17 4 5 8 20 35 16 3 6 7 17 27 -25 32
18 MVV Maastricht 33 10 2 21 36 68 16 4 2 10 18 32 17 6 0 11 18 36 -32 32
19 Jong Utrecht 32 8 4 20 32 59 16 4 0 12 13 31 16 4 4 8 19 28 -27 28
20 Helmond Sport 33 7 6 20 33 60 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 3 3 10 14 29 -27 24

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The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.