Excelsior vs GO Ahead Eagles — Eredivisie 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 17+ matches
Excelsior51%
GO Ahead Eagles27%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Excelsior creates 44% more chances
Season form · 24 home / 17 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over64
- Under36
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes64
- No36
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Excelsior ↓
Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Excelsior at home — creates 1.43, concedes 1.66 · 24 matches
GO Ahead Eagles away — creates 1.06, concedes 2.49 · 17 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Excelsior attack 1.43 + GO Ahead Eagles defence 2.49 → ÷2 → 1.96
GO Ahead Eagles attack 1.06 + Excelsior defence 1.66 → ÷2 → 1.36
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 51%?"
Excelsior at 51% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 51% does not mean "Excelsior will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
PSV Eindhoven
Feyenoord
Ajax
NEC Nijmegen
Twente
Utrecht
AZ Alkmaar
Heerenveen
Groningen
Sparta Rotterdam
Fortuna SittardGO Ahead EaglesExcelsior
Telstar
PEC Zwolle
FC Volendam
NAC Breda
HeraclesIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Excelsior host GO Ahead Eagles on Saturday, 16 December 2023 at 17:45. The match is part of the Eredivisie 2018/2019 season.
Eredivisie: Excelsior 1–1 GO Ahead Eagles
Excelsior and GO Ahead Eagles drew 1-1 in Eredivisie on December 16, 2023.
The match was played at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in Rotterdam.