In this week 25 match on the 11th of March, FC Emmen will host Excelsior at De Oude Meerdijk in a meeting of these two evenly matched Eredivisie teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, FC Emmen recorded a 1-3 loss against FC Volendam. Filip Stankovic scored the first goal for FC Emmen on an own goal in the 46th minute, but Benaissa Benamar got the equalizer for FC Volendam in the 67th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 88th minute on a goal by Bilal Ould-Chikh. FC Emmen looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while excelsior sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Sparta Rotterdam. Redouan El Yaakoubi struck first for Sparta Rotterdam on an own goal in the 20th minute, then Couhaib Driouech tied it up for Excelsior in the 45th minute. Excelsior looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 10th, Excelsior hosted FC Emmen in their last match together. Excelsior won by a score of 2 to 1. Ole Romeny scored the first goal for FC Emmen in the 45th minute, then Tjoe-A-On tied it up for Excelsior in the 61st minute Finally they completed the comback in the 94th minute on a goal by Seymor to cap off a wild match. FC Emmen is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Mark Diemers and Miguel Araujo each only have 1 goal in their last five
Mike te Wierik, Météhan Guclu, Oussama Darfalou, Ahmed El Messaoudi and Mendes are unavailable to play for FC Emmen, while Jacky Donkor, Kik Pierie, Maxime Awoudja, Vicente Besuijen and Lorenzo Burnet are unavailable to play for Marinus Dijkhuizen’s team.