Telstar will hope that their home advantage is enough to get all three points from this gruelling dispute, versus vibrant Excelsior.
- Telstar have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have the most clean sheets (3) away in Eerste Divisie
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Telstar form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Eerste Divisie this season. Telstar have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from their games here at BUKO Stadion.
Telstar faced defeat in their previous match, away at Jong Ajax (0-3). Trevor Doornbusch had a busy but productive day in the Jong Ajax match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Ozgur Aktas was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The defender Aktas won 9 of 10 duels.
Before that match, a KNVB Beker win away at Kozakken Boys (after extra-time).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Telstar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost three.
A decent goal production from Telstar in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Telstar with 13 goals conceded in these matches.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Excelsior collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Eerste Divisie. 5 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Excelsior, as they have won on their previous two travels.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Eerste Divisie home defeat versus FC Eindhoven with 3-4 on the scoreboard. A stark raving crazy game with an abundance of goals last time out for Excelsior, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this fixture be as gleeful? The attacker Reuven Niemeijer got a match rating of 7.82 in that game. Niemeijer scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Excelsior won their away game at IJsselmeervogels in the KNVB Beker. The scoreline was 3-0.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 nine relevant matches. Results were two Excelsior wins, three draws and four defeats.
The Excelsior manager M. Dijkhuizen has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. Excelsior have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Telstar won three games, five matches ended in a draw and Excelsior managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 12 goals |   G. Plet 4 goals |  R. Niemeijer 4 goals |
Telstar missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Telstar | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 26 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 23% |
| 54% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 5.9 | 7.2 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 10.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.3 | 6.9 |
| 4 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 9.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.4 | 9.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6.1 | 4.3 |
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Excelsior have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Excelsior have the most clean sheets (3) away in Eerste Divisie
- Excelsior have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Telstar have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Telstar have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Telstar have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Telstar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 30 |
| 2 | Graafschap | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Excelsior | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | FC Emmen | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | Jong Ajax | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Jong AZ | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | NAC Breda | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | Jong Utrecht | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | ADO Den Haag | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 12 | Jong PSV | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | VVV-Venlo | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | FC Den Bosch | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Telstar | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | MVV Maastricht | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Almere City | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | TOP Oss | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 10 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 7 |