The path has mostly gone uphill for Excelsior so far, and the same description fits FC Groningen. These students from the school of hard knocks pray for some much needed points here.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- FC Groningen have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Eredivisie
Excelsior form and stats
Overall Eredivisie stats playing at home this season for Excelsior are 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Excelsior hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like FC Emmen, Excelsior, SC Cambuur, FC Volendam and Vitesse), they have won 2 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Excelsior to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager Dijkhuizen led his Excelsior to a defeat away at Feyenoord. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. Excelsior were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. van Gassel had a busy but productive day in the Feyenoord match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfield player Azarkan got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Azarkan served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Feyenoord (1-5).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AZ are coming to town in three days.
Excelsior are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Excelsior defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Groningen form and stats
There's been little loot from FC Groningen's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Eredivisie. FC Groningen only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
FC Groningen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Fortuna Sittard proved too strong as FC Groningen slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Euroborg. Late heartbreak for FC Groningen in the Fortuna Sittard match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime. Midfielder Valente was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.64. Valente hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
A 2-3 loss hosting Fortuna Sittard before that.A new game in only four days for Groningen, the KNVB Beker home match versus Spakenburg. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest games featuring these two teams have all ended as FC Groningen wins. Another one?Top Goalscorers
  R. Pepi 6 goals |  C. Ngonge 3 goals |   S. Horemans 2 goals |
Excelsior missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| Excelsior | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 37 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 71% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 64% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 43% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 64% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 7 | 7.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7 | 6.6 |
| 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.3 | 10.4 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 31% | 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 28% | 40% |
| 19.1 | 18.2 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 16.4 | 16.1 |
| 8.6 | 7.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Excelsior have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Excelsior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Groningen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- FC Groningen have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Eredivisie
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | Ajax | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 30 |
| 3 | PSV | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 30 |
| 4 | AZ | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | NEC | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 13 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 11 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 6 |
