Excelsior takes on the visitors Den Haag in the final match of Dutch Eredivisie Relegation playoffs. The match will be played on Tuesday, May 24th at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion (Rotterdam).
Excelsior represent Rotterdam, and is not only in the shadow of its more venerable neighbor - Feyenoord, but has been a farm club with him for quite a long time. Now there is no such status, and even the "red-blacks" periodically climbed into the top division, but could not gain a foothold there for more than a couple of years in a row. Even without winning even once in April-May, in the last 6 rounds (2 defeats and 4 draws), Excelsior still finished in the playoff zone: 66 points were scored in 38 matches, which was enough for the final 6- th place. However, even Breda started in the dispute for the last place in the Eredivisie, which limited itself to 59 points and became the 8th. On the way to the final of this selection, the representative of Rotterdam confidently dealt with Roda (2-2, 2-0) and Heracles (3-1 and 3-0).
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Den Haag have both championship victories and cups to its credit. But the "storks" have long been nothing significant of themselves. They were supposed to once again go down in 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands, they decided to abandon the relegation of teams in divisions. But last year it was not possible to avoid relegation. Of course, in The Haag they hoped that there would be no need to stay in Eredivisie. But in the 2021/2022 draw, Emmen and Volendam confidently broke away from all, and they move directly to the top division. "Den Haag", despite the enchanting performance of the experienced Verheidt, who scored 3 dozen goals (also a partner, Stein, considerable 15), came to the finish line only 4th and had to go through a playoff. It is curious that all previous matches, 2 each with Breda and Eindhoven, were won, and with an identical score, 2-1 each.
This season, in head-to-head matches, the sides exchanged away victories. Excelsior did better, winning 2-0 in The Hague in October but losing 2-3 at home to Den Haag in March. Den Haag has no problems with injured footballers. The Excelsior lost the experienced Elia and Yanmaat, as well as Koopmans and possibly Kishna. Let's take a chance and pick that in the game it will be possible to win against nominal guests by betting on Excelsior.
Prediction for the match: Excelsior to win.
