Struggling Jong PSV will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Excelsior in the upcoming league round. It's 18th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Excelsior play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Excelsior when playing on grass are 5 wins, 5 draws and 16 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 26 goals and conceded 59 times in these games.
Jong PSV form and stats
When playing at home in the Eerste Divisie, Jong PSV have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
Jong PSV lost their last game at FC Volendam (placed 4th) after a 2-4 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Jong Ajax that ended 0-0.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Jong PSV are traveling soon after this match as the Eerste Divisie match at MVV Maastricht awaits in four days.
Jong PSV has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Excelsior form and stats
The visitors are W3-D5-L3 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 3-3 vs Telstar (placed 8th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus FC Dordrecht that ended 1-1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Excelsior, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A quick return to home after this game, as Excelsior are hosting NAC Breda in the Eerste Divisie only four days away.
Excelsior have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Excelsior have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Excelsior - Jong PSV 5-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Jong PSV won 0 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Excelsior has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 1Top Goalscorers
  R. Vloet 8 goals |  J. Zwarts 8 goals |  J. Fortes 6 goals |
Jong PSV missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Jong PSV | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 45 |
| 42 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 40 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 91% |
| 73% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | 91% |
| 55% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 64% | 77% |
| 41% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 36% | 55% |
| 27% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 32% |
| 64% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 55% | 73% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 18% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 36% | 18% |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 171 | 95 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 134 | 286 |
| 79 | 42 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 62 | 125 |
| 32% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 24% | 36% |
- Excelsior has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 32 | 48 |
| 2 | Jong Ajax | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 47 |
| 3 | De Graafschap | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 46 |
| 4 | FC Volendam | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
| 5 | NAC Breda | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 38 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 38 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Telstar | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | NEC | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 10 | Almere City | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Jong Utrecht | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -2 | 31 |
| 12 | FC Den Bosch | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 29 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -15 | 25 |
| 14 | Jong AZ | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | MVV Maastricht | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | -15 | 21 |
| 16 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | TOP Oss | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -24 | 18 |
| 18 | Jong PSV | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -17 | 17 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | -27 | 16 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -27 | 15 |