GolVolt — Excelsior vs Go Ahead Eagles: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Go Ahead Eagles have scored in 13 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 27 goals in those matches.

Defence

Excelsior concede 4.2 goals per match

Excelsior4.2 Go Ahead Eagles2.2

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Go Ahead Eagles concede 2.2.

Streak

Excelsior without a win in 7 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 2 draws and 5 defeats. Last win: 5 September, 3:0 against Willem II.

Rest

Go Ahead Eagles: 9 more days of rest

Excelsior6 Go Ahead Eagles15

Since their last match: Excelsior 6 days, Go Ahead Eagles 15 days.

Last time

Last meeting, 1 March: Excelsior – Go Ahead Eagles 0:1

Table

3 points apart in the table

13.Excelsior11 pts 9.Go Ahead Eagles14 pts

Excelsior: place 13, 11 pts · Go Ahead Eagles: place 9, 14 pts.

Players to watch

Eredivisie, this season.

Irakli Yegoian

Excelsior · forward

3goals 5assists 7.32avg rating

Last match, FC Twente: rating 6.4.

Søren Tengstedt

Go Ahead Eagles · midfielder

8goals 2assists 7.54avg rating

Last match, Telstar: 2 goals, rating 8.6.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Excelsior at home and Go Ahead Eagles away, as in this match.

Excelsior

at home · 10

2W1D7L1.2scored per match2.5conceded per match

Go Ahead Eagles

away · 10

1W5D4L1.3scored per match2.1conceded per match

Head to head

2 meetings since 2025.

Last time · 1 Mar 2026 · Eredivisie Excelsior 0:1 Go Ahead Eagles Tengstedt 55'. Go Ahead Eagles: 2 wins in a row in this fixture.

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0 draws1.5 goals per match · both scored in 0 of 2

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Excelsior (4-3-3, last: FC Twente) · Go Ahead Eagles (4-2-3-1, last: Telstar).

Official around 20:00, Sat 7 Nov

SGvan Gassel RMMeissen CWWidell JPPlug KBBos DVvan Vianen NNNaujoks LHHartjes ASSliti NGGroen IYYegoian KHHaug ASSampsted JDDirksen JKKramer DJJames MMMeulensteen ELLinthorst OSSivertsen STTengstedt MSSuray VEEdvardsen

ExcelsiorGo Ahead Eagles

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Coaches

Ruben den UilExcelsior Joseph OostingGo Ahead Eagles

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

What this match changes in the season

Relegation risk after each result.

today after a defeat after a draw after a win

Excelsior today 7%

after a defeat: 9%
after a draw: 8%
after a win: 4%

Excelsior: 5 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

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Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Volt matchup

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