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 Go Ahead Eagles - Excelsior latest:
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
This pitch has grass, which is not Excelsior's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Excelsior have performed like this: Played 23 matches resulting in 5 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 32-53 (scored/conceded).
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Go Ahead Eagles, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Eerste Divisie, have collected 4 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 1-1-2.
Eagles's last game was hosting NAC Breda (placed 4th) and winning 6-0. Heartbreak before that as Go Ahead Eagles lost 1-2 at NEC's place.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Eagles played a great game against NAC Breda and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Eagles handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and one defeat.
Eagles are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Excelsior form and stats
Playing away, Excelsior have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Eerste Divisie this season.
Excelsior have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alessandro Damen. It's been 194 minutes since they last conceded in Eerste Divisie.
Excelsior go into this game after a win, the home game against Helmond Sport that ended 4-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus FC Den Bosch at their stadium, the result 1-0.
As mentioned above, Excelsior was the only team on the pitch versus Helmond Sport in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Excelsior are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and six defeats. From a total of eight matches.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Excelsior are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Excelsior have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Go Ahead Eagles-Excelsior H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Eagles three wins, Excelsior three wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Ómarsson 10 goals |   S. Beukema 2 goals | S. Hendriks 2 goals |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 11 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 44% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 94 | 37 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 85 | 134 |
| 35 | 10 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 37 | 57 |
| 29% | 50% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | 33% |
- Excelsior have scored at least twice as many goals away as Go Ahead Eagles have scored home.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Go Ahead Eagles has the most clean sheets (6) in Eerste Divisie
- Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Almere City | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | NEC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | FC Volendam | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | Telstar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Jong Ajax | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Excelsior | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | FC Eindhoven | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | FC Oss | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 19 | Jong Utrecht | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 5 |