Your Web 3 Guru and Moonbet presenting todays match: Excelsior Rotterdam – Vitesse Arnhem
Excelsior has succumbed in their last three matches, but the stakes become truly serious if the same fate repeats this weekend. The Kralingers currently sit just one spot above the relegation zone and will host bottom-placed Vitesse. Based on recent history, it won’t be an easy task to secure a positive result, as Excelsior failed to score in three of their last four encounters against the Arnhem-based club.
Last weekend, Excelsior found themselves trailing 0-2 in the Rotterdam derby against Sparta after just over fifteen minutes, eventually losing 4-2. This match can be seen as a symbol of their season, as only seven teams have scored more goals than Excelsior (35) up to this round, but there are also only three clubs that have conceded more goals (45).
Vitesse Arnhem
Opponent Vitesse played a crucial survival match against FC Volendam last week but could only manage a 1-1 draw. Nevertheless, there were a few small bright spots in the otherwise dire season of the bottom-placed team. They bid farewell to their amateurish pitch at the Gelredome and saw newcomer Anis Hadj Moussa make an excellent impression. Although he wasn’t directly involved in a goal, he tormented Volendam defender George Cox so much that the Englishman probably still wakes up sweating from the nightmares.
Vitesse remains the least scoring team in the Eredivisie with sixteen goals, but they are tied on points and goal difference with Volendam. However, they struggle significantly away from home. They have lost all eight of their last away matches in the Eredivisie, with the opponents scoring at least three times in seven of those matches.
Hot Stats
Players to watch: Couhaib Driouech has been involved in a goal in three of his last five matches (1 goal, 2 assists). Right-back Carlens Arcus provided an assist in his last two appearances for Vitesse.
Hot stat: Excelsior failed to keep a clean sheet in sixteen of their last seventeen matches in all competitions, while Vitesse has not managed to do so at all this season in away matches in the Eredivisie (11 matches).
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