Eredivisie WON 1–2
Sun, Sep 13 · 12:15 · Van Donge & De Roo Stadion
Excelsior Home
VS
Utrecht Away
Excelsior vs Utrecht — Eredivisie
Tipster's pick Over 2.5 Goals
Value Good · 3/5
Odds 1.60 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate64%
This price needs63%
Expert analysis

Goals Flow Expected From Open Play Styles

Utrecht has conceded heavily in recent outings which opens space for Excelsior to push forward. Past meetings between these sides have produced plenty of end to end action with few low scoring affairs. Excelsior keeps finding the net in every match played this term and that habit should continue at home. Utrecht rarely keeps a clean sheet and their away results show the same defensive issues. Both teams press high at times which leaves gaps that lead to more chances overall. Excelsior’s current run includes results that came from open games rather than tight defensive battles.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
1–2 WON

Our pick “Over 2.5 Goals” at odds 1.60 won — final score 1–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Artem Stepanov 36'
  3. Second half
  4. Marius Broholm ↓ Ángel Alarcón 62'
  5. Yoann Cathline ↓ Artem Stepanov 62'
  6. S. van Duijn ↓ Adrian Blake 62'
  7. Mario Domínguez Franco ↓ David Garden 70'
  8. Simon Janssen ↓ Kasey Bos 70'
  9. Valentin Sulzbacher ↓ Eric da Silva Moreira 70'
  10. Valentin Sulzbacher 71'
  11. Aymen sliti assist Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson 77'
  12. Alireza Jahanbakhsh ↓ Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson 80'
  13. Joris van Overeem ↓ Niklas Vesterlund 81'
  14. Giulliano Cairo ↓ Lennard Hartjes 85'
  15. Mario Domínguez Franco 85'
  16. Dani De Wit 90+2'
  17. Jakov Medic ↓ Arthur Zagre 90+4'
This season
Excelsior Utrecht
Over 2.5 goals 40% 40%
Clean sheet 40% 0%
Failed to score 0% 0%
Scored per game 2.4 1.8
Conceded per game 1.0 3.6
Scored home / away 1.5 / 3.0 1.7 / 2.0

Across 5 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
3 FEY Feyenoord 5 3 2 0 11
4 EXC Excelsior ▲ 5 3 1 1 10
5 TWE Twente 5 3 1 1 10
6 FOR Fortuna Sittard 5 3 1 1 10
7 GOA GO Ahead Eagles 5 2 2 1 8
8 AJA Ajax 4 2 1 1 7
9 NEC NEC Nijmegen 5 2 1 2 7
10 GRO Groningen 5 2 1 2 7
11 SPA Sparta Rotterdam 5 1 2 2 5
12 HEE Heerenveen 5 1 2 2 5
13 PEC PEC Zwolle 5 1 1 3 4
14 TEL Telstar 5 1 1 3 4
15 UTR Utrecht ▲ 5 0 2 3 2
16 WIL Willem II 4 0 1 3 1
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Excelsior WLWWD
W @ Cambuur 4–0 Aug 7
L vs PSV Eindhoven 1–2 Aug 15
W vs Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 Aug 29
W @ Willem II 3–0 Sep 5
D @ NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Sep 8
Utrecht LLDLD
L @ Groningen 1–2 Aug 9
L vs AZ Alkmaar 1–4 Aug 15
D @ Sparta Rotterdam 3–3 Aug 22
L vs PSV Eindhoven 1–6 Aug 30
D vs GO Ahead Eagles 3–3 Sep 8
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Excelsior
Scored 2.4 avg
4 1 2 3 2
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 2 1 0 2
Utrecht
Scored 1.8 avg
1 1 3 1 3
Conceded 3.6 avg
2 4 3 6 3
Head-to-head · last meetings
1 Excelsior
5 Draws
4 Utrecht
Apr 2026 Excelsior 5–0 Utrecht Excelsior
Aug 2025 Utrecht 4–1 Excelsior Utrecht
Jan 2024 Excelsior 1–1 Utrecht Draw
Nov 2023 Utrecht 2–2 Excelsior Draw
Jan 2023 Utrecht 1–0 Excelsior Utrecht

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Excelsior 4-3-3
  • 1 S. van Gassel G
  • 2 Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira D
  • 4 C. Widell D
  • 14 J. Plug D
  • 12 K. Bos D
  • 8 I. Yegoian M
  • 3 R. Meissen M
  • 20 L. Hartjes M
  • 7 A. Sliti F
  • 19 D. Garden F
  • 30 Á. Þorsteinsson F
Bench Giulliano Cairo, Celton Biai, Mario Domínguez, Y. Finey, N. Groen, A. Jahanbakhsh, S. Janssen, I. Silva Timas, V. Sulzbacher, O. Turay, D. van Vianen

R. den Uil

Utrecht 3-4-3
  • 1 V. Barkas G
  • 2 S. Horemans D
  • 3 M. Didden D
  • 5 N. Panagiotou D
  • 23 N. Vesterlund M
  • 20 D. de Wit M
  • 34 D. van den Berg M
  • 92 A. Zagré M
  • 11 Ángel Alarcón F
  • 9 Artem Stepanov F
  • 15 A. Blake F
Bench N. Amrabat, Y. Cathline, K. Gadellaa, P. Kloosterboer, J. Medić, G. Offerhaus, N. Ogidi Nwankwo, S. Padt, S. van Duijn, J. van Overeem, M. Broholm

A. Correia

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Excelsior
  • DOUBT S. Janssen Inactive
  • DOUBT N. Naujoks Inactive
  • DOUBT S. Janssen Inactive
  • DOUBT N. Naujoks Inactive
Utrecht
  • OUT A. Engwanda Hamstring Injury
  • OUT V. Jensen Knee Injury
  • OUT M. Jonathans Knee Injury
  • OUT N. Ohio Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Paredes Inactive
  • DOUBT O. Agougil Inactive
  • DOUBT N. Vesterlund Injury
  • DOUBT J. van Overeem Inactive
  • OUT A. Engwanda Hamstring Injury
  • OUT V. Jensen Knee Injury
  • OUT M. Jonathans Knee Injury
  • OUT N. Ohio Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Paredes Inactive
  • DOUBT O. Agougil Inactive
  • DOUBT N. Vesterlund Injury
  • DOUBT J. van Overeem Inactive