Another action-packed fixture in Eerste Divisie as MVV Maastricht welcome Excelsior

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: De Geusselt (10000 seats)

Season ticket holders at De Geusselt haven’t seen too many victories this season, with MVV Maastricht languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Excelsior will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • MVV Maastricht has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Eerste Divisie

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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MVV Maastricht form and stats

MVV Maastricht's struggle is real here at De Geusselt with only 11 points collected from 11 Eerste Divisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.

The fans are hoping that Maastricht will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Eerste Divisie game against Graafschap (placed 2nd). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against NEC.

A decent goal production from MVV Maastricht in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Maastricht have allowed the opposition to score 29 goals here at De Geusselt.

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Excelsior form and stats

Playing away, Excelsior have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season. Excelsior love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Excelsior failed to get anything from their last game, a Eerste Divisie home match vs Roda JC Kerkrade (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 1-3. A 0-1 loss hosting Vitesse before that.

Excelsior goalkeeper Alessandro Damen had a great day against Roda JC Kerkrade, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

The travelling fans enjoy Excelsior's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 12 league matches away. Excelsior's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

MVV Maastricht and Excelsior have met before this season: Excelsior - Maastricht 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): MVV Maastricht won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Excelsior has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorE. Ómarsson
E. Ómarsson
18 goals
ExcelsiorR. Niemeijer
R. Niemeijer
6 goals
ExcelsiorJ. Zwarts
J. Zwarts
5 goals

MVV Maastricht missing players

Excelsior missing players

MVV Maastricht Excelsior
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 5 12 24
5 3 1 Won W 3 5 9
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
14 6 1 Lost L 2 5 12
25 17 4 Scored S 13 22 45
52 29 5 Conceded C 7 18 43
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 83%
54% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 67% 71%
33% 55% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 46%
25% 45% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 29%
50% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 62%
12% 9% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 25%
42% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.4 12.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 14.6 13.3 13.5
3.9 5.1 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 6.1 5.8
27% 30% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 32%
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of MVV Maastricht's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • MVV Maastricht has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • MVV Maastricht have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MVV Maastricht 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 SC Cambuur 22 17 2 3 65 19 12 9 0 3 36 12 10 8 2 0 29 7 46 53
2 Graafschap 24 17 2 5 51 33 12 9 1 2 25 14 12 8 1 3 26 19 18 53
3 Almere City 22 15 5 2 50 28 11 9 2 0 22 2 11 6 3 2 28 26 22 50
4 NAC Breda 23 13 5 5 43 20 12 8 1 3 26 12 11 5 4 2 17 8 23 44
5 Go Ahead Eagles 24 13 5 6 33 18 12 5 3 4 14 10 12 8 2 2 19 8 15 44
6 NEC 23 12 5 6 40 27 11 6 3 2 20 10 12 6 2 4 20 17 13 41
7 Roda JC Kerkrade 24 10 8 6 45 32 12 6 4 2 24 13 12 4 4 4 21 19 13 38
8 FC Volendam 23 10 7 6 48 30 12 4 3 5 25 16 11 6 4 1 23 14 18 37
9 Telstar 23 9 6 8 41 33 11 4 3 4 25 17 12 5 3 4 16 16 8 33
10 Excelsior 24 9 3 12 45 43 12 4 1 7 23 25 12 5 2 5 22 18 2 30
11 Jong Ajax 23 8 5 10 38 43 12 3 3 6 17 24 11 5 2 4 21 19 -5 29
12 FC Oss 23 8 4 11 25 33 12 5 2 5 19 16 11 3 2 6 6 17 -8 28
13 FC Eindhoven 24 7 6 11 35 43 12 4 3 5 25 22 12 3 3 6 10 21 -8 27
14 Helmond Sport 22 6 8 8 30 34 11 4 2 5 16 17 11 2 6 3 14 17 -4 26
15 Jong Utrecht 23 8 1 14 34 44 11 4 0 7 15 19 12 4 1 7 19 25 -10 25
16 Jong AZ 24 6 4 14 35 65 12 3 3 6 24 33 12 3 1 8 11 32 -30 22
17 Jong PSV 23 5 5 13 34 51 11 1 4 6 13 20 12 4 1 7 21 31 -17 20
18 MVV Maastricht 24 5 5 14 25 52 11 3 2 6 17 29 13 2 3 8 8 23 -27 20
19 FC Dordrecht 23 4 3 16 20 60 11 2 3 6 11 21 12 2 0 10 9 39 -40 15
20 FC Den Bosch 23 2 7 14 26 55 12 2 5 5 16 18 11 0 2 9 10 37 -29 13

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.