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Excelsior v FC Utrecht : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 26th Apr, 11:15 BST, Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam

We’ve Eredivisie action to enjoy on Sunday morning, as Ruben den Uil and his Excelsior side host Ron Jans’s FC Utrecht at the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've delved into our 20+ year database and dug out the stats that matter the most. Head to head (H2H) and recent form are included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there isn't an obvious winner here, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Excelsior and Utrecht will find the net twice at least between them. That has been the case when they've gone head-to-head in the past, and neither Ruben den Uil or Ron Jans has served up too many 0-0s of late either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with top odds of 1.20 equating to approximately a 78% probability.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 48% chance of Utrecht coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Excelsior 28%	23/10	-
Draw 24%	5/2	-
Utrecht 48%	21/20	-
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	-
Utrecht 1-0 10%	17/2	-
Utrecht 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Utrecht 2-0 8%	10/1	-
Excelsior 1-0 7%	12/1	-
Excelsior 2-1 7%	11/1	-
Draw 0-0 6%	12/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	-
Utrecht 3-1 5%	14/1	-
Utrecht 3-0 4%	18/1	-
Excelsior 2-0 4%	18/1	-
Utrecht 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Excelsior 3-1 3%	25/1	-
Excelsior 3-2 2%	28/1	-
Utrecht 4-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	7/10	-
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	11/10	-
Home 1st Goal 45%	6/5	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	8/11	-
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1	-
BTTS - Yes 56%	8/13	-
BTTS - No 44%	6/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 14%	5/1	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 23%	11/4	-
Home/draw 52%	8/11	-
Away/draw 72%	1/3	-
Home/away 76%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	1/5	-
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	10/3	-
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	13/8	-
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	4/9	-
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	4/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/6	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	10/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/20	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12/1	-
Home DNB 45%	6/4	-
Away DNB 65%	1/2	-
Excelsior win to nil 14%	11/2	-
Utrecht win to nil 24%	3/1	-
Excelsior / Excelsior 15%	9/2	-
Excelsior / Utrecht 4%	20/1	-
Excelsior / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Excelsior 11%	13/2	-
Draw / Utrecht 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	-
Utrecht / Excelsior 3%	28/1	-
Utrecht / Utrecht 26%	9/4	-
Utrecht / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Excelsior have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

24 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Excelsior have conceded 44 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Excelsior have played 15 games at home, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Utrecht lay in 7th place on 44 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored 31 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Utrecht have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Utrecht have played 15 away games, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Excelsior Utrecht
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSV	30	24	2	4	44	74	l 1-2F	l 5-1A	l 1-2F	l 4-3F
2	Feyenoord	30	16	7	7	21	55	l 1-2F	l 2-1F	l 0-1A	l 3-2A
3	NEC	30	15	9	6	24	54	l 0-2A	l 5-0A	w 1-0F	w 1-3F
4	Twente	30	14	11	5	19	53	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
5	Ajax	30	13	12	5	20	51	d 2-2A	w 1-2F	w 2-1F	May 10
6	AZ Alkmaar	30	14	6	10	7	48	l 1-2F	d 1-1A	w 2-0F	l 4-1A
7	Utrecht	30	12	8	10	13	44	Apr 26	l 4-1A	-	-
8	Heerenveen	30	12	8	10	3	44	l 1-2A	l 2-1F	d 2-2F	d 1-1A
9	Groningen	30	12	6	12	5	42	l 0-2A	May 2	l 0-1A	w 1-2A
10	S.Rotterdam	30	12	6	12	-14	42	l 0-1A	May 17	l 0-1A	l 2-1A
11	GA Eagles	30	8	12	10	5	36	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	w 2-0F	d 2-2F
12	Fortuna	30	10	6	14	-11	36	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	May 17	l 1-0A
13	PEC Zwolle	30	8	10	12	-20	34	w 2-1F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
14	FC Volendam	30	7	7	16	-19	28	May 10	w 1-2F	w 3-1A	l 2-1A
15	Excelsior	30	7	7	16	-20	28	-	-	w 4-1F	Apr 26
16	Telstar	30	6	9	15	-13	27	d 2-2A	d 2-2A	w 4-1F	d 1-1A
17	NAC	30	5	10	15	-21	25	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	May 2	d 1-1A
18	Heracles	30	5	4	21	-43	19	l 1-2F	d 1-1A	w 4-0F	d 0-00-0

