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Excelsior v NEC Nijmegen : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 4th Apr, 20:00 BST, Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam

the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion faithful welcome NEC Nijmegen's supporters on Saturday night, as Ruben den Uil's Excelsior clash with Dick Schreuder's team in the Eredivisie. All of the key statistics for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds across 17 markets are covered in this in-depth preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make the most well-informed bet possible.


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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Analysing our match predictions, bookies' odds and relevant statistics, there's one market which jumps out ahead of the rest for this tie: both teams to score. In Excelsior and NEC we have two sides going head-to-head with relative issues at both ends of the pitch, and we expect them to prove that on Saturday night. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.50.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 49% chance of NEC coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Excelsior
28%
13/5-
Draw
22%
3/1-
NEC
49%
4/5-
Draw 1-1
10%
15/2-
NEC 2-1
9%
15/2-
NEC 1-0
7%
10/1-
Excelsior 2-1
7%
11/1-
NEC 2-0
7%
10/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1-
NEC 3-1
6%
12/1-
Excelsior 1-0
5%
14/1-
NEC 3-0
4%
16/1-
NEC 3-2
4%
18/1-
Draw 0-0
4%
18/1-
Excelsior 2-0
4%
20/1-
Excelsior 3-1
3%
22/1-
Excelsior 3-2
3%
25/1-
NEC 4-1
3%
22/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
1/2-
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
6/4-
Home 1st Goal
46%
6/5-
Away 1st Goal
52%
8/13-
No 1st Goal
2%
18/1-
BTTS - Yes
64%
1/2-
BTTS - No
36%
6/4-
BTTS - Home Win
17%
9/2-
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
28%
11/5-
Home/draw
51%
19/20-
Away/draw
72%
2/7-
Home/away
78%
2/9-
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
1/7-
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
9/2-
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
5/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
4/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
11/4-
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
1/4-
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/50-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
18/1-
Home DNB
44%
13/8-
Away DNB
65%
4/9-
Excelsior win to nil
11%
7/1-
NEC win to nil
21%
3/1-
Excelsior / Excelsior
14%
5/1-
Excelsior / NEC
4%
18/1-
Excelsior / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Excelsior
10%
15/2-
Draw / NEC
15%
9/2-
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1-
NEC / Excelsior
3%
25/1-
NEC / NEC
29%
15/8-
NEC / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Excelsior have played 28 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 3 and won 5. Excelsior have conceded 40 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Excelsior have played 14 games at home, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

NEC lay in 3rd place on 49 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored 57 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. NEC have conceded 36 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

NEC have played 14 away games, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 2.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Excelsior
NEC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV2722234368 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
5-1A
l
 
3-5A
w
 
2-3F
2
Feyenoord2716472152 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1F
Apr 12
w
 
2-4F
3
NEC2714762249 
Apr 4
l
 
5-0A
-
-
4
Ajax27121141847 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-2F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
5
Twente28121151747 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
3-3A
Apr 25
6
AZ Alkmaar271269542 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-3F
7
S.Rotterdam2812511-1241 
l
 
0-1A
May 17
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
8
Heerenveen271179340 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
Mar 22
l
 
3-2A
9
Utrecht271089938 
Apr 26
l
 
4-1A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
10
Groningen2710512035 
l
 
0-2A
May 2
w
 
2-0F
May 10
11
Fortuna2810513-935 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
2-3F
l
 
3-2A
12
GA Eagles277119232 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
May 17
d
 
1-1F
13
PEC Zwolle277911-1630 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
14
FC Volendam287615-1827 
May 10
w
 
1-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-3A
15
Excelsior287615-1827 
-
-
w
 
5-0F
Apr 4
16
Telstar275913-1024 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2A
May 2
d
 
