National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Excelsior '31 or ADO Den Haag that keep their silverware dream alive.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting ADO Den Haag 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 5-4-13 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Excelsior '31 and ADO Den Haag.
Excelsior '31 form and stats
Excelsior was eliminated in the 1st preliminary round last season in the KNVB Beker.The Excelsior '31 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to ACV here at Sportpark De Koerbelt.
A Derde Divisie: Zaterdag defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at DOVO.ADO Den Haag form and stats
Last season their KNVB Beker adventure ended in the round of 16.The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Haag, whose manager Kuijt could celebrate last time after the win against NAC Breda. Midfield player Ćatić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.61/10. Ćatić served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs FC Eindhoven.After this away game ADO Den Haag return home for a Eerste Divisie game against De Graafschap. That game is only three sleeps after this.
ADO Den Haag have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Verheydt 5 goals | X. Severina 2 goals | J. Zwarts 2 goals |
Excelsior '31 missing players
ADO Den Haag missing players
| Excelsior '31 | ADO Den Haag | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Conceded | C | 17 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.1 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 10.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heracles Almelo | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | FC Eindhoven | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | VVV-Venlo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Almere City | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Telstar | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Dordrecht | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | NAC Breda | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Jong PSV | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | FC Den Bosch | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | De Graafschap | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | TOP Oss | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Helmond Sport | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
