Our prediction for this Netherlands Eredivisie match:
Excelsior and NEC Nijmegen face each other at Van Donge & De Roo Stadion in the Eredivisie round 22. Excelsior suffered a heavy 5-0 loss to AZ Alkmaar at the weekend, with the team remaining in the danger zone, and, no doubt, they are low on confidence ahead of the visit of NEC. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team, but all Kik Pierie, Jacky Donkor, and Yassine Ayoub are major doubts.
Meanwhile, the visitors aim to put an end to their four-game winless run, and we predict that they will take advantage of Excelsior’s shaky defence. In the first half of the season the two teams played out a 1-1 draw, but we are tempted to put our money on the visitors this time out. Forward Oussama Tannane is banned for the match, while both Robin Roefs and Mathias De Wolf are major doubts, and the duo will be assessed ahead of the kick-off.