Eredivisie: Go Ahead Eagles are 3 points after Excelsior, but are set to go full throttle. Game on!
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals (18) away in Eredivisie
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Excelsior have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-3-9 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Go Ahead Eagles form and stats
Go Ahead Eagles's struggle is real here at De Adelaarshorst with only 5 points collected from 6 Eredivisie games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Go Ahead Eagles has four draws from their last four matches.
Eagles shared the glory with NEC in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. A disappointing finish for Go Ahead Eagles in their match versus NEC as their 3-1 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. Adekanye (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Adekanye scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A victory at home before that one, as predicted. The team were big favourites against Helmond Sport and won 3-1.
Go Ahead Eagles has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Excelsior form and stats
There's been little loot from Excelsior's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Eredivisie. Excelsior only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
The fans enjoyed Excelsior's previous match versus AZ (placed 4th), a 2-1 win played at home. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone four league rounds without victory. Goalkeeper van Gassel was absolutely vital in the Excelsior victory against AZ, making seven saves.
Before that, the win at home hosting MVV Maastricht in the KNVB Beker (5-1). Looking at the earlier recent performances of Excelsior when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.
Excelsior have the goal stats of 6-18 (for/against) from 6 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Eagles have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (2-4-0) when playing Excelsior.Top Goalscorers
  I. Lidberg 3 goals |  B. Kuipers 2 goals |
Go Ahead Eagles missing players
Excelsior missing players
| Go Ahead Eagles | Excelsior | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 18 | 28 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 9% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.8 | 7.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 14.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.5 | 10.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 30% | 34% |
| 16.5 | 16 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 29 | 20.2 | 20.1 |
| 6.4 | 6.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 9.7 | 8.7 |
- 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 away.
- Excelsior have the most conceded goals (18) away in Eredivisie
- 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 | 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 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 15 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 13 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | NEC | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 11 |
| 14 | FC Groningen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 15 | Go Ahead Eagles | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 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 |