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Win / draw / win form

Excelsior have lost 4 consecutive home league games

Excelsior have not won in 6 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Excelsior	0 - 2	NEC
Excelsior	1 - 2	Heerenveen
Excelsior	0 - 1	GA Eagles
Excelsior	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
Excelsior	2 - 2	Ajax
Excelsior	2 - 2	Telstar
Excelsior	2 - 1	PEC Zwolle
Excelsior	0 - 2	Groningen
Excelsior	1 - 0	NAC
Excelsior	1 - 2	Heracles
Excelsior	1 - 0	Fortuna
Excelsior	1 - 2	PSV
Excelsior	0 - 1	S.Rotterdam
Excelsior	1 - 0	Twente
Excelsior	1 - 2	Feyenoord
Excelsior	4 - 0	Heracles
Excelsior	0 - 3	NEC
Excelsior	4 - 0	FC Volendam
Excelsior	0 - 2	PSV
Excelsior	1 - 1	Waalwijk

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Excelsior	2 - 2	PEC Zwolle
H	Excelsior	0 - 2	NEC
A	Excelsior	1 - 1	Heracles
A	Excelsior	1 - 2	Feyenoord
H	Excelsior	1 - 2	Heerenveen
H	Excelsior	0 - 1	GA Eagles
A	Excelsior	1 - 2	Fortuna
H	Excelsior	1 - 2	AZ Alkmaar
A	Excelsior	2 - 0	NAC
H	Excelsior	2 - 2	Ajax
A	Excelsior	0 - 0	Twente
A	Excelsior	1 - 1	AZ Alkmaar
H	Excelsior	2 - 2	Telstar
A	Excelsior	1 - 5	PSV
H	Excelsior	2 - 1	PEC Zwolle
H	Excelsior	0 - 2	Groningen
H	Excelsior	1 - 0	NAC
A	Excelsior	2 - 1	Ajax
H	Excelsior	1 - 2	Heracles
A	Excelsior	2 - 2	Telstar

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSV	4 - 3	Utrecht
Twente	0 - 2	Utrecht
Heracles	0 - 0	Utrecht
Groningen	1 - 2	Utrecht
NEC	1 - 3	Utrecht
Heerenveen	1 - 1	Utrecht
FC Volendam	2 - 1	Utrecht
NAC	1 - 1	Utrecht
GA Eagles	2 - 2	Utrecht
Telstar	1 - 1	Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar	4 - 1	Utrecht
Feyenoord	3 - 2	Utrecht
Fortuna	1 - 0	Utrecht
PEC Zwolle	0 - 2	Utrecht
S.Rotterdam	2 - 1	Utrecht
Fortuna	0 - 0	Utrecht
Twente	2 - 0	Utrecht
Waalwijk	0 - 4	Utrecht
GA Eagles	2 - 2	Utrecht
Willem II	2 - 3	Utrecht

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Utrecht	4 - 1	Telstar
A	Utrecht	3 - 4	PSV
H	Utrecht	2 - 0	GA Eagles
A	Utrecht	2 - 0	Twente
A	Utrecht	0 - 0	Heracles
H	Utrecht	2 - 0	AZ Alkmaar
H	Utrecht	1 - 1	PEC Zwolle
A	Utrecht	2 - 1	Groningen
A	Utrecht	3 - 1	NEC
H	Utrecht	0 - 1	Feyenoord
A	Utrecht	1 - 1	Heerenveen
H	Utrecht	0 - 1	S.Rotterdam
A	Utrecht	1 - 2	FC Volendam
H	Utrecht	1 - 2	PSV
A	Utrecht	1 - 1	NAC
H	Utrecht	1 - 1	Twente
A	Utrecht	2 - 2	GA Eagles
A	Utrecht	1 - 1	Telstar
H	Utrecht	2 - 1	Ajax
H	Utrecht	1 - 0	NEC

