Netherlands - EredivisieHead-to-Head← Back

Ajax

Vs

Excelsior

Since 20/09/2015

AJA wins

Draws

EXC wins

Meetings

on record

Total goals

43 Ajax · 16 Excelsior

Goals per game

4.21

both sides combined

Over 1.5

93%

of meetings

Over 2.5

79%

of meetings

BTTS

79%

of meetings

Last meeting

2-2

01 Feb 2026

Next game

19 Sep

Saturday, Netherlands - Eredivisie

Ajax vs Excelsior: the head-to-head

Ajax’s dominance over Excelsior is unmistakable, with nine victories to Excelsior’s single win and four draws since the fixture began in 2015. The 14 meetings have produced an average of 4.21 goals per game, a high-scoring affair that sees both sides score in 79% of encounters and yields over two and a half goals in 79% of matches. The most recent clash, a 2-2 draw on 1 February 2026, saw Excelsior host Ajax in the Eredivisie. Ajax has scored 43 goals to Excelsior’s 16 across all meetings, a total of 59 goals. When Ajax play at home they have won five of seven, drawn once and lost once, whereas away they have won four of seven, drawn three and never lost. The next meeting is scheduled for 19 September 2026.

01 Head-to-head record 02 Recent meetings 03 Goal Analysis 04 Current form 05 The Goal Clock – in this fixture 06 League Table 07 Squad value analysis 08 Recent results 09 Upcoming fixtures

Next meeting

Ajax vs Excelsior

Saturday 19 September 2026 · Netherlands - Eredivisie

See the prediction ↗

01Head-to-head record⚖

Ajax

Excelsior

wins

goals

clean sheets

The last 14 games between these two clubs

64%

win %

4.21

avg goals

4.21

93%

over 1.5 %

93%

79%

over 2.5 %

79%

57%

over 3.5 %

57%

3.07

scored

1.14

conceded

3.07

79%

btts

79%

21%

clean sheet

11.12

corners

11.12

3.29

cards

3.29

Top three rows are this fixture: 14 meetings, 9 to Ajax, 4 drawn, 1 to Excelsior, at 4.21 goals a game. Everything below is these same meetings, seen from each club's side.

02Recent meetings📅

Ajax

Won at home

71%

5 of 7 home meetings

Won away

57%

4 of 7 away meetings

Drawn

29%

4 of 14 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Excelsior

Won at home

0 of 7 home meetings

Won away

14%

1 of 7 away meetings

Drawn

29%

4 of 14 meetings

Each figure is a share of its own group, so the three do not add to 100.

Date	Competition	Home	Score	Away	Ajax
01 Feb 2026	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	2-2	Ajax	D	view
22 Nov 2025	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Ajax	1-2	Excelsior	L	view
24 Apr 2024	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Ajax	2-2	Excelsior	D	view
19 Aug 2023	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	2-2	Ajax	D	view
29 Jan 2023	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	1-4	Ajax	W	view
16 Oct 2022	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Ajax	7-1	Excelsior	W	view
13 Apr 2019	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Ajax	6-2	Excelsior	W	view
11 Nov 2018	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	1-7	Ajax	W	view
06 May 2018	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	1-2	Ajax	W	view
14 Dec 2017	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Ajax	3-1	Excelsior	W	view
19 Mar 2017	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	1-1	Ajax	D	view
29 Oct 2016	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Ajax	1-0	Excelsior	W	view
21 Feb 2016	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Ajax	3-0	Excelsior	W	view
20 Sep 2015	Netherlands - Eredivisie	Excelsior	0-2	Ajax	W	view

03Goal Analysis⚽

Ajax · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.9

Avg scored

2.8

Avg conceded

1.1

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.54 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	2.03	1.30	2.27	1.27	1.80	1.33
vs Stronger (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
vs Similar (6)	1.17	2.17	1.50	2.00	1.00	2.25
vs Weaker (24)	2.25	1.08	2.38	1.15	2.09	1.00
Clean sheet %	33% (+9pp vs league)

Excelsior · Last 10 – goals for & against

Avg total

3.5

Avg scored

2.2

Avg conceded

1.3

Goal Analysis – by opponent strength (last 30)

Scored/conceded split by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 1.54 goals/game; red is worse.

Split	Total Scored	Total Conceded	Home Scored	Home Conceded	Away Scored	Away Conceded
All games (30)	1.43	1.40	1.33	1.33	1.53	1.47
vs Stronger (10)	1.40	1.70	1.80	1.60	1.00	1.80
vs Similar (20)	1.45	1.25	1.10	1.20	1.80	1.30
vs Weaker (0)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clean sheet %	23% (-1pp vs league)

04Current form📈

Ajax

WDWWWDDWWW

Last 10: 28 scored, 11 conceded.

Excelsior

DLDWWDWWLW

Last 10: 22 scored, 13 conceded.

Ajax

Home · last 10

WLDLWDWWDW

5 won · 24 scored, 13 conceded

Away · last 10

DLDWWDWDWW

5 won · 19 scored, 8 conceded

Excelsior

Home · last 10

DDLLLLWDLW

2 won · 15 scored, 15 conceded

Away · last 10

DDWLLDDWWW

4 won · 18 scored, 12 conceded

05The Goal Clock – in this fixture⏱

Ajax

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored67% / 33%

Conceded25% / 75%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 2 games. Most goals land in 16-30'.

From this fixture only: 2 of 14 meetings have goal timings on record. See Ajax's full Goal Clock across all their games.

Excelsior

The Goal Clock

Ninety minutes wrapped into a circle – when this team scores (outer, green) and concedes (inner, red).

1st half / 2nd half

Scored25% / 75%

Conceded67% / 33%

Green scored (outer) · red conceded (inner), across 2 games. Most goals land in 31-45'.

