Eredivisie Women duel: Close contest expected between Excelsior Rotterdam W and SC Heerenveen W

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie Women
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (4500 seats)

The glass has been half empty for Excelsior Rotterdam W so far, and the same description fits SC Heerenveen W. These brave battlers have a chance to get some important points here.

Insights:
  • Excelsior Rotterdam W have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Eredivisie Women
  • SC Heerenveen W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Relegation threatens Excelsior who should definitely be looking for some points here. For SC Heerenveen W most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Excelsior Rotterdam W form and stats

Excelsior Rotterdam W's struggle is real here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion with only 5 points collected from 9 Eredivisie Women games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-6.

Excelsior's last game was hosting Feyenoord W (placed 7th) and winning 1-0. This was their first victory after 14 straight league fixtures without winning! World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Mank when Homan scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute.

Heartbreak before that as Excelsior Rotterdam W lost 1-3 at Fortuna Sittard W's place.

Goal fest? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 15 of the 18 latest league matches with this side has contained three or more goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Excelsior here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Excelsior Rotterdam W have allowed the opposition to score 26 goals here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion.

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SC Heerenveen W form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SC Heerenveen W so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-6 (win-draw-lose). When SC Heerenveen W is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Alkmaar W, SC Heerenveen W and Telstar W is teams we like to compare Excelsior Rotterdam W with.

SC Heerenveen W had fun at their own home (Van Donge & De Roo Stadion) last time out, beating Telstar W 4-1. Nijstad, Ennema (2) and van Beijeren scored. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone three league fixtures without winning.

A 2-5 loss hosting Ajax before that.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 14 of this side's 17 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The visiting SC Heerenveen W have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. When Heerenveen is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Alkmaar W, SC Heerenveen W and Telstar W.

Head 2 Head

As it happens, the last time SC Heerenveen W kept a "clean sheet" was also facing this opposition, nine league matches ago (SC Heerenveen W - Excelsior Rotterdam W 1-0). Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: one win for Excelsior Rotterdam W, three draws and six wins for SC Heerenveen W. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

SC Heerenveen WJ. Ennema
J. Ennema
9 goals
SC Heerenveen WJ. van Beijeren
J. van Beijeren
4 goals
ExcelsiorD. Breewel
D. Breewel
3 goals

Excelsior Rotterdam W missing players

SC Heerenveen W missing players

Excelsior Rotterdam W SC Heerenveen W
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
2 1 0 Won W 2 3 6
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
14 6 1 Lost L 0 6 11
14 7 3 Scored S 7 10 22
53 26 4 Conceded C 1 27 54
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 83%
83% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 78%
56% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 56% 61%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 39%
50% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 44%
6% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 11% 17%
44% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 56% 39%
 
2.7 2.2 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 1.9 3
7.4 6.4 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 6.4 6.1
1.1 1.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.6 8.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13 7.1 7.7
3.1 3.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.4 3.7
27% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 33%
 
14.8 15.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 16.8 14.9
8.1 7.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 7.4 6.7
Key stats in Eredivisie Women this season:
  • Excelsior Rotterdam W have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Excelsior Rotterdam W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Excelsior Rotterdam W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior Rotterdam W have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Eredivisie Women
  • Excelsior Rotterdam W have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Eredivisie Women
  • Excelsior Rotterdam W have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Excelsior Rotterdam W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SC Heerenveen W have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • SC Heerenveen W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SC Heerenveen W have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SC Heerenveen W 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 Ajax 19 17 1 1 61 14 10 9 1 0 28 4 9 8 0 1 33 10 47 52
2 FC Twente 19 17 0 2 79 5 9 9 0 0 50 2 10 8 0 2 29 3 74 51
3 Fortuna Sittard W 19 11 2 6 48 26 10 5 2 3 22 11 9 6 0 3 26 15 22 35
4 PSV 19 10 2 7 34 23 10 6 1 3 24 10 9 4 1 4 10 13 11 32
5 ADO Den Haag W 18 8 2 8 36 20 9 4 1 4 16 10 9 4 1 4 20 10 16 26
6 PEC Zwolle 19 7 5 7 25 31 9 4 1 4 11 11 10 3 4 3 14 20 -6 26
7 Feyenoord W 19 6 6 7 17 22 10 4 2 4 11 15 9 2 4 3 6 7 -5 24
8 SC Heerenveen W 18 6 1 11 22 54 9 3 1 5 12 27 9 3 0 6 10 27 -32 19
9 Telstar W 19 3 3 13 17 61 9 2 1 6 8 29 10 1 2 7 9 32 -44 12
10 Alkmaar W 19 3 2 14 10 54 9 0 1 8 4 25 10 3 1 6 6 29 -44 11
11 Excelsior Rotterdam W 18 2 2 14 14 53 9 1 2 6 7 26 9 1 0 8 7 27 -39 8

Read more about Eredivisie Women

The Eredivisie Vrouwen (Dutch for “Honour Division Women”) is the professional women’s football league in the Netherlands. It has nine teams playing two fixtures against each other to decide a final league table. After that the top five teams qualify for a championship playoff and the bottom four for a placement playoff.