Excelsior vs Vitesse: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Fri 12.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (4500 seats)

Game week two of the Eredivisie season and the participants have taken their learnings from the first game. Here's the ultimate Excelsior - Vitesse guide:

5 - 2 - 3 with 16-13. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Vitesse when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Vitesse play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.

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

Last season, Excelsior's league results were 14 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, resulting in 9th place in the Eerste Divisie. From these 38 matches they scored 65 goals and let in 66. Appearing at home in the previous season Excelsior generated 8-2-9 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 31 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Excelsior, who won 2-0 against SC Cambuur (placed 16th). van Gassel loved the game against SC Cambuur. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. Goalkeeper van Gassel got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.82 out of ten. Gassel topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the away draw at ADO Den Haag (after extra-time, 7-8 on penalties) that finished 4-4.

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Vitesse form and stats

Let's have a look at how Vitesse performed last season in the Eredivisie: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 22/22 goals scored/conceded.

Vitesse failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Feyenoord (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 2-5. A bonkers game with heaps of goals last time out for Vitesse, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that game, will this fixture be as gleeful? Midfield player Manhoef was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.72/10. Manhoef scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against AZ wasn't a success with a 1-6 loss.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the former ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Excelsior, two draws and five wins for Vitesse. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

ExcelsiorJ. Baas
J. Baas
1 goals
ExcelsiorM. Azarkan
M. Azarkan
1 goals
VitesseM. Manhoef
M. Manhoef
1 goals

Excelsior missing players

Vitesse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Excelsior Vitesse
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
10 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
29 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 16
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 9
Excelsior Last season Vitesse
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
6 3   Played P   19 38
3 1   Won W   9 17
3 2   Drew D   3 6
0 0   Lost L   7 15
15 6   Scored S   24 49
8 3   Conceded C   31 61
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 74%
67% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 66%
50% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 29%
17% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 16%
67% 67%   BTTS BTTS   53% 58%
33% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 24%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   26% 24%
 
4.2 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.1
6.3 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.1
1.3 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   2 7
 
15.5 16   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 14.8
7.5 7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.7
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 27%
 
14.8 11.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.5 12.1
5.7 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.4

  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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AZ 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Groningen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Vitesse 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
Last season 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 34 26 5 3 98 19 17 14 1 2 62 8 17 12 4 1 36 11 79 83
2 PSV 34 26 3 5 86 42 17 14 0 3 49 22 17 12 3 2 37 20 44 81
3 Feyenoord 34 22 5 7 76 34 17 11 3 3 39 17 17 11 2 4 37 17 42 71
4 FC Twente 34 20 8 6 55 37 17 10 5 2 28 13 17 10 3 4 27 24 18 68
5 AZ 34 18 7 9 64 44 17 11 3 3 36 20 17 7 4 6 28 24 20 61
6 Vitesse 34 15 6 13 42 51 17 6 3 8 20 29 17 9 3 5 22 22 -9 51
7 FC Utrecht 34 12 11 11 51 46 17 8 6 3 32 20 17 4 5 8 19 26 5 47
8 SC Heerenveen 34 11 8 15 37 50 17 6 3 8 23 26 17 5 5 7 14 24 -13 41
9 SC Cambuur 34 11 6 17 53 70 17 5 3 9 29 35 17 6 3 8 24 35 -17 39
10 RKC Waalwijk 34 9 11 14 40 51 17 6 3 8 17 25 17 3 8 6 23 26 -11 38
11 NEC 34 10 8 16 38 52 17 3 5 9 13 22 17 7 3 7 25 30 -14 38
12 FC Groningen 34 9 9 16 41 55 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 3 9 23 34 -14 36
13 Go Ahead Eagles 34 10 6 18 37 51 17 7 1 9 25 24 17 3 5 9 12 27 -14 36
14 Sparta Rotterdam 34 8 11 15 30 48 17 4 7 6 16 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 35
15 Fortuna Sittard 34 10 5 19 36 67 17 6 2 9 20 31 17 4 3 10 16 36 -31 35
16 Heracles 34 9 7 18 33 49 17 7 5 5 22 21 17 2 2 13 11 28 -16 34
17 Willem II 34 9 6 19 32 57 17 7 3 7 18 20 17 2 3 12 14 37 -25 33
18 PEC Zwolle 34 7 6 21 26 52 17 3 5 9 13 20 17 4 1 12 13 32 -26 27

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 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
2 PSV 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 AZ 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Excelsior 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Ajax 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
6 FC Twente 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 FC Groningen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 FC Utrecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 FC Volendam 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RKC Waalwijk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 SC Heerenveen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sparta Rotterdam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Fortuna Sittard 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 NEC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Go Ahead Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 SC Cambuur 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Vitesse 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 FC Emmen 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0

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