Match Report
Excelsior, 2nd with 74 points, sat 18 points above FC Emmen (8th, 56). On recent form FC Emmen sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Excelsior 1.95 scored and 1 conceded per game, FC Emmen 1.47 and 1.39, with the league averaging 1.51.
Excelsior entered with six wins in a row, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Over the last five, Excelsior had taken 15 of 15 points to FC Emmen's 9.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Excelsior wins, 3 for FC Emmen, 1 draw, at 2.14 goals per meeting.
Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in Rotterdam staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,500. With 100 matches recorded and 1.5 yellow cards per game, S. van der Eijk was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, Excelsior led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Excelsior: Lance Duijvestijn (7'), Jerolldino Armantrading (37')