Eredivisie: Excelsior are 4 points short of NEC, but fully intend to go full throttle. Bring it on!
- Excelsior have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Eredivisie
Both contenders have had time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!
Excelsior form and stats
5-1-4 (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 234 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Yaakoubi).
The supporters are hoping that Excelsior will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the match against AZ (placed 2nd). 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. Excelsior's goalkeeper van Gassel was extremely busy against AZ, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Seymor was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.13 out of 10. The defender Seymor won 3 of 3 duels.
Before that, Excelsior drew at home versus RKC Waalwijk.Excelsior has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Excelsior have conceded 15 from these games.
NEC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for NEC so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). NEC seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
NEC are looking to quickly end their 190 minutes long goal drought in the Eredivisie.
There were no winners in NEC's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs SC Cambuur (placed 17th). Tannane got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Tannane hit the woodwork once, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).
Before that game, 4-4 away against Feyenoord (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) in the KNVB Beker.
A tale of few goals? 15 of this team's last 19 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Excelsior and NEC have faced each other earlier this season: NEC - Excelsior 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Excelsior five wins, two draws and NEC three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Dimata 5 goals |  P. Rosendo Marques 4 goals |   R. El Yaakoubi 3 goals |
Excelsior missing players
NEC missing players
| Excelsior | NEC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 48 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 95% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 70% | 81% |
| 67% | 60% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 67% |
| 52% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 24% |
| 43% | 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 19% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 14% |
| 48% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 20% | 52% |
| 19% | 30% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 24% |
| 38% | 30% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 70% | 43% |
| 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
| 6.5 | 6.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 12.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 10.8 | 14.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 29% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 15% | 23% |
| 17.7 | 16.1 | 16.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 17.9 | 14.8 |
| 7.9 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- NEC have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Eredivisie
- NEC have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Eredivisie
- NEC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 28 | 46 |
| 2 | AZ | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 44 |
| 3 | Ajax | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 59 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 37 | 43 |
| 4 | PSV | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 30 | 42 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 40 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 37 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 26 |
| 11 | NEC | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 33 | -28 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -26 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -20 | 16 |
| 17 | SC Cambuur | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | FC Groningen | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -26 | 13 |
