Excelsior and Heracles Almelo match-goers have their best supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new Eredivisie Playoffs campaign. GO!
It's no vacation for neither Excelsior nor Heracles Almelo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Excelsior form and stats
The previous season, Excelsior's league results were 19 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, ending with 6th position in the Eredivisie Playoffs. During these 38 matches they scored 82 goals and conceded 57. Playing as the host team in the previous season Excelsior managed 9-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 44 goals and 28 conceded.
There will be little rest for Excelsior after this match as they are travelling to Heracles Almelo for a Eredivisie Playoffs game in only three days.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Heracles Almelo as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 9 victories from 34 games, relegation was a fact. Heracles Almelo's manager Wormuth are hoping to lead the team right back to Eredivisie at the first attempt.
A quick return to home after this game, as Heracles are hosting Excelsior in the Eredivisie Playoffs only three days away.
Just as the home team, Heracles Almelo have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Heracles Almelo wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Excelsior, three draws and three wins for Heracles Almelo. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dallinga 32 goals |  R. Niemeijer 17 goals |  M. Azarkan 10 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Heracles Almelo missing players
| Excelsior | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Excelsior | Last season | Heracles Almelo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 13 | 18 | ||
| 82 | 44 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | ||
| 57 | 28 | Conceded | C | 28 | 49 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 87% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 38% | ||
| 45% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 15% | ||
| 61% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 47% | ||
| 29% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 13% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | ||
| 10.2 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 4.9 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 79 | 83 |
| 2 | PSV | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 44 | 81 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 42 | 71 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 68 |
| 5 | AZ | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 61 |
| 6 | Vitesse | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | -9 | 51 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -13 | 41 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 11 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | -14 | 38 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 35 |
| 15 | Fortuna Sittard | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 35 |
| 16 | Heracles Almelo | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 34 |
| 17 | Willem II | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 32 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -26 | 27 |
