Soccer match preview: FC Twente confident before travelling to Excelsior

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (4500 seats)

This league campaign has been back-breaking for Excelsior so far, while FC Twente have enjoyed success. Will the travellers get the points at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion?

Insights:
  • Excelsior have the most conceded goals (61) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eredivisie

Excelsior's stadium, Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, has a artifical turf surface. FC Twente have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for FC Twente when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from twelve matches. They have scored {13 goals} in these games and conceded 12.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Excelsior form and stats

6-1-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Excelsior, who have the most conceded goals (61) in Eredivisie, so far this season.

The Excelsior followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host SC Cambuur and win 4-1. A huge relief, as that was the first three points in the league after playing, but not winning, eight matches in a row. van Gassel loved the game against SC Cambuur. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-1 victory.

Prior to that, an away loss at FC Emmen.

It should be noted that a look at the 12 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Excelsior fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded. When Excelsior hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like FC Groningen, FC Emmen, SC Cambuur, FC Volendam and Vitesse), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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FC Twente form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eredivisie, are W3-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie.

FC Twente go into this game after a win, the home game against AZ that ended 2-1. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Ugalde and that is solid stuff! Attacker Ugalde got a player rating of 8.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Ugalde scored two goals.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Fortuna Sittard.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 15 goals have been conceded by FC Twente in these games.

Head 2 Head

This duo encountered each other previously this campaign: FC Twente - Excelsior 4-0. Excelsior-FC Twente H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Excelsior four wins, FC Twente three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FC TwenteV. Černý
V. Černý
9 goals
FC TwenteR. van Wolfswinkel
R. van Wolfswinkel
7 goals
FC TwenteV. Misidjan
V. Misidjan
6 goals

Excelsior missing players

FC Twente missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior FC Twente
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
7 6 1 Won W 1 3 13
2 1 0 Drew D 2 5 8
17 6 3 Lost L 1 5 5
25 17 5 Scored S 4 12 44
61 23 15 Conceded C 4 15 22
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
73% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 85%
58% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 50%
42% 38% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 15%
31% 31% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
46% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 42%
15% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 46%
42% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 15%
 
4.2 5.5 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.2 6.2
6 5.9 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.1 4.3
1.5 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.3 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.8 12.1 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 14.7 16.2
3.3 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 4.8
29% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 24% 35%
 
17.3 16.3 20.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.9 11.3
7.7 6.5 9.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.1 3.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the most conceded goals (61) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the the worst goal difference (-36) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Excelsior is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Eredivisie
  • FC Twente have the most clean sheets (12) 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 26 18 7 1 59 25 13 9 4 0 26 7 13 9 3 1 33 18 34 61
2 Ajax 26 16 7 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 13 9 3 1 35 16 44 55
3 PSV 26 16 5 5 67 31 13 11 1 1 42 10 13 5 4 4 25 21 36 53
4 AZ 26 16 5 5 52 30 12 7 4 1 26 15 14 9 1 4 26 15 22 53
5 FC Twente 26 13 8 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 13 3 5 5 12 15 22 47
6 Sparta Rotterdam 26 13 7 6 41 27 13 8 2 3 23 13 13 5 5 3 18 14 14 46
7 FC Utrecht 26 10 8 8 42 41 13 5 4 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 28 28 1 38
8 NEC 26 7 13 6 35 26 13 3 9 1 23 14 13 4 4 5 12 12 9 34
9 SC Heerenveen 26 9 7 10 31 36 13 4 2 7 15 22 13 5 5 3 16 14 -5 34
10 RKC Waalwijk 25 8 8 9 40 40 13 6 3 4 27 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 0 32
11 Go Ahead Eagles 25 7 8 10 36 44 12 4 4 4 19 20 13 3 4 6 17 24 -8 29
12 Fortuna Sittard 26 8 5 13 32 46 13 3 3 7 15 23 13 5 2 6 17 23 -14 29
13 FC Volendam 26 7 5 14 31 56 13 6 1 6 20 26 13 1 4 8 11 30 -25 26
14 Vitesse 26 5 9 12 30 46 13 2 5 6 14 25 13 3 4 6 16 21 -16 24
15 Excelsior 26 7 2 17 25 61 13 6 1 6 17 23 13 1 1 11 8 38 -36 23
16 FC Emmen 26 4 9 13 23 45 14 3 8 3 15 17 12 1 1 10 8 28 -22 21
17 FC Groningen 26 4 5 17 25 52 13 3 3 7 17 23 13 1 2 10 8 29 -27 17
18 SC Cambuur 26 4 4 18 20 49 13 2 0 11 9 25 13 2 4 7 11 24 -29 16

Table
  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 26 18 7 1 59 25 13 9 4 0 26 7 13 9 3 1 33 18 34 61
2 Ajax 26 16 7 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 13 9 3 1 35 16 44 55
3 PSV 26 16 5 5 67 31 13 11 1 1 42 10 13 5 4 4 25 21 36 53
4 AZ 26 16 5 5 52 30 12 7 4 1 26 15 14 9 1 4 26 15 22 53
5 FC Twente 26 13 8 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 13 3 5 5 12 15 22 47
6 Sparta Rotterdam 26 13 7 6 41 27 13 8 2 3 23 13 13 5 5 3 18 14 14 46
7 FC Utrecht 26 10 8 8 42 41 13 5 4 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 28 28 1 38
8 NEC 26 7 13 6 35 26 13 3 9 1 23 14 13 4 4 5 12 12 9 34
9 SC Heerenveen 26 9 7 10 31 36 13 4 2 7 15 22 13 5 5 3 16 14 -5 34
10 RKC Waalwijk 25 8 8 9 40 40 13 6 3 4 27 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 0 32
11 Go Ahead Eagles 25 7 8 10 36 44 12 4 4 4 19 20 13 3 4 6 17 24 -8 29
12 Fortuna Sittard 26 8 5 13 32 46 13 3 3 7 15 23 13 5 2 6 17 23 -14 29
13 FC Volendam 26 7 5 14 31 56 13 6 1 6 20 26 13 1 4 8 11 30 -25 26
14 Vitesse 26 5 9 12 30 46 13 2 5 6 14 25 13 3 4 6 16 21 -16 24
15 Excelsior 26 7 2 17 25 61 13 6 1 6 17 23 13 1 1 11 8 38 -36 23
16 FC Emmen 26 4 9 13 23 45 14 3 8 3 15 17 12 1 1 10 8 28 -22 21
17 FC Groningen 26 4 5 17 25 52 13 3 3 7 17 23 13 1 2 10 8 29 -27 17
18 SC Cambuur 26 4 4 18 20 49 13 2 0 11 9 25 13 2 4 7 11 24 -29 16

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The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.