SBV Excelsior vs VBV De Graafschap, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
SBV Excelsior vs VBV De Graafschap — Eredivisie at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion.
- SBV Excelsior 34 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
- VBV De Graafschap 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jeroen Manschot
- Referee Rob Dieperink
- Referee Marc Nagtegaal
- Referee Peter Janson
- Referee Patrick Inia
21 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 PSV 34 84 2 Feyenoord Rotterdam 34 65 3 NEC 34 59 4 FC Twente '65 34 58 5 AFC Ajax 34 56 6 FC Utrecht 34 53 7 AZ 34 52 8 SC Heerenveen 34 51 9 FC Groningen 34 48 10 Sparta Rotterdam 34 43 11 Fortuna Sittard 34 39 12 Go Ahead Eagles 34 38 13 SBV Excelsior 34 38 14 Telstar 1963 34 37 15 PEC Zwolle 34 37 16 FC Volendam 34 32 17 NAC Breda 34 29 18 Heracles Almelo 34 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Jan VBV De Graafschap H 2–0 W 18 Jan SBV Vitesse A 2–3 L 22 Dec Heracles Almelo H 0–3 L 15 Dec AZ A 1–2 L 07 Dec PSV A 0–6 L 30 Nov FC Utrecht H 3–3 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Jan SBV Excelsior A 0–2 L 20 Jan Fortuna Sittard H 5–1 W 23 Dec SBV Vitesse H 2–2 D 16 Dec AFC Ajax A 0–8 L 08 Dec ADO Den Haag A 0–0 D 01 Dec PEC Zwolle H 0–2 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
SBV Excelsior0-151/316-301/131-452/–46-602/361-753/176+3/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Van Donge & De Roo Stadion that hosts another battle between SBV Excelsior and VBV De Graafschap.
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' SBV Excelsior is showing some good football. However, SBV Excelsior are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' VBV De Graafschap seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 20' VBV De Graafschap started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 35' SBV Excelsior is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 40' Jeffrey Fortes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 32 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 44' VBV De Graafschap player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 49' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering VBV De Graafschap that had 35 games and scored 41 goals.
- 54' Youssef Jebli needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 58' The supporters are chanting for Charlison Benschop. He replaces Delano Burgzorg on 58 minute.
- 63' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 63 minutes.
- 68' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alessandro Damen made 135 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 71' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Azor Matusiwa.
- 74' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jeffrey Fortes on 74.
- 76' GOAL! Luigi Bruins scores on 76. Assisted by Mounir El Hamdaoui
- 81' Time for substitution for VBV De Graafschap. Furdjel Narsingh is replaced by Daryl van Mieghem.
- 83' The supporters are chanting for Mikael Anderson. He replaces Marcus Edwards on 83 minute.
- 85' Dogucan Haspolat is replacing Ryan Koolwijk for the SBV Excelsior side.
- 88' Jordy Thomassen is replacing Azor Matusiwa for the VBV De Graafschap side.
- 90' GOAL! Mounir El Hamdaoui scores on 90. Assisted by Robin van der Meer
- 90' It is a substitution in SBV Excelsior team. Ali Messaoud is replaced by Robin van der Meer on 90 minute.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for SBV Excelsior players.
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Lineups
SBV Excelsior Lineups
Starting XI
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- 34
- 1
- 15
- 22
- 28
- 10
- 8
- 14
- 4
- 6
Bench
- 7
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21
Dogucan Haspolat ↑ 85'
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5
Robin van der Meer ↑ 90'
- 2
- 24
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19
Mikael Anderson ↑ 83'
- 9
- 23
- 20
Coach Adrie PoldervaartVBV De Graafschap Lineups
Starting XI
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21
Azor Matusiwa ↓ Jordy Thomassen 88'
- 1
- 7
- 44
- 8
- 2
- 5
- 20
- 22
- 25
- 3
Bench
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35
Charlison Benschop ↑ 58'
- 18
- 47
- 13
- 17
- 4
- 36
- 6
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11
Daryl van Mieghem ↑ 82'
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19
Jordy Thomassen ↑ 88'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Elias Mar Omarsson 1 Furdjel Narsingh 1 Youssef Jebli 1 Daryl van Mieghem 1 Fabian Serrarens 1 Mounir El Hamdaoui 1 Luigi Bruins 1 Head to Head
SBV Excelsior Form
VBV De Graafschap Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.71 SBV Excelsior xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.19 VBV De Graafschap xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: SBV Excelsior winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.9Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 33% 67% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
SBV Excelsior or Draw 75%Draw or VBV De Graafschap 51%SBV Excelsior or VBV De Graafschap 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.1%2 – 1 9.2%1 – 0 8.6%2 – 0 Actual0 – 0 7.3%1 – 2 6.4%0 – 1 5.6%2 – 2 5.5%3 – 1 5.3%3 – 0 4.4%0 – 2 3.8%3 – 2 3.2%Asian Handicap — SBV Excelsior
Handicap SBV Excelsior covers Push VBV De Graafschap covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 15% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 22% 52% -0.5 48% — 52% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 15% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet 31% ✗VBV De Graafschap keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

