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 FC Volendam - Excelsior latest:
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Eerste Divisie match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Go Ahead Eagles, so at least FC Volendam are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
FC Volendam form and stats
FC Volendam have collected 15 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 4-3-4. Volendam are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Kras Stadion, having lost their two previous games here.
Volendam enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Go Ahead Eagles's place. The match ended 3-1 with Samuele Mulattieri (2) and Boy Deul scoring. Before that game, the home loss against Graafschap with the scoreline 1-4.
Nordin Bakker loved the game against Go Ahead Eagles. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Volendam matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and one defeat (from five games).
The FC Volendam manager W. Jonk has got the team scoring with 25 from 11 home games in the league. On the other hand, Volendam have conceded 14 goals.
Excelsior form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.
There were no winners in Excelsior's previous match, a Eerste Divisie home game that ended 4-4 vs FC Den Bosch (placed 19th). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at FC Oss.
Drawing 4-4 against FC Den Bosch after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 3-0. Their manager M. Dijkhuizen needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As you can tell from the result, the match against FC Den Bosch was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Excelsior playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
After this away game Excelsior return home for a KNVB Beker game against Vitesse. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Excelsior's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, Excelsior have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Excelsior - Volendam 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Volendam six wins, two draws and Excelsior two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ómarsson 18 goals |   S. Mulattieri 9 goals |  N. Doodeman 8 goals |
FC Volendam missing players
Excelsior missing players
| FC Volendam | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 48 | 25 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 42 |
| 28 | 14 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 40 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 55% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | 73% |
| 50% | 55% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 55% | 45% |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 59% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 73% | 64% |
| 27% | 27% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17.6 | 18.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.5 |
| 7.3 | 7.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 30% | 32% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 32% | 33% |
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 47 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 41 |
| 5 | NEC | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 37 |
| 8 | Telstar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 27 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 14 | Jong Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 15 | FC Oss | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 25 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -13 | 20 |
| 17 | Jong AZ | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -25 | 19 |
| 18 | MVV Maastricht | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -27 | 17 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 37 | -28 | 13 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 38 | -41 | 12 |