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Utrecht have not lost to Excelsior in 12 consecutive league meetings

Excelsior

Utrecht

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

Clean sheets

1 / 6

EXC

FCU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Excelsior
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Utrecht
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 3	Utrecht
Excelsior	1 - 0

Utrecht

Excelsior

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

1 / 7

FCU

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Utrecht
Utrecht	4 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Utrecht	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Utrecht	3 - 1
Utrecht	2 - 1
Utrecht	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Excelsior of late. It has been 7 Eredivisie games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Sunday morning against FC Utrecht.

FC Utrecht's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday morning, not least because Excelsior have conceded in each of their last 7 Eredivisie outings. A PG of 1.6 for R. Jans's side suggests that run should continue.

	Excelsior 15th	Utrecht 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Excelsior will score no more than 1 goal	0 19% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 81% probability that Utrecht will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-21 Excelsior have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted	+4 Utrecht’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season

EXC

FCU

24%

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Games scored	22		25
Failed to score	7		5
Scored first	13		16
Goals scored	29		49
Avg. goals scored	1		1.6
Avg. shots per game	8		11
Avg. shots per goal	9		7
Conversion rate for	12		15
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.5
KickOff rating		+24%

EXC

FCU

17%

better

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Games conceded	24		23
Clean sheets	5		7
Conceded first	15		13
Goals conceded	49		36
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	15%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.4
KickOff rating		+17%

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

Excelsior Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	8	5	7
C Widell	N Naujoks	G Regt	A Zagre

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Widell DEF	30		1	2 -
G Regt FWD	30	2	5	3 -
R Meissen DEF	29		2	4 -
I Bronkhorst DEF	29	2		6 -
D Fernandes FWD	29	3	2	-
S Gassel GLK	28		1	-
N Naujoks MID	27	8	1	3 -
I Yegoian MID	27	4	2	2 -
A Zagre DEF	26	3		6 1
M Duinen FWD	26	1	2	1 -
J. Armantrading FWD	22			1 -
A Carlén MID	21		1	4 -
L Schouten DEF	20	1		1 -
S Wlodarczyk FWD	19	3	1	1 -
L Hartjes MID	17			1 -
S Janssen DEF	12		1	-
S. Hendrikx DEF	10			1
E Hansson FWD	9	1		1 -
M Jonathans FWD	9	2		1 -
C Raatsie GLK	2			-
M Tielemans MID	2			-
T. Holla GLK	1			-
N. Groen FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	20	5	14
N Naujoks	N Naujoks	G Regt	G Regt

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
N Naujoks MID	8	20	1	4
I Yegoian MID	4	12	2	4
D Fernandes FWD	3	15	2	7
A Zagre DEF	3	6		1
S Wlodarczyk FWD	3	8	1	1
G Regt FWD	2	14	5	14
I Bronkhorst DEF	2	4		2
M Jonathans FWD	2	4		2
M Duinen FWD	1	4	2	3
L Schouten DEF	1	5		1
E Hansson FWD	1	3		2
C Widell DEF		2	1	1
R Meissen DEF		5	2	2
S Gassel GLK			1	2
J. Armantrading FWD		3		2
A Carlén MID		1	1
L Hartjes MID		1
S Janssen DEF		5	1	2
S. Hendrikx DEF		3
M Tielemans MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1498	47	141
C Widell	A Zagre	I Bronkhorst

