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Go Ahead Eagles v Excelsior : Eredivisie match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 26th Oct, 19:00 BST, De Adelaarshorst, Deventer

the De Adelaarshorst is the setting on Sunday evening, as Melvin Boel's Go Ahead Eagles are visited by Ruben den Uil's Excelsior in the Eredivisie. All of the key stats for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and the best odds across 17 of the biggest betting markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make the most well-informed bet possible.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As you can see, our prediction for Sunday's game is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect GA Eagles and Excelsior to score 3 goals or more combined during the standard 90 mins. 2 goals or fewer would mean a losing bet but, with stats below suggesting both teams have goals in them, we think it looks like a great bet.

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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
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
GA Eagles
60%
8/13-
Draw
20%
10/3-
Excelsior
20%
15/4-
GA Eagles 2-1
10%
15/2-
Draw 1-1
9%
15/2-
GA Eagles 2-0
8%
8/1-
GA Eagles 1-0
7%
8/1-
GA Eagles 3-1
7%
11/1-
GA Eagles 3-0
6%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1-
Excelsior 2-1
5%
14/1-
GA Eagles 3-2
4%
20/1-
Excelsior 1-0
4%
16/1-
GA Eagles 4-1
4%
20/1-
Draw 0-0
3%
16/1-
GA Eagles 4-0
3%
22/1-
Excelsior 2-0
2%
25/1-
Excelsior 3-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
66%
4/7-
Under 2.5 Goals
34%
27/20-
Home 1st Goal
55%
8/15-
Away 1st Goal
43%
6/4-
No 1st Goal
2%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
62%
8/13-
BTTS - No
38%
6/5-
BTTS - Home Win
33%
2/1-
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
12%
13/2-
Home/draw
80%
2/11-
Away/draw
40%
5/4-
Home/away
80%
1/5-
Over 1.5 Goals
85%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
15%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
44%
11/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
56%
8/15-
Over 4.5 Goals
26%
10/3-
Under 4.5 Goals
74%
1/5-
Over 5.5 Goals
13%
8/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
87%
1/14-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/40-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
16/1-
Home DNB
74%
2/7-
Away DNB
34%
5/2-
GA Eagles win to nil
27%
9/4-
Excelsior win to nil
8%
9/1-
GA Eagles / GA Eagles
34%
6/4-
GA Eagles / Excelsior
2%
33/1-
GA Eagles / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / GA Eagles
18%
15/4-
Draw / Excelsior
8%
9/1-
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1-
Excelsior / GA Eagles
4%
18/1-
Excelsior / Excelsior
10%
7/1-
Excelsior / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

GA Eagles have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. GA Eagles have outscored their opponents by 15 goals to 7 goals.

Home League Performance

GA Eagles have played 4 games at home winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 6 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 6 goals at home.

Excelsior are in 17th position in the Eredivisie on 6 points having played 8 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 0 and won 2. Excelsior have conceded 17 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
GA Eagles
Excelsior
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV97111522 
May 10
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2F
Jan 10
2
Feyenoord87101222 
Nov 9
Feb 14
l
 
1-2F
Mar 14
3
AZ Alkmaar9531718 
Apr 23
Dec 7
Feb 14
Dec 14
4
Ajax9441516 
d
 
2-2A
Jan 17
Feb 1
Nov 22
5
Groningen8503315 
Dec 21
Apr 11
Dec 5
May 2
6
NEC9423814 
d
 
1-1A
May 17
Apr 4
l
 
5-0A
7
Twente9423314 
Mar 7
Dec 14
w
 
1-0F
Jan 24
8
Utrecht9414713 
Nov 30
Mar 21
Apr 23
l
 
4-1A
9
Fortuna8413113 
Jan 11
d
 
2-2F
Oct 19
Feb 21
10
GA Eagles9243-110 
-
-
Feb 28
Oct 26
11
S.Rotterdam8314-1110 
l
 
0-3A
May 2
l
 
0-1A
May 17
12
Heerenveen8233-19 
Jan 25
d
 
2-2F
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
13
NAC9225-68 
Mar 14
Nov 1
Nov 29
Feb 7
14
PEC Zwolle9225-88 
Apr 4
w
 
0-2F
Dec 20
Apr 11
15
Telstar8215-57 
Feb 7
l
 
4-2A
Jan 16
Nov 1
16
FC Volendam9144-67 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 1
May 10
w
 
