GolVolt — Excelsior vs Go Ahead Eagles: preview, line-ups, chances

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Eredivisie Matchday 12

Excelsior

21:00 Sat 7 Nov · your time in 3 days 6 h

Go Ahead Eagles

Pre-match chances

31% Excelsior 26% draw Go Ahead Eagles 43%

Pre-match result forecast (provider data).

Stadium: Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam Referee: Jeroen Manschot

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Excelsior without a win in 7 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 2 draws and 5 defeats. Last win: 5 September, 3:0 against Willem II.

Defence

Excelsior concede 4.2 goals per match

Excelsior4.2 Go Ahead Eagles2.8

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Go Ahead Eagles concede 2.8.

Last time

Last meeting, 1 March: Excelsior – Go Ahead Eagles 0:1

WLDWWW

Go Ahead Eagles have won the last 3 meetings.

What's at stake

Excelsior: a match about staying up

17%after a loss 8%after a win

Relegation risk: 17% after a defeat, 8% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Referee

Jeroen Manschot: 4.3 yellow cards per match

This season in this competition: 7 matches, no red card, 2 penalties.

Attack

Go Ahead Eagles score 1.6 goals per match

Excelsior0.6 Go Ahead Eagles1.6

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Excelsior score 0.6.

Players to watch

Eredivisie, this season.

Irakli Yegoian

Excelsior · forward

3goals 5assists 7.32avg rating

Last match, FC Twente: rating 6.4.

Søren Tengstedt

Go Ahead Eagles · midfielder

8goals 2assists 7.42avg rating

Last match, SC Cambuur: rating 6.2.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Excelsior at home and Go Ahead Eagles away, as in this match.

Excelsior

at home · 10

2W1D7L1.2scored per match2.5conceded per match

Go Ahead Eagles

away · 10

0W5D5L1.2scored per match2.5conceded per match

Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 1.6 · 5.6; cards 1.4 · 0.8

Head to head

16 meetings since 2011. The last 5 below.

Last time · 1 Mar 2026 · Eredivisie Excelsior 0:1 Go Ahead Eagles Tengstedt 55'. Go Ahead Eagles: 3 wins in a row in this fixture.

1wins

1 draw2.2 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 5

3wins

1 Mar 2026Eredivisie Excelsior0:1Go Ahead Eagles Tengstedt 55' Details
26 Oct 2025Eredivisie Go Ahead Eagles2:0Excelsior Suray 58', 66' Details
30 Mar 2024Eredivisie Go Ahead Eagles3:0Excelsior Willumsson 41' · Nauber 70' · Linthorst 81' before our records
16 Dec 2023Eredivisie Excelsior1:1Go Ahead Eagles Uddenäs 83' · Amofa 54' before our records
14 Apr 2023Eredivisie Excelsior2:1Go Ahead Eagles Driouech 54' · Baas 65' · Willumsson 61' before our records

Show older (5)

29 Oct 2022Eredivisie Go Ahead Eagles3:1Excelsior Willumsson 39' · Adekanye 41' · Lidberg 60' · Lamprou 72' before our records
12 Jul 2019Friendly Go Ahead Eagles2:0Excelsior Eddahchouri 16' · Pouwels 29' before our records
20 Jul 2018Friendly Go Ahead Eagles0:0Excelsior before our records
22 Jul 2017Friendly Go Ahead Eagles0:2Excelsior Unknown 47', 76' before our records
22 Jan 2017Eredivisie Excelsior1:1Go Ahead Eagles Hasselbaink 27' · Chirivella 9' before our records

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Excelsior (4-3-3, last: FC Twente) · Go Ahead Eagles (4-2-3-1, last: SC Cambuur).

Official around 20:00, Sat 7 Nov

SGvan Gassel RMMeissen CWWidell JPPlug KBBos DVvan Vianen NNNaujoks LHHartjes ASSliti NGGroen IYYegoian JCCillessen DJJames JKKramer JDDirksen ASSampsted ELLinthorst MMMeulensteen MSSuray STTengstedt OSSivertsen VEEdvardsen

ExcelsiorGo Ahead Eagles

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Coaches

Ruben den UilExcelsior Joseph OostingGo Ahead Eagles

Full squads (61 players)

Excelsior

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Squad

– Marlon van de Wetering

Go Ahead Eagles

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Who wins?

The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.

31%Excelsior

26%draw

43%Go Ahead Eagles

Out of 20 matches like this, Excelsior win 6, 5 end level and Go Ahead Eagles win 9.

The forecast leans to Go Ahead Eagles. By Volt (strength from league results) Go Ahead Eagles rate higher: 43.9 and 47.3.

Likeliest scores

The five likeliest from the score grid.

1:111%
1:29%
0:19%
1:08%
2:17%

How many goals?

The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.

2+ goals77% Excelsior 9 of 10 · Go Ahead Eagles 10 of 10
3+ goals55% Excelsior 9 of 10 · Go Ahead Eagles 8 of 10
4+ goals33% Excelsior 5 of 10 · Go Ahead Eagles 8 of 10
5+ goals20% Excelsior 2 of 10 · Go Ahead Eagles 5 of 10

Go Ahead Eagles: at least two goals in each of the last 10 matches.

Goals at both ends

Chance that each side scores: 57%.

What this match changes in the season

Relegation risk after each result.

today after a defeat after a draw after a win

Excelsior today 13%

after a defeat: 17%
after a draw: 13%
after a win: 8%

Go Ahead Eagles today 3%

after a defeat: 5%
after a draw: 3%
after a win: 2%

Excelsior: 9 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

Pro analysisGolVolt ProPro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Pro analysis

GolVolt Pro

Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Volt matchup

43.9 47.3