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Jong AZ

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Jong AZ will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 2-4 Eerste Divisie victory vs FC Eindhoven.

In that match, Jong AZ managed 61% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Jong AZ, the goalscorers were Sem van Duijn (35', 87') and Ro-Zangelo Daal (41'). FC Eindhoven got 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Boris van Schuppen (9'), Terrence Douglas (72' Own goal) and Tyrese Simons (84') scored for FC Eindhoven.

Matches with Jong AZ have often been exciting ones of late with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen games, a total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 12 of them being chalked up by Jong AZ. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see whether that trend might persist in this upcoming game.

Leading up to this clash, Jong AZ:

• have not won against Excelsior in their previous 3 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 4 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Excelsior

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Excelsior will go into the clash following a 5-0 Eerste Divisie win over Jong PSV in their most recent outing.

In that game, Excelsior managed 50% possession and 23 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For Excelsior, goals were scored by Casper Widell (8', 63', 73'), Jacky Donkor (15') and Derensili Sanches Fernandes (60'). At the other end, Jong PSV had 6 shots at goal with 2 on target.

In their previous six clashes, Excelsior have helped themselves to the sum of 18 goals. Excelsior have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, they have seen 2 goals go against them.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 14/02/2020 shows that Jong AZ have won 1 of these and Excelsior 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 28 in total which averages out at 4.67 goals per meeting.

The last league encounter between the two was Eerste Divisie match day 8 on 27/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Excelsior 4-2 Jong AZ.

On that day, Excelsior had 45% possession and 21 shots on goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Richie Omorowa (19'), Noah Naujoks (65') and Derensili Sanches Fernandes (76', 94').

On the other side, Jong AZ got 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Kees Smit (6') and Ro-Zangelo Daal (11') scored.

The referee was Richard Martens.

ℹ️ Team News: Excelsior

Thanks to a mainly full-strength squad, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Excelsior gaffer Ruben den Uil to be concerned with. Lennard Hartjes (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Excelsior will most probably be in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of their chances.

In contrast, Jong AZ might well find it difficult to break down their defence- but, we do see them hitting back at some stage here.

Accordingly, we see a fairly comfortable 1-3 winning margin for Excelsior at the end of the match.

Victor Martins, 17:01 09/05/2025