Excelsior are ready for a new challenge after their 1-3 vs Go Ahead Eagles previously. SC Heerenveen are coming to town!
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- SC Heerenveen have the most clean sheets (3) away in Eredivisie
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting SC Heerenveen have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-5-2 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face fixture!
Excelsior form and stats
When playing at home in the Eredivisie, Excelsior have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Excelsior lost their last game at Go Ahead Eagles (placed 10th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The striker Lamprou was named "man of the match" for Excelsior with a rating of 7.83/10. Lamprou scored one goal.
Before that, Excelsior had a home game versus AZ which ended with a victory 2-1.A decent goal production from Excelsior in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, SC Heerenveen have produced an overall stat of 2-3-1 so far.
SC Heerenveen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs FC Utrecht (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Attacker van Hooijdonk got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Hooijdonk scored one goal.
Prior to that result Heerenveen won their away game at FC Volendam. The scoreline was 3-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far SC Heerenveen have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. SC Heerenveen have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Excelsior, two draws and six wins for SC Heerenveen. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  S. van Hooijdonk 6 goals |   S. Horemans 2 goals | J. Baas 2 goals |
Excelsior missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| Excelsior | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 31 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 83% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 7.6 | 8.8 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 11.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 10.5 | 11.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 29% |
| 19.7 | 20 | 21 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.7 | 12.8 |
| 8.7 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 4.2 |
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Excelsior have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SC Heerenveen have the most clean sheets (3) away 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 | Ajax | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | AZ | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Sittard | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | NEC | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 16 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -19 | 6 |
