FC Utrecht vs SBV Excelsior, Eredivisie 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Eredivisie · 2025-26

FC Utrecht

4 – 1

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SBV Excelsior

Sun 24 Aug 2025 · 12:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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FC Utrecht vs SBV Excelsior — Eredivisie .

FC Utrecht 7 games · 5 pts (2026/27)
SBV Excelsior 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Joey Kooij

5 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 18.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	AZ	7	19
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	7	17
3	PSV	7	16
4	FC Twente '65	7	16
5	AFC Ajax	7	14
6	Fortuna Sittard	7	13
7	SBV Excelsior	7	11
8	FC Groningen	7	11
9	Go Ahead Eagles	7	10
10	SC Heerenveen	7	9
11	NEC	7	8
12	Sparta Rotterdam	7	5
13	Telstar 1963	7	5
14	SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	7	5
15	FC Utrecht	7	5
16	PEC Zwolle	7	4
17	ADO Den Haag	7	2
18	Willem II Tilburg	7	2

Head-to-Head

FC Utrecht 9 games · Avg 3.0 goals SBV Excelsior

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-24 FC Utrecht 4–1 SBV Excelsior 2024-01-27 SBV Excelsior 1–1 FC Utrecht 2023-11-12 FC Utrecht 2–2 SBV Excelsior 2023-01-25 FC Utrecht 1–0 SBV Excelsior 2022-10-02 SBV Excelsior 0–1 FC Utrecht

Recent Form

FC Utrecht

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Aug	SBV Excelsior	H	4–1	W
17 Aug	Sparta Rotterdam	A	1–2	L
10 Aug	Heracles Almelo	H	4–0	W
18 May	Fortuna Sittard	A	0–0	D
14 May	Sparta Rotterdam	H	1–1	D
11 May	FC Twente '65	A	0–2	L

SBV Excelsior

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Aug	FC Utrecht	A	1–4	L
16 Aug	Feyenoord Rotterdam	H	1–2	L
09 Aug	NEC	A	0–5	L
19 May	Feyenoord Rotterdam	A	0–4	L
12 May	Heracles Almelo	H	4–0	W
06 May	NEC	H	0–3	L

Season Stats

FC Utrecht		SBV Excelsior
#15	Position	#7
5	Points	11
7	Played	7
1 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 2
11	Scored	15
24	Conceded	9
-13	GD	+6
0.71	PPG	1.57
14%	Win %	43%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
FC Utrecht this season

29% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this season

FC Utrecht are 15th (5 pts). SBV Excelsior are 7th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Utrecht

0-15

1/4

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/4

46-60

1/6

61-75

2/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

SBV Excelsior

0-15

1/2

16-30

2/–

31-45

5/2

46-60

1/2

61-75

3/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Utrecht

Artem Stepanov	5 G
Dani de Wit	2 G
Matisse Didden	2 G
Adrian Blake	2 G

SBV Excelsior

Aymen Sliti	3 G	1 A
David Garden	3 G
Irakli Yegoian	2 G	5 A
Noah Naujoks	2 G
Casper Widell	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! FC Utrecht vs SBV Excelsior — let the football do the talking.
Game over. The scoreline of 4-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

FC Utrecht Lineups

SBV Excelsior Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Derensili Sanches Fernandes	2
Nick Venema	1
Siebe Horemans	1
Luigi Bruins	1
Lennard Hartjes	1
Ryan Koolwijk	1
Noah Naujoks	1
Elias Mar Omarsson	1

Head to Head

FC Utrecht Form

2025-08-24 FC Utrecht 4–1 SBV Excelsior W 2025-08-17 Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 FC Utrecht L 2025-08-10 FC Utrecht 4–0 Heracles Almelo W 2025-05-18 Fortuna Sittard 0–0 FC Utrecht D 2025-05-14 FC Utrecht 1–1 Sparta Rotterdam D 2025-05-11 FC Twente '65 2–0 FC Utrecht L

SBV Excelsior Form

2025-08-24 FC Utrecht 4–1 SBV Excelsior L 2025-08-16 SBV Excelsior 1–2 Feyenoord Rotterdam L 2025-08-09 NEC 5–0 SBV Excelsior L 2024-05-19 Feyenoord Rotterdam 4–0 SBV Excelsior L 2024-05-12 SBV Excelsior 4–0 Heracles Almelo W 2024-05-06 SBV Excelsior 0–3 NEC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.19 FC Utrecht xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.19 SBV Excelsior xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Utrecht47% Draw21% SBV Excelsior32%

Actual: FC Utrecht win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes78% 0% No22%

Avg goals/match: 4.38

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	62%	38%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

FC Utrecht or Draw

67%

Draw or SBV Excelsior

53%

FC Utrecht or SBV Excelsior

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Utrecht32% Draw36% SBV Excelsior32%

Actual: FC Utrecht win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted

4 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 1

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 1

6.5%

2 – 3

3 – 2

1 – 3

4.7%

3 – 1

4.7%

3 – 3

3.7%

0 – 2

3.2%

2 – 0

3.2%

2 – 4

2.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Utrecht

Handicap	FC Utrecht covers	Push	SBV Excelsior covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	12%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	17%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	17%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	12%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

FC Utrecht keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.