This is the real thing, this is Eredivisie and this is Excelsior - FC Utrecht. Read our thorough preview!
- All of Excelsior's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- FC Utrecht have scored in all their away matches so far.
This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not FC Utrecht's everyday surface at their own football pitch. When playing on artifical turf FC Utrecht have performed like this: Played eleven matches with the output 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats with the goal production 16-14 (scored/conceded).
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.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Eredivisie games here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion.
The fans are hoping that Excelsior will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Fortuna Sittard (placed 16th). Tjoe-A-On was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Tjoe-A-On hit three key passes and won 0 of 4 duels.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against FC Emmen.Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Excelsior have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion.
FC Utrecht form and stats
Things could have gone better for FC Utrecht in their Eredivisie away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
The FC Utrecht goalkeeper Vasileios Barkas is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Utrecht's last game was the home draw against NEC (0-0). Barkas was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.72. The agile goalkeeper Barkas topped it up with a clean sheet.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Vitesse.FC Utrecht create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 8 goals in 3 travels. Utrecht are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
FC Utrecht have won at least one point in the last 7 matches (4-3-0) facing Excelsior.Top Goalscorers
  B. Dost 5 goals |  A. Douvikas 4 goals |   J. Baas 2 goals |
Excelsior missing players
FC Utrecht missing players
| Excelsior | FC Utrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 6.7 |
| 6.4 | 8.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 1 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 15.7 | 13.7 |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 34% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 47% | 24% |
| 18.7 | 18.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13 | 13.3 |
| 7.1 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
- All of Excelsior's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of FC Utrecht's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Utrecht have scored in all their away matches so far.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 18 |
| 2 | Ajax | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 |
| 3 | AZ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | SC Heerenveen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | RKC Waalwijk | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | NEC | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | FC Groningen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 5 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 4 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 4 |
