SC Cambuur vs Excelsior betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Eerste Divisie match on January 17th, 2025

A football match between SC Cambuur and Excelsior of the Eerste Divisie will take place in Netherlands on Friday, January 17th, 2025, at 19:00h (UTC), check the SC Cambuur vs Excelsior betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where SC Cambuur vs Excelsior will occur

The game will be played in the small Kooi Stadion stadium, in the city of Leeuwarden, with a capacity for 15000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the SC Cambuur vs Excelsior betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Eerste Divisie has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 3 goals per game, which is very close to the 3.05 goals per game of the last championship.

SC Cambuur last match

The last match ended in a loss for the SC Cambuur team. On that occasion they met Jong AZ for the Eerste Divisie, and the match ended 0-2. Coach H. de Jong's lined up a 4-3-3 formation.

This defeat was not expected at all. They were favorites and were still beaten, in a scenario that counted with odds of 7.50.

The defense certainly did not shine in this match. One of those responsible for the crisis of the defensive department is Sturla Ottesen, cumbersome and unpunctual, constantly behind the opponents. The team's overall underwhelming performance was also due to his disappointing performance.

Excelsior last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Eerste Divisie, Excelsior, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the FC Dordrecht team with a final score of 1-0.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.50, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

SC Cambuur vs Excelsior h2h

Excelsior was in 3rd place in the Eerste Divisie while SC Cambuur was in 14th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Excelsior team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic SC Cambuur used in the match.

It was on 26-10-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 0-1 win for SC Cambuur, was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the Eerste Divisie.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

Teams with their unique strengths and objectives.

SC Cambuur

Eerste Divisie leaderboard now

The SC Cambuur team with 32 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Possible Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 10 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses.

In the 22nd round, the team has the same amount of points of the FC Emmen team which is just below, in 7th place and the same score than De Graafschap team that is in the 5th place.

SC Cambuur analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for SC Cambuur is positive: after 21 rounds the team has scored 28 goals, conceding only 19.

Teams usually have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. Therefore, to control the game, the SC Cambuur team usually tries to reach an average ball possession of 55.1%.

Best goalscorer from SC Cambuur

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning R. Balk. The Attacker has already scored 6 goals in the competition, being extremely important for SC Cambuur, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Excelsior

Eerste Divisie leaderboard now

The Excelsior team with 42 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 12 wins, 6 draws, and 3 losses.

In the 22nd round, the team holds a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to FC Volendam which is just above, in the 1st place.

Excelsior analysis

Excelsior after 21 days has put up 40 goals scored, and taken 20, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

This is a top 5 team in the Eerste Divisie that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Usually, opposing teams have little chances of beating Excelsior when playing away, who sports a balance of 4 wins, 2 losses, and 5 draws in the Eerste Divisie.

Best goalscorer from Excelsior

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Richie Omorowa is the player to highlight. Helping Excelsior with 9 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of SC Cambuur is R. Balk, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Excelsior is Richie Omorowa, he has scored in 9 opportunities.

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

The option of betting under 2.5 goals is also compelling since Excelsior has an average of 1.64 goals per game as a visitor and often not suffers goals playing away from home, making this a market to explore.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 6.28 corners.

Excelsior is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.05 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Excelsior in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.86 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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