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Widell DEF	1498	32	134
S Gassel GLK	1284		8
R Meissen DEF	1119	25	75
I Bronkhorst DEF	1093	45	141
A Zagre DEF	888	47	99
I Yegoian MID	871	45	131
D Fernandes FWD	740	22	116
G Regt FWD	633	21	81
N Naujoks MID	561	44	135
L Hartjes MID	549	24	61
L Schouten DEF	523	22	50
A Carlén MID	419	35	69
S. Hendrikx DEF	275	11	24
J. Armantrading FWD	200	8	62
S Janssen DEF	154	10	20
M Duinen FWD	128	12	57
E Hansson FWD	120	3	10
S Wlodarczyk FWD	116	4	27
C Raatsie GLK	113	1	1
M Tielemans MID	77	1	2
M Jonathans FWD	69	3	18
T. Holla GLK	40
N. Groen FWD	4

Utrecht Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	8	10	6
A. Engwanda	G. Zechiël	S Karouani	D Wit

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G. Zechiël MID	30	8	4	3 -
A. Engwanda MID	30		1	4 -
V Barkas GLK	29			1 -
S Karouani DEF	28	2	10	3 -
M Hoorn DEF	25	1		1 -
M Rodríguez FWD	24	3		3 1
S Horemans DEF	23		1	1 -
M Didden DEF	23	2		3 -
N Viergever DEF	23			3 -
D Wit MID	23	5	3	6 -
Y Cathline FWD	22	3	4	4 -
A Blake FWD	20	1	2	2 -
D Min FWD	19	3		1 -
S Haller FWD	18	1	3	1 -
C Bozdogan MID	16	1		-
N Vesterlund DEF	14		1	2 -
J Karlsson FWD	12	4		1 -
Ángel Galiot FWD	11	3	3	-
A. Stepanov FWD	11	4	1	-
V Jensen MID	8	5		1 -
M Eerdhuijzen DEF	6			1 -
O. Agougil MID	6			1 -
E. Demircan FWD	6			-
Z Iqbal MID	5			1 -
M Brouwer GLK	2			-
J. van Ommeren MID	2			-
E. Adeile DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	22	10	14
G. Zechiël	G. Zechiël	S Karouani	S Karouani

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G. Zechiël MID	8	22	4	5
D Wit MID	5	12	3	3
V Jensen MID	5	8
J Karlsson FWD	4	6		3
A. Stepanov FWD	4	9	1	1
M Rodríguez FWD	3	15		3
Y Cathline FWD	3	13	4	6
D Min FWD	3	5		1
Ángel Galiot FWD	3	13	3	6
S Karouani DEF	2	15	10	14
M Didden DEF	2	5
M Hoorn DEF	1	4		1
A Blake FWD	1	11	2	3
S Haller FWD	1	8	3	1
C Bozdogan MID	1	6
A. Engwanda MID		1	1
S Horemans DEF		2	1	5
N Viergever DEF		1
N Vesterlund DEF		2	1
O. Agougil MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1127	87	155
M Hoorn	A. Engwanda	D Wit

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Hoorn DEF	1127	26	107
G. Zechiël MID	1119	46	112
M Didden DEF	1086	28	99
A. Engwanda MID	1024	87	147
V Barkas GLK	974	1	16
S Karouani DEF	968	78	145
N Viergever DEF	883	21	62
S Horemans DEF	744	36	65
D Wit MID	663	39	155
M Rodríguez FWD	390	23	93
Y Cathline FWD	385	24	89
N Vesterlund DEF	263	11	30
A Blake FWD	258	4	30
S Haller FWD	245	7	87
C Bozdogan MID	221	11	29
Ángel Galiot FWD	205	9	44
Z Iqbal MID	183	9	18
D Min FWD	182	5	52
V Jensen MID	148	14	35
A. Stepanov FWD	137	9	42
J Karlsson FWD	103	6	22
M Eerdhuijzen DEF	80	3	9
O. Agougil MID	75	1	5
M Brouwer GLK	49		1
E. Demircan FWD	31	2	12
J. van Ommeren MID	28	1	5
E. Adeile DEF			1

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Excelsior v FC Utrecht : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Excelsior have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Utrecht lay in 7th place on 44 points in the Eredivisie league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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