On the 5th of November, Excelsior will host SC Heerenveen at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in a meeting of these two closely matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Excelsior recorded a 1-3 loss against Go Ahead Eagles. Willum Thor Willumsson struck first for Go Ahead Eagles in the 39th minute on a feed from Bobby Adekanye, then Bobby Adekanye added another in the 41st minute. Excelsior looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, SC Heerenveen recorded a 1-2 loss against FC Utrecht. Sydney van Hooijdonk struck first for SC Heerenveen in the 33rd minute on a feed from Mats Köhlert, then in the 44th minute, Jens Toornstra sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Anastasios Douvikas Finally they completed the comback in the 66th minute on a goal by Modibo Sagnan to cap off a wild match. SC Heerenveen is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
SC Heerenveen’s top weapon lately has been Rami Hajal, who has three goals in the last five matches. Excelsior is fortunate enough to have Lazaros Lamprou in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.