The visiting Feyenoord team are thought to be front runners at Excelsior, as the away team own a 45 point edge from their 30 league matches this season.
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals (66) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (24) in Eredivisie
9 - 0 - 0 with 21-5. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Feyenoord when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Feyenoord play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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 have played 15 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-6 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Van Donge & De Roo Stadion after drawing with Vitesse (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. The Excelsior goalkeeper van Gassel was crucial in the match against Vitesse last time out, making seven saves. The goalie van Gassel was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.8 out of ten. Gassel topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Go Ahead Eagles in a game that was won 2-1.The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Feyenoord to win. Let's see if Excelsior are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 4 games found revealing 1 Excelsior win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
It should be noted that a look at the 16 most recent league games reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Excelsior are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Excelsior defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. 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 5 times.
Feyenoord form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Eredivisie. In general it has been a productive period now for Feyenoord as they haven't lost any of their last 23 games.
Szymański, Giménez and Jahanbakhsh scored in Feyenoord's previous match, the home game against FC Utrecht that ended 3-1. Midfielder Kökçü was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.05. Kökçü served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 76 successful passes (of 85 total).
A defeat, in the Europa League away at Roma (after extra-time), before that.
Take note that 10 of this team's 11 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
Feyenoord create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 39 goals in 15 travels. 19 goals have been conceded by Feyenoord in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the sides met earlier this season; Feyenoord - Excelsior 5-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Excelsior victories, zero draws and eight Feyenoord wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Giménez 12 goals |  S. Szymański 9 goals |  O. Kökçü 8 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Feyenoord missing players
| Excelsior | Feyenoord | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | 73 |
| 66 | 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| 90% | 87% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 70% | 67% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 57% | 60% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 47% | 40% |
| 27% | 27% | 60% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 33% | 23% |
| 43% | 53% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 73% | 63% |
| 20% | 27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 27% | 37% |
| 47% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 4.2 | 5.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 11.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 17.9 | 19.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.9 | 7.2 |
| 29% | 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | 34% |
| 18 | 17 | 21.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 11.1 | 8.6 |
| 7.7 | 6.6 | 9.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
- 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 dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals (66) in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Feyenoord have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Feyenoord have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Feyenoord have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Feyenoord have scored more than double the goals of Excelsior.
- Feyenoord have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most points (36) away in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most points from losing position (24) in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the most scored goals (39) away in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord have the the best goal difference (+20) away in Eredivisie
- Feyenoord haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Feyenoord is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 73 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 45 | 73 |
| 2 | PSV | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 46 | 65 |
| 3 | Ajax | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 47 | 62 |
| 4 | AZ | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 60 |
| 5 | Sparta Rotterdam | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 53 |
| 6 | FC Twente | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 52 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 32 | 1 | 45 |
| 8 | NEC | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 38 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -6 | 38 |
| 10 | SC Heerenveen | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -9 | 38 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -8 | 36 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -21 | 32 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 14 | FC Volendam | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 61 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 32 | -25 | 30 |
| 15 | FC Emmen | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 34 | -22 | 28 |
| 16 | Excelsior | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 66 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 42 | -39 | 28 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 60 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 34 | -32 | 17 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -39 | 16 |
