FC Twente v Excelsior Rotterdam

Twente vs Excelsior Preview

Twente will likely be relishing a return to their De Grolsch Veste ground for this Friday evening's clash against mid-table outfit, Excelsior, following their recent 3-1 win away from home at Go Ahead in last weekend's action in the Dutch Eredivisie while Excelsior will be wanting to halt a disappointing run of seven league matches without a win in the Dutch top flight.

Twente managed to bounce back from a previously heavy 3-0 defeat at home to the runaway leaders of the Eredivisie, PSV, which was certainly no disgrace given the form that PSV are currently in but that has been Twente's only loss in their previous nine games overall in the Dutch top flight whilst picking up five wins in the process.

Recent wins against Vitesse, Heerenveen, Fortuna Sittard, Feyenoord and Go Ahead have helped lift Joseph Oosting's side up into early contention for a place in Europe for next season as the hosts currently occupy fourth place in the Eredivisie standings and indeed, just two points adrift of second placed Feyenoord who they recently beat 2-1 at home.

Results overall in the Dutch top flight have been extremely encouraging for Twente who have suffered just the two defeats out of their last 23 league matches, while also losing just once in their last 27 games at their De Grolsch Veste which is an incredible record indeed.

Excelsior have dropped down to 10th place in the Eredivisie table having failed to win any of their last seven games overall in the Dutch top flight which also includes slipping to three defeats which have been in the form of defeats at the hands of PEC Zwolle 4-2 at home, Volendam 3-1 away from home and a 4-2 loss at home to Feyenoord.

The visitors have also drawn the other four games within this recent seven-match period with two of these stalemates resulting in 2-2 draws with Utrecht and Waalwijk, so the prospect of a few goals here on Friday night against Twente look extremely promising indeed! Excelsior have registered just three wins overall so far in this season's Eredivisie campaign which have been collected against NEC, Heerenveen and Sparta Rotterdam but results away from home in the Dutch top flight have been Excelsior's achilles heel as the visitors have managed to claim just two victories out of their previous 23 outings on the road which surely places them on the back foot for this upcoming trip to Twente.

Twente v Excelsior Verdict

Goals look likely in this upcoming encounter as four of Twente's last seven home games have produced Over 3.5 goals while six of Excelsior's last 10 away games have also produced four goals or more.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 3.5 goals @ 2.00

Other side bets worth considering:

Twente win & Over 3.5 goals @ 2.30

Correct Score: Twente 3-2 @ 23.00