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

Sat 24th Jan, 20:00 BST, Grolsch Veste Stadium, Enschede

Excelsior, led by manager Ruben den Uil, visit John van den Brom and his FC Twente side at the Grolsch Veste Stadium on Saturday night in the Eredivisie. Analysing both clubs' last 20 Eredivisie matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside the best odds.


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Best Tip: Twente to win

It looks like we could well have a dominant side in this match, and it's Twente. Their latest form statistics show their ability on home turf, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they can get the job done against Excelsior too. The odds point towards John van den Brom's side coming out on top in the win / draw / win market, and that's our strong prediction for Saturday night too.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Twente are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 62% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.35.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Twente
62%
1/37/20
1%
Draw
20%
17/4
5%
17/4
9%
Excelsior
18%
15/27/1
Twente 2-1
10%
15/2
6%
7/1
7%
Twente 2-0
9%
13/26/1
Draw 1-1
9%
9/18/1
6%
Twente 1-0
9%
8/17/1
7%
Twente 3-1
7%
10/117/2
Twente 3-0
7%
8/115/2
Draw 2-2
5%
18/114/1
Excelsior 2-1
5%
22/116/1
11%
Excelsior 1-0
4%
22/118/1
12%
Draw 0-0
4%
18/1
12%
14/1
15%
Twente 4-1
4%
16/112/1
13%
Twente 3-2
4%
20/1
9%
16/1
11%
Twente 4-0
4%
14/111/1
Excelsior 2-0
2%
40/128/1
Twente 4-2
2%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
19/40
3%
10/21
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
8/5
8%
6/4
4%
Home 1st Goal
56%
1/3
2%
3/10
2%
Away 1st Goal
42%
9/4
2%
13/5
3%
No 1st Goal
2%
18/1
12%
14/1
25%
BTTS - Yes
58%
4/54/5
BTTS - No
42%
19/2019/20
2%
BTTS - Home Win
32%
7/417/10
2%
BTTS - Draw
16%
11/2
8%
5/1
4%
BTTS - Away Win
10%
12/110/1
8%
Home/draw
82%
1/121/12
1%
Away/draw
38%
9/421/10
3%
Home/away
80%
1/62/13
3%
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/8
1%
1/7
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
5/1
9%
17/4
14%
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
11/10
7%
23/20
4%
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
4/6
6%
8/13
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
5/2
13%
5/2
7%
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
2/7
6%
1/4
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
6/1
13%
11/2
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/10
2%
1/10
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/50
1%
1/100
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
18/1
12%
14/1
15%
Home DNB
76%
1/10
1%
1/10
Away DNB
32%
6/1
8%
5/1
Twente win to nil
30%
11/8-
Excelsior win to nil
8%
16/1
13%
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Twente / Twente
43%
10/1117/20
3%
Twente / Excelsior
2%
40/133/1
Twente / Draw
5%
16/114/1
Draw / Twente
19%
3/110/3
3%
Draw / Excelsior
5%
16/114/1
Draw / Draw
10%
15/2
6%
13/2
15%
Excelsior / Twente
5%
16/1
11%
16/1
Excelsior / Excelsior
6%
14/110/1
Excelsior / Draw
5%
18/114/1
12%
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Win / draw / win Eredivisie table

Twente have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Eredivisie league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 5 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Twente have outscored their opponents by 29 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Twente have played 9 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Excelsior are in 14th position in the Eredivisie on 21 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 1 and won 4. Excelsior have conceded 28 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Twente
Excelsior
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSV1917113652 
l
 
0-2A
May 17
l
 
1-2F
l
 
5-1A
2
Feyenoord1911352036 
Mar 1
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2F
Mar 15
3
Ajax199731134 
l
 
2-3F
Apr 4
Feb 1
w
 
1-2F
4
NEC189541532 
Apr 25
d
 
3-3F
Apr 4
l
 
5-0A
5
Groningen19946531 
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-2A
May 2
6
Twente19784729 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Jan 24
7
AZ Alkmaar19856229 
w
 
1-0F
May 3
Feb 14
d
 
1-1A
8
S.Rotterdam19928-1029 
May 10
w
 
1-5F
l
 
0-1A
May 17
9
Heerenveen19667124 
Feb 7
w
 
1-2F
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
10
Utrecht18657423 
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
l
 
4-1A
11
PEC Zwolle19658-1523 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
12
Fortuna19649-522 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 21
w
 
1-0F
Feb 20
13
GA Eagles19496-321 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
Mar 1
l
 
2-0A
14
Excelsior196310-1521 
Jan 24
l
 
1-0A
-
-
15
FC Volendam194510-1217 
Apr 10
d
 
1-1F
May 10
w
 
1-2F
16
Telstar19379-816 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 15
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2A
17
NAC193511-1114 
d
 
