SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden vs SBV Excelsior, Eredivisie 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
Overview
Match Preview
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden vs SBV Excelsior — Eredivisie at Cambuur Stadion.
- SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 7 games · 5 pts (2026/27)
- SBV Excelsior 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Rob van de Ven
- Referee Bas Nijhuis
- Referee Edwin van de Graaf
- Referee Erik Koopman
- Referee Frans Ozinga (Netherlands)
- Referee Michael Eijgelsheim (Netherlands)
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
Last 5 meetings
Recent Form
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Aug | SBV Excelsior | H | 0–2 | L |
| 15 May | FC Groningen | A | 3–2 | W |
| 11 May | Willem II Tilburg | H | 1–1 | D |
| 06 May | RKC Waalwijk | H | 1–1 | D |
| 01 May | SC Heerenveen | A | 3–3 | D |
| 23 Apr | PSV | H | 1–2 | L |
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Aug | SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden | A | 2–0 | W |
| 15 May | AZ | H | 4–2 | W |
| 12 May | Heracles Almelo | A | 5–4 | W |
| 25 Apr | ADO Den Haag | A | 1–3 | L |
| 21 Apr | Willem II Tilburg | H | 1–1 | D |
| 13 Apr | AFC Ajax | A | 2–6 | L |
Season Stats
| SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden | SBV Excelsior | |
|---|---|---|
| #14 | Position | #7 |
| 5 | Points | 11 |
| 7 | Played | 7 |
| 1 / 2 / 4 | W / D / L | 3 / 2 / 2 |
| 10 | Scored | 15 |
| 19 | Conceded | 9 |
| -9 | GD | +6 |
| 0.71 | PPG | 1.57 |
| 14% | Win % | 43% |
Key Stats
33%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
H2H (3 games)
67%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
14%
Clean Sheets
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden this season
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden this season
29%
Clean Sheets
SBV Excelsior this season
SBV Excelsior this season
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden are 14th (5 pts). SBV Excelsior are 7th (11 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
0-15
–/2
16-30
2/5
31-45
1/3
46-60
3/1
61-75
1/3
76+
3/4
■ 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)
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
| Rafik el Arguioui | 4 G | |
| Ilyes Hamache | 3 G | 1 A |
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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden to score. At the same time, SBV Excelsior does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden is showing some good football. However, SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' GOAL! Marouan Azarkan scores on 10.
- 15' Serano Seymor has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 144 appearances.
- 20' It’s high time Henk de Jong made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' SBV Excelsior has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
- 30' SBV Excelsior started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 35' SBV Excelsior come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
- 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SBV Excelsior needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 44' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Julian Baas makes no mistake. 0-2!
- 45' What a strike from Julian Baas! The score is 0-3.
- 46' Remco Balk is replacing Mitchell Paulissen for the SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden side.
- 48' Doke Schmidt catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 48.
- 53' Mitchell Paulissen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
- 58' The supporters are chanting for David Sambissa. He replaces Milan Smit on 58 minute.
- 61' The crowd applauds Milan Smit as he leaves the pitch. David Sambissa steps in for SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden.
- 65' SBV Excelsior make a change. Marouan Azarkan trudges off to be replaced by Serano Seymor on 65 minutes.
- 68' SBV Excelsior player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 70' Another substitution for SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden to replace Doke Schmidt by Tom Boere on 70 minute.
- 75' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
- 77' The crowd applauds Jamie Jacobs as he leaves the pitch. Michael Breij steps in for SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden.
- 80' The SBV Excelsior manager makes a substitution. Julian Baas departs to be replaced by Nathan Markelo.
- 85' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden and SBV Excelsior are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
- 88' Jacky Donkor is replacing Couhaib Driouech for the SBV Excelsior side.
- SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden will have plenty to reflect on. SBV Excelsior were simply the better side today.
Lineups
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 1
-
10
Mitchell Paulissen ↓ Remco Balk 46'
-
5
Doke Schmidt ↓ Tom Boere 70'
-
8
Jamie Jacobs ↓ Michael Breij 77'
- 20
- 16
- 15
- 28
-
39
Milan Smit ↓ David Sambissa 58'
Bench
- 12
-
9
Tom Boere ↑ 70'
-
14
Michael Breij ↑ 77'
- 3
-
18
David Sambissa ↑ 58'
- 31
- 19
-
30
Remco Balk ↑ 46'
- 2
- 22
- 27
Coach
Henk de Jong
SBV Excelsior Lineups
Starting XI
- 8
- 2
- 16
-
10
Marouan Azarkan ↓ Serano Seymor 65'
- 28
- 9
-
33
Julian Baas ↓ Nathan Markelo 80'
-
14
Couhaib Driouech ↓ Jacky Donkor 88'
- 6
- 1
- 4
Bench
-
11
Jacky Donkor ↑ 88'
-
24
Nathan Markelo ↑ 80'
- 38
-
34
Serano Seymor ↑ 65'
- 17
-
19
Raphael Eyongo ↑ 65'
Coach
Marinus Dijkhuizen
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Julian Baas | 2 |
| Leon Bergsma | 2 |
| Kenzo Goudmijn | 2 |
| Noah Naujoks | 2 |
| David Garden | 1 |
| Marouan Azarkan | 1 |
| Siebe Horemans | 1 |
| Lazaros Lamprou | 1 |
Head to Head
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden Form
2022-08-06
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
0–2
SBV Excelsior
L
2022-05-15
FC Groningen
2–3
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
W
2022-05-11
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
1–1
Willem II Tilburg
D
2022-05-06
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
1–1
RKC Waalwijk
D
2022-05-01
SC Heerenveen
3–3
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
D
2022-04-23
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
1–2
PSV
L
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.09
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.52
SBV Excelsior xG
I would bet for:
Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 61%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: SBV Excelsior win
Both Teams to Score
✗ Wrong
Avg goals/match: 3.61
Actual: No — clean sheet
Over / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 96% |
|
4% |
| ± 1.5 | 87% |
|
13% |
| ± 2.5 | 68% |
|
32% |
| ± 3.5 | 48% |
|
52% |
| ± 4.5 | 29% |
|
71% |
Double Chance
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden or Draw
42%
Draw or SBV Excelsior
80%
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden or SBV Excelsior
78%
Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: SBV Excelsior win at HT
Correct Score
✓ In top 12
1 – 2
9.1%
0 – 2
Actual
1 – 1
8.2%
1 – 3
7.5%
0 – 3
7%
0 – 1
6.5%
2 – 2
4.9%
1 – 4
4.8%
0 – 4
4.4%
2 – 3
4.1%
2 – 1
4%
0 – 0
4%
Asian Handicap — SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
| Handicap | SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden covers | Push | SBV Excelsior covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 2% | — | 98% |
| -2 | 2% | 4% | 95% |
| -1.5 | 5% | — | 95% |
| -1 | 5% | 9% | 86% |
| -0.5 | 14% | — | 86% |
| +0.5 | 33% | — | 67% |
| +1 | 33% | 21% | 46% |
| +1.5 | 54% | — | 46% |
| +2 | 54% | 19% | 26% |
| +2.5 | 74% | — | 26% |
Clean Sheet
SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden keeps clean sheet
9%
✓
SBV Excelsior keeps clean sheet
34%
✗
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

