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 12 games · 12 pts (2026/27)
SBV Excelsior 12 games · 11 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Joey Kooij

8 games this season 🟨 4.1/game ⚽ 16.3 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	PSV	12	26
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	12	25
3	AFC Ajax	12	25
4	FC Twente '65	12	24
5	AZ	12	23
6	SC Heerenveen	12	21
7	Fortuna Sittard	12	20
8	Go Ahead Eagles	12	17
9	FC Groningen	12	15
10	SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden	12	15
11	NEC	12	14
12	Sparta Rotterdam	12	12
13	PEC Zwolle	12	12
14	FC Utrecht	12	12
15	SBV Excelsior	12	11
16	Telstar 1963	12	10
17	ADO Den Haag	12	9
18	Willem II Tilburg	12	3

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
#14	Position	#15
12	Points	11
12	Played	12
3 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 7
21	Scored	16
34	Conceded	29
-13	GD	-13
1.00	PPG	0.92
25%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
FC Utrecht this season

17% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this season

FC Utrecht are 14th (12 pts). SBV Excelsior are 15th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Utrecht

0-15

1/5

16-30

1/3

31-45

2/7

46-60

5/9

61-75

5/3

76+

7/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

SBV Excelsior

0-15

1/5

16-30

2/–

31-45

6/6

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/6

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Utrecht

Artem Stepanov	5 G
Yoann Cathline	4 G	2 A
Angel Alarcon	4 G	1 A
Dani de Wit	3 G	1 A
Adrian Blake	2 G	1 A

SBV Excelsior

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

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
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
Gyrano Kerk	1
Jens Toornstra	1
Nick Venema	1
Siebe Horemans	1
Luigi Bruins	1
Lennard Hartjes	1
Ryan Koolwijk	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

4 / 4

2.83 FC Utrecht xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 SBV Excelsior xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Utrecht67% Draw18% SBV Excelsior15%

Actual: FC Utrecht win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 4.1

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	57%	43%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

FC Utrecht or Draw

85%

Draw or SBV Excelsior

33%

FC Utrecht or SBV Excelsior

82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Utrecht52% Draw34% SBV Excelsior14%

Actual: FC Utrecht win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.3%

3 – 1

7.7%

2 – 0

6.8%

1 – 1

6.7%

3 – 0

6.2%

4 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 2

4.8%

1 – 0

4.5%

4 – 0

4.3%

1 – 2

3.8%

4 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — FC Utrecht

Handicap	FC Utrecht covers	Push	SBV Excelsior covers
-2.5	30%	—	70%
-2	30%	19%	51%
-1.5	49%	—	51%
-1	49%	20%	32%
-0.5	68%	—	32%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	9%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

FC Utrecht keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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