2-2A
Jan 30
w
 
1-0F
Feb 6
18
Heracles194213-2214 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2F
Mar 20
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Win / draw / win form
Twente 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Twente1 - 1PEC Zwolle
Twente2 - 0GA Eagles
Twente1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Twente0 - 0Telstar
Twente2 - 3Ajax
Twente2 - 1Heracles
Twente3 - 2Fortuna
Twente2 - 2NAC
Twente0 - 2PSV
Twente2 - 2NEC
Twente2 - 3AZ Alkmaar
Twente2 - 0Utrecht
Twente1 - 3PSV
Twente1 - 1Fortuna
Twente2 - 6Feyenoord
Twente1 - 0Almere City
Twente2 - 0NEC
Twente2 - 0Waalwijk
Twente6 - 2Willem II
Twente2 - 0Groningen
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ATwente2 - 0Heracles
HTwente1 - 1PEC Zwolle
ATwente1 - 1Feyenoord
HTwente2 - 0GA Eagles
ATwente1 - 1Utrecht
HTwente1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
ATwente1 - 1FC Volendam
HTwente0 - 0Telstar
ATwente1 - 1Groningen
HTwente2 - 3Ajax
ATwente3 - 3NEC
HTwente2 - 1Heracles
HTwente3 - 2Fortuna
ATwente5 - 1S.Rotterdam
HTwente2 - 2NAC
ATwente0 - 1Excelsior
ATwente2 - 1Heerenveen
HTwente0 - 2PSV
ATwente0 - 1PEC Zwolle
ATwente2 - 3AZ Alkmaar
Excelsior 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
58
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
2
D
4
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
AZ Alkmaar1 - 1Excelsior
PSV5 - 1Excelsior
Ajax1 - 2Excelsior
Telstar2 - 2Excelsior
GA Eagles2 - 0Excelsior
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
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AExcelsior1 - 2Heerenveen
HExcelsior1 - 2PSV
AExcelsior2 - 1FC Volendam
HExcelsior0 - 1S.Rotterdam
HExcelsior1 - 0Twente
AExcelsior1 - 4Utrecht
HExcelsior1 - 2Feyenoord
AExcelsior0 - 5NEC
AExcelsior0 - 4Feyenoord
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Twente since 2016
Twente
Excelsior
Goals: Scored
12
7
Games: Scored
5 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
0 / 5
TWE
3
EXC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Twente
Twente4 - 2
Twente4 - 0
1 - 3Excelsior
1 - 2Excelsior
Twente2 - 0
League games at Excelsior since 2015
Excelsior
Twente
Goals: Scored
3
5
Games: Scored
3 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
3 / 6
TWE
1
D
4
EXC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Excelsior
Excelsior1 - 0
0 - 3Twente
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

FC Twente's defensive record is to be admired, J. van den Brom's men having conceded 1 or less in 8 consecutive Eredivisie games. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Excelsior makes sense in this context.

Twente 6th Excelsior 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.2
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
11%
1
25%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
17%
There is a 64% probability that Twente will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Excelsior will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-9
Twente’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-5
Excelsior’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
2.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Eredivisie - 2025/2026 season
Twente
PG (predicted goals)
Excelsior
2.2
1.1
Attack rating
11%
better
TWE
EXC
view stats
Games scored15
14
Failed to score4
4
Scored first11
10
Goals scored29
19
Avg. goals scored1.5
1
Avg. shots per game13
8
Avg. shots per goal9
8
Conversion rate for12
12
Avg. XG for2.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
14%
better
TWE
EXC
view stats
Games conceded15
15
Clean sheets4
3
Conceded first7
8
Goals conceded22
34
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded7
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against18%
16%
Avg. XG against1.1
2
KickOff rating
+14%

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

Twente Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19736
L UnnerstallR WolfswinkelB RooijB Rooij
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Unnerstall GLK19
-
B Rooij DEF1923
5
1
M Rots DEF1923
2
-
T Belt MID1931
3
-
R Wolfswinkel FWD197
3
-
D Rots FWD1952
2
-
R Pröpper DEF18
6
-
K Hlynsson MID1832
1
1
R Zerrouki MID1711
2
1
A Verschueren MID171
1
-
S. Ørjasæter FWD163
2
-
M Pjaca FWD1411
1
-
S. Lamkin DEF10
1
-
S Lammers FWD102
-
M Bruns DEF91
-
T Booth FWD9
-
N Ünüvar FWD82
2
-
B Kuipers DEF7
-
M Kjölö MID7
-
R. Nijstad DEF61
-
D Weidmann MID6
1
-
L. Vennegoor of Hesselink FWD4
-
G. Martinho Peixoto DEF1
1
-
Excelsior Eredivisie squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19625
C WidellN NaujoksR MeissenA Zagre
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Bronkhorst DEF191
4
-
C Widell DEF19
2
-
R Meissen DEF192
3
-
D Fernandes FWD1912
-
G Regt FWD1921
3
-
S Gassel GLK17
-
M Duinen FWD1711
1
-
A Zagre DEF161
4
1
I Yegoian MID1632
1
-
N Naujoks MID166
2
-
A Carlén MID151
3
-
J. Armantrading FWD13
1
-
S Wlodarczyk FWD1221
-
L Schouten DEF101
-
S Mitrovic FWD9
-
N. Martens DEF81
-
S Janssen DEF61
-
S. Hendrikx DEF6
1
S. Middendorp MID6
1
C. Nadje MID6
2
-
L Hartjes MID6
1
-
D. Yun FWD61
1
-
Z. Booth FWD3
-
C Raatsie GLK2
-
M Tielemans MID2
-
T. Holla GLK1
-
N. Groen FWD1
-