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Volendam Excelsior betting prediction


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This match has the potential to be the best and most important of the 2024/2025 Eerste Divisie season. Leaders Volendam have already secured their place in the competition and are now playing for a draw in order to be crowned champions for the first time. Second-placed Excelsior need to win not only to prevent their opponents from winning the title, but also because they need to defend the last direct access spot to the 2025/2026 Eredivisie. It will be a clash between two of the league's best attacks and, more importantly, two of the league's best defenses. Considering this and the fact that the last head-to-head, on 13-12-2024, was a draw (0-0) at the Excelsior stadium, we're backing Under 3.5 Goals in this match. It's worth considering that the home side have won 11 of Excelsior's 17 away games.
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Preview
Volendam and Excelsior face at Kras Stadion, in a match for the 35th round of the Eerste Divisie. In the last head‑to‑head for this edition of the league, played on 13‑12‑2024, these teams have tied (0‑0). The head‑to‑head record at this stadium couldn't be more balanced, as it shows 2 wins for each team in the last 4 head‑to‑heads. Nevertheless, in the last head‑to‑head played at this stadium, on 29‑10‑2023, for the Eredivisie, FC Volendam won by (3‑1). Milan de Haan (71' ), Benaissa Benamar (53' ) and Robert Mühren (57' ) scored for Volendam and Couhaib Driouech (33' ) for Excelsior.

Analysis Volendam

After 24 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, the home team is in the 1st position, havinf won 73 points so far. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Jong AZ by (0‑1), after in the previous match they have won (4‑0) at home, against Jong PSV. In the last 10 home league matches Volendam has a record of 9 wins and 1 loss, so they have won 27 points out of 30 possible. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in all of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, since 13 of the last 17 for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 13 of their 34 matches for this competition, but have been able to turn the score around in 5.

Volendam have secured their place in the 2025/2026 Eredivisie and will now play for a draw to be crowned Eerste Divisie champions for the first time in their history. Volendam come into the game on the back of nine consecutive wins, and in the last three they haven't even conceded a goal. They have won their last four matches at home. They have the best home record (82%) after taking 42 points from 17 games. Volendam have the best attack (79 goals scored and an average of 2.3 goals scored per matchday) and the second best defense in the league (36 goals conceded). Specifically at home, they boast the best home attack and defense (46 goals scored and 14 conceded with averages of 2.7 goals scored and 0.8 goals conceded per home game). Volendam are the team with the most shots on goal in the league (5.7 shots on goal per game). Defensively, they also have the third highest clean sheet record (they finished 12 games without conceding a goal). Coach Rick Kruys has no known absentees and could repeat the starting line-up of the past season, based on a 4-2-3-1 tactical formation. The highlights of the squad are: Kayne van Oevelen, the competition's lowest-scoring goalkeeper (an average of 0.8 goals conceded per appearance, having conceded 21 goals in 26 games), and especially the trio who incredibly top the goalscoring charts, made up of Moroccan right winger Bilal Ould-Chikh, who is also the leader in assists (17 assists and 4 goals in 34 appearances), as well as strikers Robert Mühren (17 goals and 7 assists in 32 games) and Henk Veerman, the league's top scorer (22 goals and 10 assists in 34 games).

Confirmed Lineup: Kayne van Oevelen, Mawouna Amevor, Deron Payne, Yannick Leliendal, Xavier Mbuyamba, Vurnon Anita, Alex Plat, Bilal Ould-Chikh, Brandley Kuwas, Henk Veerman, Robert Muhren.
Coach: W. Jonk.

Analysis Excelsior

The away team is currently in the 2nd position of the league, with 65 points won, after 19 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against MVV Maastricht, by (1‑2). In the last match, they won in a home match against TOP Oss, by (2‑0). In the last 10 away league matches Excelsior has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 15 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (6 out of 17 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 34 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 11 times and have only turned the score around in 3.

Excelsior need to win to keep dreaming of the Eerste Divisie 2024/2025 title, but also to defend second place in the league that guarantees direct access to next season's Eredivisie. The team arrives on the back of 5 consecutive wins and has even won 3 of its last 4 away games (only 1 loss in that period). Excelsior have the third best attack in the league (62 goals scored in all and an average of 1.8 goals scored per matchday), but they stand out mainly for having the best defense in the league (35 goals conceded in 34 matches). With the third highest possession rate in the competition (55.4%), Excelsior are the competition's top finishers (an average of 16.8 shots per match). Defensively, they also have the third highest clean sheet record (they finished 12 matches without conceding a goal). Coach Ruben den Uil could repeat the starting line-up of the past season, based on a 4-2-3-1 tactical formation, with Calvin Raatsie, the league's third-lowest goalkeeper (an average of exactly 0.96 goals conceded per game, having conceded 30 goals in 31 games), and attacking midfielder Lance Duijvestijn, the league's third-highest finisher (3.5 shots per game). Midfielder Lennard Hartjes has been out since suffering a knee injury on 10-01-2025.

Confirmed Lineup: Calvin Raatsie, Kik Pierie, Casper Widell, Ilias Bronkhorst, Arthur Zagre, Cedric Hatenboer, M. Tielemans, Lance Duijvestijn, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Jerolldino Armantrading, Jacky Donkor.
Coach: M. Dijkhuizen.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Volendam vs Excelsior match, on 20 April 2025, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy US, goes to: Under 3,5 goals ⇒ bet available on 1xbet.

The Volendam vs Excelsior on 20 April 2025 will be played at Volendam, Kras Stadion.

 

Eerste Divisie - 2024/2025

  • 100% 380 / 380 Games

  • Home team wins 45.79%
  • Draws 23.16%
  • Away team wins 31.05%
  • Over 1.5 80.26%
  • Over 2.5 59.74%
  • Over 3.5 38.16%
  • Goals 1146
  • Goals /match 3.02
  • Goals /match home 1.7
  • Goals /match away 1.32
  • Both teams score 53.95%
  • Goals after 80' 17.89%
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