Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Excelsior & MVV Maastricht face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the KNVB Beker. All the pre-match information is available here!
Not a lot of time to rest for the hosting team, as they played a Eredivisie game only three days back. That game was an away game at Ajax, so at least Excelsior are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Excelsior form and stats
Last season, Excelsior's KNVB Beker journey ended in the 2nd round.Excelsior have played 4 Eredivisie games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Excelsior are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-7 away versus Ajax. As you see from the result above, Excelsior suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Excelsior's goalkeeper van Gassel was extremely busy against Ajax, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning twelve saves.
Preceding that game was the away draw at NEC that finished 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Excelsior matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 4 games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Eredivisie game versus AZ in only four days. This game is also played here at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion.
A decent goal production from Excelsior in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Excelsior are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (9 from 4 played).
MVV Maastricht form and stats
Maastricht's mission in KNVB Beker last season failed in the 2nd round.Playing away, MVV Maastricht have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Eerste Divisie this season.
MVV Maastricht played 1-1 against Jong PSV in their previous match. Midfield player Steuckers was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Steuckers served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the away Eerste Divisie victory against TOP Oss with the score of 1-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Maastricht when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.
After this away game MVV Maastricht return home for a Eerste Divisie game against FC Den Bosch. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting MVV Maastricht have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. For MVV Maastricht, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Excelsior four wins, three draws and MVV Maastricht three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Remans 4 goals |  N. Souren 3 goals |
Excelsior missing players
MVV Maastricht missing players
| Excelsior | MVV Maastricht | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 21 | Scored | S | 32 | 54 | ||
| 57 | 23 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 6.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 52% | ||
| 14.9 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 11.3 | ||
| 6.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | PSV | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 24 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 23 |
| 4 | AZ | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | RKC Waalwijk | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 10 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | NEC | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Excelsior | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 10 |
| 13 | Go Ahead Eagles | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | SC Cambuur | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Groningen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | FC Emmen | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | FC Volendam | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 6 |
| 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 |