1-2F
17
Excelsior8206-106 
Oct 26
Feb 28
-
-
18
Heracles8107-133 
Feb 21
Nov 22
Nov 8
Mar 21
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
GA Eagles 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
GA Eagles1 - 1NEC
GA Eagles3 - 0FC Volendam
GA Eagles0 - 3S.Rotterdam
GA Eagles2 - 2Ajax
GA Eagles1 - 0Heerenveen
GA Eagles0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
GA Eagles2 - 2Utrecht
GA Eagles1 - 0Willem II
GA Eagles3 - 2PSV
GA Eagles1 - 0S.Rotterdam
GA Eagles2 - 2Twente
GA Eagles2 - 1Groningen
GA Eagles2 - 1NAC
GA Eagles5 - 0NEC
GA Eagles3 - 0Almere City
GA Eagles2 - 2PEC Zwolle
GA Eagles1 - 5Feyenoord
GA Eagles4 - 1Heracles
GA Eagles1 - 1Ajax
GA Eagles2 - 0Waalwijk
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGA Eagles1 - 2PSV
HGA Eagles1 - 1NEC
AGA Eagles2 - 4Telstar
AGA Eagles2 - 0PEC Zwolle
HGA Eagles3 - 0FC Volendam
AGA Eagles2 - 2Heerenveen
HGA Eagles0 - 3S.Rotterdam
HGA Eagles2 - 2Ajax
AGA Eagles2 - 2Fortuna
AGA Eagles3 - 5Waalwijk
HGA Eagles1 - 0Heerenveen
AGA Eagles1 - 1PEC Zwolle
HGA Eagles0 - 3AZ Alkmaar
AGA Eagles0 - 0Almere City
AGA Eagles1 - 1NAC
HGA Eagles2 - 2Utrecht
AGA Eagles2 - 3Feyenoord
HGA Eagles1 - 0Willem II
AGA Eagles3 - 2NEC
HGA Eagles3 - 2PSV
Excelsior 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
55
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Heerenveen2 - 1Excelsior
FC Volendam1 - 2Excelsior
Utrecht4 - 1Excelsior
NEC5 - 0Excelsior
Feyenoord4 - 0Excelsior
Ajax2 - 2Excelsior
PEC Zwolle2 - 1Excelsior
GA Eagles3 - 0Excelsior
AZ Alkmaar4 - 0Excelsior
Fortuna5 - 2Excelsior
S.Rotterdam4 - 2Excelsior
Almere City2 - 1Excelsior
PSV3 - 1Excelsior
Twente4 - 2Excelsior
Waalwijk2 - 2Excelsior
Utrecht2 - 2Excelsior
FC Volendam3 - 1Excelsior
Vitesse0 - 0Excelsior
Heerenveen0 - 3Excelsior
Heracles3 - 1Excelsior
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
D
2
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AExcelsior1 - 2Heerenveen
HExcelsior1 - 2PSV
AExcelsior2 - 1FC Volendam
HExcelsior0 - 1S.Rotterdam
HExcelsior1 - 0Twente
AExcelsior1 - 4Utrecht
HExcelsior1 - 2Feyenoord
AExcelsior0 - 5NEC
AExcelsior0 - 4Feyenoord
HExcelsior4 - 0Heracles
HExcelsior0 - 3NEC
AExcelsior2 - 2Ajax
HExcelsior4 - 0FC Volendam
AExcelsior1 - 2PEC Zwolle
HExcelsior0 - 2PSV
AExcelsior0 - 3GA Eagles
HExcelsior1 - 1Waalwijk
AExcelsior0 - 4AZ Alkmaar
AExcelsior2 - 5Fortuna
HExcelsior1 - 2Vitesse
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
GA Eagles have beaten Excelsior in 3 consecutive home league meetings
League games at GA Eagles since 2016
GA Eagles
Excelsior
Goals: Scored
9
1
Games: Scored
3 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
0 / 3
GAE
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT GA Eagles
GA Eagles3 - 0
GA Eagles3 - 1
GA Eagles3 - 0
League games at Excelsior since 2017
Excelsior
GA Eagles
Goals: Scored
4
3
Games: Scored
3 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
0 / 3
D
2
EXC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Excelsior
Draw1 - 1Draw
Excelsior2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
GA Eagles 10th Excelsior 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.2
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
11%
1
24%
2
27%
3
20%
4+
18%
There is a 65% probability that GA Eagles will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Excelsior will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
GA Eagles’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Excelsior’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
GA Eagles
PG (predicted goals)
Excelsior
2.2
1.2
Attack rating
25%
better
GAE
EXC
view stats
Games scored7
6
Failed to score1
2
Scored first4
5
Goals scored14
7
Avg. goals scored1.6
0.9
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
14%
better
GAE
EXC
view stats
Games conceded6
7
Clean sheets2
1
Conceded first4
3
Goals conceded14
17
Avg. goals conceded1.6
2.1
Avg. shots/game conceded11
13
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
16%
Avg. XG against2
2.1
KickOff rating
+14%

GA Eagles v Excelsior Eredivisie lLine ups will show here when available.

GA Eagles Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9422
J BusserM SmitJ BreumM. Suray
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Busser GLK9
-
J Kramer DEF91
-
G Nauber DEF92
1
-
M Deijl DEF91
1
-
D James DEF91
-
M Meulensteen MID92
1
-
M. Suray MID91
2
-
E Linthorst MID91
1
-
M Smit FWD94
-
J Breum MID812
-
R Margaret FWD8
-
F Stokkers FWD71
-
A Adelgaard DEF61
-
V Edvardsen FWD612
2
-
K Goudmijn MID5
-
O Pettersson FWD51
-
C Twigt MID4
1
O Sivertsen FWD3
-
J Dirksen DEF2
-
T Baeten FWD1
-
Excelsior Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8213
C WidellS WlodarczykR MeissenA Carlén
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Meissen DEF81
-
I Bronkhorst DEF8
1
-
C Widell DEF8
-
A Carlén MID81
3
-
G Regt FWD81
2
-
D Fernandes FWD81
-
A Zagre DEF7
1
1
N Naujoks MID7
1
-
M Duinen FWD71
1
-
S Gassel GLK6
-
I Yegoian MID61
-
S Wlodarczyk FWD62
-
S. Hendrikx DEF4
1
C. Nadje MID4
1
-
S Mitrovic FWD4
-
D. Yun FWD41
-
J. Armantrading FWD4
1
-
N. Martens DEF31
-
S. Middendorp MID3
-
Z. Booth FWD3
-
C Raatsie GLK2
-
S Janssen DEF2
-
L Schouten DEF21
-
T. Holla GLK1
-
N. Groen FWD1
-