Excelsior vs Eindhoven FC Match Preview

Excelsior is ranked at third place with 25 points and comes after four wins and a loss over the last five matches. It seems like this will be a good season to try and earn a promotion to top division of Dutch football. Right now they sit in the play-off zone but only one point behind Graafschap of the second spot and having one game in hand they can retake it.

With 24 goals scored so far they have one of the best offensive sides in the league averaging two goals per game and in the last five encounters scored a total of ten goals, while managing to find the back of the net in each duel including the surprising 4-1 loss against Breda. At home, this was their first loss after going unbeaten for the first five games. Dalling has been on fire with 11 goals and 3 assists and considering he was fully rested in the midweek Cup game, he is expected to play from the start now.

Eindhoven FC, on the other side, is ranked at 10th place with 17 points and comes after some shaky performances with two wins a draw, and two losses over the last five matches. Currently, they sit one point behind the play-off zone and will need to bounce back from that recent loss.

With 16 goals scored so far their offensive side has been average and in the last five matches scored a total of five goals averaging at least a goal per game. The thing is that 11 out of 16 goals came while they played at home averaging almost two goals per game. The offensive duo Sleegers 5 goals - 1 assist and van der Sande 4 goals have been leading the team upfront.

In conclusion, I think this match can have over 2.5 goals. Excelsior is having a very good season and I fancy them to score a couple of goals in this one since they play in front of their fans. They have scored 12 goals in their last five h2h games against Eindhoven FC while at home. Additionally, this season 8 out of 12 games Excelsior played saw over 2.5 goals.