Get ready for a show! Today's main characters are FC Eindhoven and Excelsior, 3 points is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.
- FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Excelsior have the most scored goals (27) away in Eerste Divisie
Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous match. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!
FC Eindhoven form and stats
27 points is a decent return from 12 Eerste Divisie games here at Jan Louwers Stadion for FC Eindhoven. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Eindhoven has recorded two wins in a row here at Jan Louwers Stadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nigel Bertrams not having conceded a league goal in 361 minutes.
FC Eindhoven's last game was hosting MVV Maastricht (placed 16th) and winning 1-0. Vermeulen was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.65 out of 10. The defender Vermeulen scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus FC Den Bosch with a 2-0 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with FC Eindhoven perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with FC Eindhoven as a small favourite), we find six games. FC Eindhoven has won four of these, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for FC Eindhoven as they are travelling to their away game against FC Oss in the Eerste Divisie. That match is four days after this one.
Eindhoven have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior have an excellent away record in the Eerste Divisie so far with 8-1-3 from 12 games. Three has not been a lucky number for Excelsior as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Graafschap match.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus FC Emmen with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Defender Horemans was the best team player with a rating of 8.43. Horemans hit three key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.
A loss against ADO Den Haag was the result prior to that, in a home game.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Excelsior playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were two Excelsior wins, three draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Excelsior, the Eerste Divisie home match versus Jong Ajax. Busy days.
The Excelsior manager Dijkhuizen has got the team scoring on the road, with 27 away goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Excelsior have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head game ended Excelsior - FC Eindhoven 3-4, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Eindhoven wins - draws - Excelsior wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 25 goals |   J. van der Sande 10 goals | J. Sleegers 10 goals |
FC Eindhoven missing players
Excelsior missing players
| FC Eindhoven | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 41 | 24 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 27 | 50 |
| 28 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 16 | 33 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 92% | 83% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 67% | 67% |
| 38% | 42% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 38% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 42% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 58% | 58% |
| 42% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 29% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 12.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9 | 10 |
| 5 | 6.2 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 34% | 32% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 47% | 41% |
| 10.4 | 10.5 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.1 | 10.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5 | 4.1 |
- Excelsior have the most scored goals (27) away in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- FC Eindhoven have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Eindhoven have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Eindhoven have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FC Eindhoven have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- FC Eindhoven haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Volendam | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 52 |
| 2 | FC Emmen | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | ADO Den Haag | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 45 |
| 4 | Excelsior | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 17 | 43 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 43 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 41 |
| 7 | Graafschap | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 41 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 40 |
| 9 | Jong PSV | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | VVV-Venlo | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 27 |
| 13 | Telstar | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -16 | 27 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -18 | 26 |
| 15 | Jong AZ | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -22 | 23 |
| 17 | Jong Utrecht | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -19 | 22 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -15 | 20 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 34 | -21 | 20 |
| 20 | Almere City | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -19 | 18 |
