Eredivisie match guide: Excelsior versus Go Ahead Eagles

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (4500 seats)

Faithful supporters at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Excelsior struggling in the 16th place. The opposing Go Ahead Eagles will hope to defend their higher league place in this match.

Insights:
  • Excelsior have the most conceded goals (65) in Eredivisie
  • Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Go Ahead Eagles's everyday surface at their own football pitch. When playing on artifical turf Go Ahead Eagles have performed like this: Played twelve matches taking 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats with the goal production 13-20 (scored/conceded).

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Excelsior form and stats

6-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for Excelsior so far this season.

Excelsior are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 237 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Lamprou).

Excelsior lost their last game at PSV (placed 2nd) after a 0-4 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Excelsior suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Pierie was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.2 out of 10. The defender Pierie won 2 of 2 duels.

Before that, Excelsior drew at home versus FC Twente.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 14 most recent league games reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The Excelsior fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Excelsior defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Go Ahead Eagles form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Go Ahead Eagles so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-7 (win-draw-lose).

Willumsson was the last player to score for the away team. Go Ahead Eagles haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Eagles lost away at Vitesse (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. It is a bit worrying for Go Ahead Eagles that their goalie Lange managed seven saves in the Vitesse fixture, but still were unable to stop a loss.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Ajax.

The visiting Go Ahead Eagles have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Eagles have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Go Ahead Eagles have not lost in the last 7 games (3-4-0) against Excelsior.

The most recent archived history between these squads is the Go Ahead Eagles - Excelsior 3-1 played not long ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Go Ahead EaglesB. Adekanye
B. Adekanye
6 goals
Go Ahead EaglesO. Edvardsen
O. Edvardsen
6 goals
Go Ahead EaglesI. Lidberg
I. Lidberg
5 goals

Excelsior missing players

Go Ahead Eagles missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior Go Ahead Eagles
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 27
7 6 0 Won W 1 3 7
3 2 1 Drew D 1 4 9
18 6 3 Lost L 3 7 11
25 17 0 Scored S 6 17 36
65 23 5 Conceded C 11 26 46
93% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 64% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 93% 81%
57% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 48%
43% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 36% 41%
29% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 21% 22%
43% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 59%
18% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 22%
46% 36% 100% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 26%
 
4.2 5.6 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.3 4.4
6.2 6.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.4 5.9
1.6 1.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.5 11.6 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11 11.5
3.2 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.5
28% 34% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 38%
 
17.7 17 16 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 15.3 14.4
7.8 6.6 6.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.4 5.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Excelsior have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the most conceded goals (65) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the the worst goal difference (-40) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Go Ahead Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Go Ahead Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
3 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 Sparta Rotterdam 28 14 7 7 43 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 49
6 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 SC Heerenveen 28 10 8 10 34 38 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 5 6 3 17 15 -4 38
9 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 7 9 11 36 46 13 4 5 4 19 20 14 3 4 7 17 26 -10 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 28 7 3 18 25 65 14 6 2 6 17 23 14 1 1 12 8 42 -40 24
17 FC Groningen 28 4 5 19 27 57 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 1 2 11 9 32 -30 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 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 27 19 7 1 62 26 13 9 4 0 26 7 14 10 3 1 36 19 36 64
2 PSV 28 18 5 5 75 33 14 12 1 1 46 10 14 6 4 4 29 23 42 59
3 Ajax 27 16 8 3 72 28 13 7 4 2 37 12 14 9 4 1 35 16 44 56
4 AZ 28 16 6 6 53 32 14 7 5 2 27 17 14 9 1 4 26 15 21 54
5 Sparta Rotterdam 28 14 7 7 43 30 14 8 2 4 24 16 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 49
6 FC Twente 27 13 9 5 44 22 13 10 3 0 32 7 14 3 6 5 12 15 22 48
7 FC Utrecht 28 11 9 8 44 42 14 5 5 4 14 13 14 6 4 4 30 29 2 42
8 SC Heerenveen 28 10 8 10 34 38 14 5 2 7 17 23 14 5 6 3 17 15 -4 38
9 RKC Waalwijk 26 9 8 9 41 40 14 7 3 4 28 19 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 35
10 NEC 27 7 13 7 37 30 14 3 9 2 25 18 13 4 4 5 12 12 7 34
11 Fortuna Sittard 27 9 5 13 35 47 14 4 3 7 18 24 13 5 2 6 17 23 -12 32
12 Go Ahead Eagles 27 7 9 11 36 46 13 4 5 4 19 20 14 3 4 7 17 26 -10 30
13 Vitesse 28 6 9 13 32 47 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 3 4 7 16 22 -15 27
14 FC Volendam 28 7 6 15 32 58 13 6 1 6 20 26 15 1 5 9 12 32 -26 27
15 FC Emmen 27 5 9 13 25 46 14 3 8 3 15 17 13 2 1 10 10 29 -21 24
16 Excelsior 28 7 3 18 25 65 14 6 2 6 17 23 14 1 1 12 8 42 -40 24
17 FC Groningen 28 4 5 19 27 57 14 3 3 8 18 25 14 1 2 11 9 32 -30 17
18 SC Cambuur 27 4 4 19 21 51 14 2 0 12 10 27 13 2 4 7 11 24 -30 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.