2-2A
17
NAC275814-2023 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
3-4F
18
Heracles285419-3719 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-4A
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Excelsior have lost 3 consecutive home league games
6
Excelsior have not won in 6 consecutive league games
8
NEC have not lost in 8 consecutive away league games
Excelsior 15TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
6
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Excelsior1 - 2Heerenveen
Excelsior0 - 1GA Eagles
Excelsior1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
Excelsior2 - 2Ajax
Excelsior2 - 2Telstar
Excelsior2 - 1PEC Zwolle
Excelsior0 - 2Groningen
Excelsior1 - 0NAC
Excelsior1 - 2Heracles
Excelsior1 - 0Fortuna
Excelsior1 - 2PSV
Excelsior0 - 1S.Rotterdam
Excelsior1 - 0Twente
Excelsior1 - 2Feyenoord
Excelsior4 - 0Heracles
Excelsior0 - 3NEC
Excelsior4 - 0FC Volendam
Excelsior0 - 2PSV
Excelsior1 - 1Waalwijk
Excelsior1 - 2Vitesse
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExcelsior1 - 1Heracles
AExcelsior1 - 2Feyenoord
HExcelsior1 - 2Heerenveen
HExcelsior0 - 1GA Eagles
AExcelsior1 - 2Fortuna
HExcelsior1 - 2AZ Alkmaar
AExcelsior2 - 0NAC
HExcelsior2 - 2Ajax
AExcelsior0 - 0Twente
AExcelsior1 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HExcelsior2 - 2Telstar
AExcelsior1 - 5PSV
HExcelsior2 - 1PEC Zwolle
HExcelsior0 - 2Groningen
HExcelsior1 - 0NAC
AExcelsior2 - 1Ajax
HExcelsior1 - 2Heracles
AExcelsior2 - 2Telstar
AExcelsior0 - 2GA Eagles
HExcelsior1 - 0Fortuna
NEC 3RD
20 league games
Away
8
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSV2 - 3NEC
Ajax1 - 1NEC
S.Rotterdam1 - 1NEC
AZ Alkmaar1 - 3NEC
NAC3 - 4NEC
Telstar2 - 2NEC
FC Volendam2 - 3NEC
Feyenoord2 - 4NEC
Utrecht1 - 0NEC
PEC Zwolle2 - 2NEC
GA Eagles1 - 1NEC
Heerenveen3 - 2NEC
Fortuna3 - 2NEC
Heracles1 - 4NEC
Twente2 - 2NEC
Heracles1 - 2NEC
Ajax0 - 3NEC
Heerenveen1 - 0NEC
S.Rotterdam2 - 0NEC
Utrecht0 - 1NEC
Goals: Scored
46
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
10
Draw
7
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANEC3 - 2PSV
HNEC3 - 0FC Volendam
HNEC2 - 3Fortuna
ANEC1 - 1Ajax
ANEC1 - 1S.Rotterdam
HNEC1 - 3Utrecht
HNEC4 - 1Heracles
ANEC3 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HNEC2 - 1PEC Zwolle
ANEC4 - 3NAC
HNEC2 - 2Ajax
ANEC2 - 2Telstar
ANEC3 - 2FC Volendam
HNEC3 - 1S.Rotterdam
ANEC4 - 2Feyenoord
HNEC2 - 0Groningen
ANEC0 - 1Utrecht
ANEC2 - 2PEC Zwolle
HNEC3 - 3Twente
ANEC1 - 1GA Eagles
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Excelsior since 2016
Excelsior
NEC
Goals: Scored
4
8
Games: Scored
2 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
2 / 4
EXC
1
D
1
NEC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Excelsior
0 - 3NEC
0 - 3NEC
Draw2 - 2Draw
Excelsior2 - 0
League games at NEC since 2015
NEC
Excelsior
Goals: Scored
10
6
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
EXC
2
D
1
NEC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NEC
NEC5 - 0
3 - 4Excelsior
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Excelsior
NEC1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Excelsior of late. It has been 6 Eredivisie matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday night against NEC Nijmegen.

NEC Nijmegen have been reliable in attack of late, scoring in 16 consecutive Eredivisie outings. Their PG of 1.9 against Excelsior on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Excelsior 15th NEC 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 75% probability that Excelsior will score 1 or more goals
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that NEC will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-18
Excelsior have scored 18% fewer goals at home than predicted
+31
NEC have scored 31% more goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
2.0
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
Excelsior
PG (predicted goals)
NEC
1.4
1.9
Attack rating
%
better
EXC
NEC
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
EXC
NEC
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Excelsior v NEC Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

Excelsior Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27847
C WidellN NaujoksG RegtA Zagre
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Widell DEF27
2
-
G Regt FWD2724
3
-
R Meissen DEF262
4
-
I Bronkhorst DEF262
6
-
D Fernandes FWD2612
-
S Gassel GLK251
-
I Yegoian MID2442
1
-
N Naujoks MID248
3
-
A Zagre DEF233
6
1
M Duinen FWD2312
1
-
J. Armantrading FWD21
1
-
A Carlén MID191
4
-
L Schouten DEF171
1
-
S Wlodarczyk FWD1621
-
L Hartjes MID14
1
-
S Janssen DEF111
-
S. Hendrikx DEF10
1
M Jonathans FWD92
1
-
C. Nadje MID7
2
-
E Hansson FWD61
1
-
C Raatsie GLK2
-
M Tielemans MID2
-
T. Holla GLK1
-
N. Groen FWD1
-
NEC Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27979
K SanoB LinssenK SanoA Kaplan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Sano MID2737
3
-
T Chery MID2676
2
1
G Crettaz GLK25
3
-
S. Ouaissa MID2563
5
1
B Linssen FWD2597
5
-
B. Onal MID2466
4
-
D. Fonville DEF222
1
-
A Kaplan DEF221
9
-
D Nejasmic MID223
2
-
K Ogawa FWD2183
1
-
B Pereira DEF191
1
-
D Proper MID193
2
-
P Sandler DEF1812
6
1
E Dasa DEF1711
-
V Misidjan MID1712
1
-
N Lebreton MID1534
2
-
Y Kachati FWD1532
-
T Ouwejan DEF612
-
J Willems DEF5
-
Danilo FWD5
-
W Willumsson MID4
1
-
I Hansen-Aaroen MID3
-
J Cillessen GLK2
-
B Nuytinck DEF2
1
-
S. de Laat MID1
-