FC Utrecht are up for a new challenge after their 0-2 against FC Twente last time out. Excelsior are coming to visit!
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals (27) away in Eredivisie
Excelsior play their home games on artifical turf, while this match will be played on grass. Relevant stats for Excelsior when featuring on grass are 4 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats from 16 matches. They have managed to score {16 goals} and conceded 41 times in these games.
FC Utrecht have less rest than Excelsior in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Eredivisie game only three days ago. That game was an away game at FC Twente, so at least FC Utrecht are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
FC Utrecht form and stats
3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for FC Utrecht so far this season.
Utrecht lost their last game at FC Twente (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Up until that beating this team had gone six consecutive league rounds without being beaten. Defender der Hoorn got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Hoorn won 3 of 6 duels.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Go Ahead Eagles the opponent.FC Utrecht are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 2 and lost 0.
Utrecht are traveling soon after this match as the Eredivisie match at AZ awaits in three days.
From these home matches, FC Utrecht have conceded only 7 goals.
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-1-7 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Excelsior, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Excelsior are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against FC Volendam (placed 17th). Midfielder Baas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Baas served one assist and hit five key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Sparta Rotterdam's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Excelsior are hosting Ajax in the Eredivisie only four days away.
The attacking power of Excelsior when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Utrecht have pulled off a sequence of 8 consecutive games without losing (5-3-0) when facing Excelsior.The most up to date logged result featuring both these participants is the Excelsior - FC Utrecht 0-1 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Douvikas 6 goals |  B. Dost 6 goals |  S. van de Streek 5 goals |
FC Utrecht missing players
Excelsior missing players
| FC Utrecht | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 26 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 26 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 27 | 38 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 71% |
| 59% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 53% |
| 41% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 41% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 24% |
| 59% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 24% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 6.1 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 11.8 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 8.8 | 10.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | 31% |
| 13.4 | 13.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 19.1 | 17.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 9.2 | 7.6 |
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Excelsior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Excelsior have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals (27) away in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have the the worst goal difference (-19) away in Eredivisie
- Excelsior have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Excelsior haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 25 | 38 |
| 2 | AZ | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | PSV | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 35 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 34 |
| 5 | Ajax | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 33 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 26 |
| 9 | NEC | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 10 | Go Ahead Eagles | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | Excelsior | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 27 | -19 | 19 |
| 12 | RKC Waalwijk | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Fortuna Sittard | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 16 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 15 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -18 | 12 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -24 | 12 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -19 | 9 |
