Eredivisie preview: Can FC Volendam edge out victory against Excelsior?

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kras Stadion (7384 seats)

FC Volendam - Excelsior: Eredivisie dungeon dwellers desperate for points and greatness. Check out all the interesting data and facts before the game!

Insights:
  • FC Volendam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie

FC Volendam can neither be promoted or relegated from Eredivisie. Excelsior is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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FC Volendam form and stats

8 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. That’s what FC Volendam have to build on here at Kras Stadion in the Eredivisie. When FC Volendam hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like FC Groningen, FC Emmen, Fortuna Sittard, SC Cambuur and FC Volendam), they have won 4 of 4 matches! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kras Stadion.

No payout for Volendam in their previous match, an away game at Go Ahead Eagles that ended in defeat 0-3. The attacker Antonucci won the honour of being "man of the match" for FC Volendam with a rating of 7.43/10. Antonucci hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sparta Rotterdam.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FC Volendam have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league matches with this team has seen three goals or more.

A decent goal production from Volendam in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 16 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the FC Volendam defense is not exactly impregnable. 30 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Excelsior form and stats

Excelsior have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Eredivisie, after 1-3-12 (16 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Excelsior have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 15 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Excelsior goalkeeper Stijn van Gassel is eager to challenge this, with his 195 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Excelsior had fun at their own home (Kras Stadion) last time out, beating Fortuna Sittard 3-0. Pierie, Goudmijn and Driouech scored. That win felt nice as this team had gone three league games without winning. Midfield player Goudmijn was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.6/10. Goudmijn scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to SC Heerenveen.

Stats flash: 15 of the last 19 league matches involving this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Excelsior's away games in the league this season with only {8 goals} from 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Excelsior are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Excelsior have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when playing FC Volendam.

The newest reported meeting involving both these squads is the Excelsior - Volendam 2-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

FC VolendamD. van Mieghem
D. van Mieghem
7 goals
FC VolendamX. Mbuyamba
X. Mbuyamba
5 goals
FC VolendamR. Mühren
R. Mühren
5 goals

FC Volendam missing players

Excelsior missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Volendam Excelsior
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
9 8 4 Won W 1 1 9
6 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
18 7 0 Lost L 3 12 19
39 26 10 Scored S 2 8 30
69 30 4 Conceded C 6 42 68
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
94% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 70%
67% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 55%
36% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 36%
21% 31% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 24%
61% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 39%
15% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 24%
27% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 62% 48%
 
4.8 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3 4.3
7 6.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.8 6.4
1.3 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.7 12.8 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.8 9.8
4.3 4.7 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.7 3.2
28% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 19% 28%
 
15.6 12.9 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 18.5 17.4
5.9 5.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 8.4 7.3
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • 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.
  • Excelsior have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the most conceded goals (42) away in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have the the worst goal difference (-34) away in Eredivisie
  • Excelsior have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Volendam have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Volendam have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Excelsior have scored away.
  • FC Volendam haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 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 33 25 7 1 81 29 16 12 4 0 37 9 17 13 3 1 44 20 52 82
2 PSV 33 22 6 5 87 39 17 14 2 1 54 14 16 8 4 4 33 25 48 72
3 Ajax 33 20 9 4 85 35 17 10 5 2 47 14 16 10 4 2 38 21 50 69
4 AZ 33 20 7 6 67 33 16 9 5 2 35 18 17 11 2 4 32 15 34 67
5 FC Twente 33 17 10 6 63 26 16 12 4 0 43 10 17 5 6 6 20 16 37 61
6 Sparta Rotterdam 33 16 8 9 55 37 17 10 2 5 32 18 16 6 6 4 23 19 18 56
7 FC Utrecht 33 14 9 10 52 48 16 7 5 4 17 13 17 7 4 6 35 35 4 51
8 SC Heerenveen 33 11 10 12 42 50 16 5 3 8 19 26 17 6 7 4 23 24 -8 43
9 RKC Waalwijk 33 11 8 14 50 60 17 9 3 5 34 26 16 2 5 9 16 34 -10 41
10 Go Ahead Eagles 33 10 10 13 46 54 17 7 6 4 28 23 16 3 4 9 18 31 -8 40
11 NEC 33 8 14 11 41 44 17 3 9 5 28 28 16 5 5 6 13 16 -3 38
12 Vitesse 33 9 10 14 44 50 17 5 6 6 24 25 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 37
13 Fortuna Sittard 33 10 5 18 38 61 16 5 3 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 18 34 -23 35
14 FC Volendam 33 9 6 18 39 69 16 8 1 7 26 30 17 1 5 11 13 39 -30 33
15 Excelsior 33 9 5 19 30 68 17 8 2 7 22 26 16 1 3 12 8 42 -38 32
16 FC Emmen 33 6 10 17 31 62 17 3 9 5 16 23 16 3 1 12 15 39 -31 28
17 FC Groningen 33 4 6 23 31 70 16 3 3 10 20 29 17 1 3 13 11 41 -39 18
18 SC Cambuur 33 4 4 25 22 69 16 2 0 14 10 33 17 2 4 11 12 36 -47 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.