National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Excelsior or Vitesse that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
6-3-5 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Vitesse when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 14 matches are 23-20 (scored/conceded).
Excelsior form and stats
Excelsior was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the KNVB Beker.Excelsior have collected 13 points from their Eerste Divisie home games so far after 4-1-6. On the other hand, in the KNVB Beker, Excelsior has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
A strong away win for Excelsior against FC Volendam the last match, as Reuven Niemeijer and Mats Wieffer were on target. Preceding that game was the home draw versus FC Den Bosch that ended 4-4.
The Excelsior manager M. Dijkhuizen has got the team scoring with 22 from 11 home games in the league. Excelsior have conceded 22 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Vitesse form and stats
Vitesse was sent out of KNVB Beker in the quarter-finals last season.The visitors are W5-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Eredivisie. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Vitesse are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There might be some fixture complaints from Vitesse as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Eredivisie match against SC Heerenveen (0-1). A draw for Vitesse before that, at their own venue hosting RKC Waalwijk (1-1).
The travelling fans enjoy Vitesse's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Vitesse in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Excelsior, two draws and five wins for Vitesse. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Ómarsson 18 goals |   A. Broja 7 goals |  R. Niemeijer 6 goals |
Excelsior missing players
Vitesse missing players
| Excelsior | Vitesse | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 19 | 42 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14.1 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.1 | 14.6 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SC Cambuur | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 46 | 53 |
| 2 | Almere City | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 | Graafschap | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | NAC Breda | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 41 |
| 5 | Go Ahead Eagles | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 | NEC | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 41 |
| 7 | FC Volendam | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 37 |
| 8 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 35 |
| 9 | Telstar | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 10 | Excelsior | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Jong Ajax | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | FC Oss | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 28 |
| 13 | FC Eindhoven | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Helmond Sport | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 15 | Jong Utrecht | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -17 | 20 |
| 17 | MVV Maastricht | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -26 | 20 |
| 18 | Jong AZ | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 32 | -31 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 37 | -29 | 13 |
| 20 | FC Dordrecht | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 38 | -41 | 12 |
| 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 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 51 | 50 |
| 2 | PSV | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 46 |
| 3 | Vitesse | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | AZ | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Twente | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Heracles | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | VVV-Venlo | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -15 | 22 |
| 15 | RKC Waalwijk | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | Willem II | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 12 |
| 18 | FC Emmen | 21 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -33 | 6 |