📏 Form Guide

Excelsior

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Excelsior will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-1 Eredivisie defeat last time out to FC Zwolle.

In that game, Excelsior managed 46% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Excelsior was Lance Duijvestijn (86'). PEC Zwolle got 25 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Anselmo García MacNulty (18') and Odysseus Velanas (66') scored for FC Zwolle.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Excelsior have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Excelsior have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 17 goals in the process.

Their previous form shows that Excelsior:

• have not emerged victorious against FC Volendam in their previous 2 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 5 league matches. Fans are getting restless.

FC Volendam

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FC Volendam will go into the meeting following a 3-2 Eredivisie win with the defeat of RKC Waalwijk in their previous outing.

In that match, FC Volendam managed 41% possession and 20 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For FC Volendam, goals were scored by Robert Mühren (14', 22') and Darius Johnson (75'). RKC Waalwijk got 15 shots on goal with 8 on target. Reuven Niemeijer (55') and Michiel Kramer (59') scored for RKC Waalwijk.

Illustrating their involvement in fruitful matches, goals have been scored 20 times in the previous six games in which FC Volendam have taken to the field, making it a mean average of 3.33 goals each fixture. Their opponents have managed 13 of those goals. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.

Taking a look at their past results, FC Volendam:

• are winless against Excelsior when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 3 away league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 5 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 05/02/2021 tells us that Excelsior have won 3 of them and FC Volendam 2, with the number of drawn games being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Eredivisie match day 15 on 29/10/2023 and the score finished FC Volendam 3-1 Excelsior.

The referee was Alex Bos.

ℹ️ Team News: Excelsior

Lennard Hartjes (Knee injury), Jacky Donkor (Knee injury), Arthur Zagré (unknown injury), Ian Smeulers (unknown injury), Serano Seymor (Foot injury), Troy Parrott (Hamstring muscle injury), Kik Pierie (Foot injury), Couhaib Driouech (Hamstring injury) and Norbert Alblas (Cruciate ligament tear) are not available for Excelsior gaffer Marinus Dijkhuizen.

It looks as if Roodzwarten should make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for the game, beginning the first half with Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Sven Nieuwpoort, Casper Widell, Siem de Moes, Julian Baas, Cisse Sandra, Lazaros Lamprou, Lance Duijvestijn, Kenzo Goudmijn and Richie Omorowa.

📋 Team News: FC Volendam

FC Volendam boss Regillio Simons has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Luke Le Roux (unknown injury), Diego Gustavo (unknown injury), Xavier Mbuyamba (unknown injury) and Joey Antonioli (unknown injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We are inclined to think that Het Andere Oranje might make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation using Mio Backhaus, Oskar Buur, Benaissa Benamar, Josh Flint, Brian Plat, Damon Mirani, George Cox, Zach Booth, Robin Maulun, Darius Johnson and Robert Muehren.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that FC Volendam have enough to breach the defence of this Excelsior side, although that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Excelsior at the end of the 90 minutes. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 17:06 12/04/2024