📏 Form Guide

Excelsior

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Excelsior will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-1 Eerste Divisie triumph vs Helmond Sport.

In that match, Excelsior managed 56% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Excelsior was Richie Omorowa (57'). Helmond Sport had 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Excelsior haven’t conceded. The facts show that Excelsior have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals along the way.

Coming into this contest, Excelsior have not emerged victorious against FC Eindhoven in their last 2 league matches.

FC Eindhoven

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against ADO Den Haag in Eerste Divisie action, FC Eindhoven and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, FC Eindhoven managed 51% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Eindhoven was Dyon Dorenbosch (32' Own goal). ADO Den Haag had 12 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Dano Lourens (18', 34') and Matteo Waem (67') scored for ADO Den Haag.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving FC Eindhoven, at least three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match during that time is 4.33, with the average number of goals for FC Eindhoven coming out as 1.83. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Coming into this meeting, FC Eindhoven are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 17/12/2019 shows us that Excelsior have won 1 of them and FC Eindhoven 4, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined sum of 21 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 from Roodzwarten and 14 netted by FC Eindhoven. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.

The last league clash between the two was Eerste Divisie match day 25 on 07/02/2022 which finished with the scoreline of FC Eindhoven 4-1 Excelsior.

That day, FC Eindhoven had 39% possession and 15 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. The goals were scored by Joey Sleegers (7', 87'), Charles-Andreas Brym (9') and Valentino Vermeulen (14').

At the other end, Excelsior had 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Marouan Azarkan (24') scored.

The match was refereed by Marc Nagtegaal.

📋 Team News: Excelsior

Kik Pierie (Foot injury), Lance Duijvestijn (Ankle surgery) and Xander Blomme (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for Excelsior boss Ruben den Uil.

💡 Prediction

We’re thinking that FC Eindhoven will manage to score a goal against this Excelsior side, although that may not be enough to avoid defeat.

We can see a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Excelsior at the end of the match. Should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 18:02 08/11/2024