From this fixture only: 2 of 14 meetings have goal timings on record. See Excelsior's full Goal Clock across all their games.

06League Table🏆

Record						Goals							Props / game						Squad value €m				Strengths
Rank	Team	MP	Pts	Win%	PPG	GF	GA	GD	G/G	O1.5	O2.5	O3.5	Cor	Cor O%	Crd	Crd O%	Fls	Fls O%	Tot	Att	Mid	Def	Att/g	Def/g	Poss%
1	AZ Alkmaar	4	12	100%	3.0	13	3	+10	4.0	100%	50%	50%	14.0	100%	2.2	25%	23.8	50%	136	61	21	54	3.2	0.8	53%
2	PSV Eindhoven	4	10	75%	2.5	15	5	+10	5.0	100%	100%	75%	10.8	50%	2.8	25%	17.5	25%	280	106	60	115	3.8	1.2	61%
3	Feyenoord	4	8	50%	2.0	10	6	+4	4.0	75%	75%	75%	11.8	75%	2.3	0%	17.8	25%	229	93	43	93	2.5	1.5	53%
4	Ajax	3	7	67%	2.3	8	2	+6	3.3	100%	67%	67%	10.0	33%	4.5	100%	21.3	67%	173	95	15	63	2.7	0.7	56%
5	GO Ahead Eagles	4	7	50%	1.8	11	9	+2	5.0	100%	100%	100%	10.0	50%	2.0	0%	17.2	25%	22	9	4	8	2.8	2.2	49%
6	Fortuna Sittard	4	7	50%	1.8	8	7	+1	3.8	100%	75%	75%	11.8	50%	3.0	25%	17.0	0%	17	6	4	7	2.0	1.8	45%
7	NEC Nijmegen	3	6	67%	2.0	8	4	+4	4.0	100%	100%	67%	10.7	67%	3.0	67%	26.3	100%	54	22	5	26	2.7	1.3	57%
8	Twente	3	6	67%	2.0	7	3	+4	3.3	67%	67%	67%	10.7	67%	2.5	0%	16.7	0%	87	34	13	39	2.3	1.0	54%
9	Excelsior	3	6	67%	2.0	7	3	+4	3.3	100%	100%	33%	10.3	67%	2.0	0%	16.3	0%	16	7	3	6	2.3	1.0	48%
10	Groningen	4	6	50%	1.5	9	10	-1	4.8	100%	100%	75%	8.8	25%	2.8	25%	19.8	50%	32	12	6	14	2.2	2.5	50%
11	Heerenveen	4	5	25%	1.2	5	6	-1	2.8	75%	50%	50%	10.5	50%	2.7	33%	14.5	0%	50	24	6	20	1.2	1.5	51%
12	Sparta Rotterdam	4	4	25%	1.0	7	7	+0	3.5	75%	75%	50%	12.2	100%	2.7	0%	23.0	50%	28	14	2	12	1.8	1.8	47%
13	PEC Zwolle	4	3	25%	0.8	4	8	-4	3.0	100%	50%	50%	9.8	50%	3.3	67%	20.0	50%	21	8	4	10	1.0	2.0	45%
14	Telstar	3	3	33%	1.0	3	8	-5	3.7	100%	100%	67%	12.3	67%	3.0	50%	26.7	100%	8	3	2	3	1.0	2.7	45%
15	Willem II	3	1	0%	0.3	4	10	-6	4.7	100%	100%	100%	9.0	33%	2.0	0%	19.3	33%	13	4	4	5	1.3	3.3	-
16	ADO Den Haag	4	1	0%	0.2	4	11	-7	3.8	100%	75%	75%	11.2	50%	2.0	0%	20.5	75%	13	7	1	5	1.0	2.8	-
17	Utrecht	4	1	0%	0.2	6	15	-9	5.2	100%	100%	75%	10.8	75%	4.7	67%	29.5	100%	61	33	14	15	1.5	3.8	47%
18	Cambuur	4	0	0%	0.0	4	16	-12	5.0	100%	100%	100%	10.8	75%	1.7	0%	20.5	25%	12	3	1	8	1.0	4.0	-

Netherlands - Eredivisie 2026/27 full table · click any column header to sort (click again to reverse). In-cell bars are scaled within each column; scroll right for props, squad value and strengths. Highlighted teams are this fixture's sides. Full Netherlands - Eredivisie stats & trends →

07Squad value analysis💰

AjaxExcelsior

€233.8m

squad value

€16.3m

€302.1m

attack

€22.9m

€88.6m

midfield

€4.9m

€323.2m

defence

€24.0m

players

Transfermarkt squad values, most recent season on record. Ajax carries the more valuable squad.

08Recent results📅

Ajax

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
21 May	vs Groningen	2-0	W
24 May	vs Utrecht	0-0	D
30 Jul	vs Vojvodina	4-1	W
06 Aug	vs Shelbourne	3-1	W
09 Aug	@ PEC Zwolle	2-0	W
13 Aug	@ Shelbourne	2-2	D
16 Aug	vs Heerenveen	2-2	D
20 Aug	@ FC Sion	4-2	W
27 Aug	vs FC Sion	5-3	W
30 Aug	@ Telstar	4-0	W

Excelsior

Date	Opponent	Score	Res
20 Mar	@ Heracles	1-1	D
04 Apr	vs NEC Nijmegen	0-2	L
12 Apr	@ PEC Zwolle	2-2	D
26 Apr	vs Utrecht	5-0	W
02 May	@ Groningen	3-2	W
10 May	vs FC Volendam	1-1	D
17 May	@ Sparta Rotterdam	3-2	W
07 Aug	@ Cambuur	4-0	W
15 Aug	vs PSV Eindhoven	1-2	L
29 Aug	vs Sparta Rotterdam	2-1	W