Eerste Divisie match prediction: Little separates FC Den Bosch and Excelsior in quality

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 03.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion De Vliert (9000 seats)

FC Den Bosch receive Excelsior for another action-packed Eerste Divisie match here at Stadion De Vliert.

This looks to be an absorbing match with lots of action and bustle as both crews are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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FC Den Bosch form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for FC Den Bosch's two home games in the Eerste Divisie so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadion De Vliert.

In their previous game, the manager J. de Gier led his Bosch to a defeat in the Eerste Divisie match away at FC Eindhoven. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion De Vliert. The goalie Wouter Van der Steen was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.01 out of ten. Steen stopped the opponent with six saves. Bosch's goalkeeper Wouter Van der Steen was extremely busy against FC Eindhoven, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Before that game, the home loss against Jong Ajax with the scoreline 2-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bosch perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Den Bosch as a small favourite), we find six games. FC Den Bosch has won two of these, drawn one and lost three.

Early season league goal statistics from FC Den Bosch's 2 home games: 4 goals, 3 conceded.

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Excelsior form and stats

Excelsior are yet to lose a point on their Eerste Divisie travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

It's the second away game in a row for Excelsior, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Jong Ajax (placed 18th) in the Eerste Divisie last time out. Redouan El Yaakoubi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.04. The defender Yaakoubi scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against FC Volendam.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Excelsior in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Excelsior, three draws and four defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Excelsior has managed 4 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Bosch won two games, three matches ended in a draw and Excelsior have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

FC Den BoschJ. Hornkamp
J. Hornkamp
2 goals
FC Den BoschR. Kuijpers
R. Kuijpers
2 goals
ExcelsiorR. El Yaakoubi
R. El Yaakoubi
2 goals

FC Den Bosch missing players

Excelsior missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Den Bosch Excelsior
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 4 0 Scored S 0 4 5
4 3 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 4.5
4 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.5 6.8
2.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.5 5
5 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 2.8
25% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 57% 45%
FC Den Bosch Last season Excelsior
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
8 6   Won W   6 14
8 6   Drew D   4 6
22 7   Lost L   9 18
59 38   Scored S   30 65
85 32   Conceded C   35 66
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
87% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 82%
71% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 66%
47% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 37%
32% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 26%
66% 74%   BTTS BTTS   74% 61%
13% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
24% 5%   Failed to Score F T   16% 21%
 
3.9 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.2
4.9 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5.1
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
3 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
10.4 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 12.5
4.6 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.3
34% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jong AZ 4 4 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 FC Oss 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 9
3 Graafschap 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
4 FC Eindhoven 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
5 Excelsior 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 7
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 4 2 0 2 11 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 6
7 FC Den Bosch 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
8 MVV Maastricht 4 2 0 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 5 -5 6
9 FC Volendam 4 1 2 1 9 6 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 5
10 Jong Utrecht 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 5
11 NAC Breda 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 5
12 FC Dordrecht 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 5
13 Almere City 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 4
14 VVV-Venlo 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
15 Jong PSV 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
16 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
17 ADO Den Haag 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 3
18 Jong Ajax 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 3
19 Helmond Sport 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 3
20 Telstar 4 0 2 2 6 10 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 2
Last season 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 38 29 5 4 109 36 19 15 1 3 60 19 19 14 4 1 49 17 73 92
2 Go Ahead Eagles 38 23 8 7 62 25 19 10 5 4 30 13 19 13 3 3 32 12 37 77
3 Graafschap 38 23 8 7 67 47 19 11 5 3 31 21 19 12 3 4 36 26 20 77
4 Almere City 38 22 9 7 75 48 19 13 4 2 34 9 19 9 5 5 41 39 27 75
5 NAC Breda 38 22 7 9 75 41 19 13 1 5 41 19 19 9 6 4 34 22 34 73
6 FC Volendam 38 19 9 10 79 52 19 9 3 7 42 28 19 10 6 3 37 24 27 66
7 NEC 38 20 6 12 68 45 19 11 4 4 34 19 19 9 2 8 34 26 23 66
8 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 15 12 11 67 61 19 8 7 4 35 24 19 7 5 7 32 37 6 57
9 Excelsior 38 14 6 18 65 66 19 8 2 9 35 31 19 6 4 9 30 35 -1 48
10 FC Oss 38 13 8 17 40 57 19 8 3 8 29 31 19 5 5 9 11 26 -17 47
11 MVV Maastricht 38 13 7 18 50 72 19 9 3 7 34 38 19 4 4 11 16 34 -22 46
12 Helmond Sport 38 11 12 15 51 68 19 8 4 7 26 30 19 3 8 8 25 38 -17 45
13 Telstar 38 10 11 17 57 61 19 5 6 8 37 31 19 5 5 9 20 30 -4 41
14 Jong PSV 38 10 10 18 54 65 19 4 6 9 22 27 19 6 4 9 32 38 -11 40
15 FC Eindhoven 38 10 10 18 50 62 19 6 6 7 33 30 19 4 4 11 17 32 -12 40
16 Jong Ajax 38 10 10 18 55 71 19 4 6 9 25 34 19 6 4 9 30 37 -16 40
17 Jong AZ 38 11 5 22 56 92 19 7 3 9 38 46 19 4 2 13 18 46 -36 38
18 Jong Utrecht 38 11 2 25 53 77 19 5 0 14 23 38 19 6 2 11 30 39 -24 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 8 8 22 59 85 19 6 6 7 38 32 19 2 2 15 21 53 -26 32
20 FC Dordrecht 38 8 3 27 36 97 19 4 3 12 20 41 19 4 0 15 16 56 -61 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 Jong AZ 4 4 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 FC Oss 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 9
3 Graafschap 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 9
4 FC Eindhoven 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
5 Excelsior 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 7
6 Roda JC Kerkrade 4 2 0 2 11 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 6
7 FC Den Bosch 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
8 MVV Maastricht 4 2 0 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 5 -5 6
9 FC Volendam 4 1 2 1 9 6 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 5
10 Jong Utrecht 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 5
11 NAC Breda 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 5
12 FC Dordrecht 4 1 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 5
13 Almere City 4 1 1 2 7 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 4
14 VVV-Venlo 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
15 Jong PSV 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
16 FC Emmen 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
17 ADO Den Haag 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 3
18 Jong Ajax 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 3
19 Helmond Sport 4 1 0 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 3
20 Telstar 4 0 2 2 6 10 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 2

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