SBV Excelsior vs FC Utrecht - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams successful hunt of maximum points to boost their respective ambitions conscionable astatine Stadion Woudestein connected Sunday, arsenic SBV Excelsior entertain the situation of FC Utrecht.

With FC Volendam not successful enactment until later, a affirmative effect would spot the hosts temporarily determination retired of the driblet zone, portion a triumph for Utrecht would instrumentality the visitors wrong 2 points of sixth spot with a crippled successful hand.

Match preview

Having drawn the curtain connected 2025 conscionable 3 points adrift of a European place, it seemed unfathomable that Excelsior would beryllium progressive successful a relegation combat 4 games to the extremity of the season, but their woeful signifier successful 2026 has made that a reality.

Ruben den Uil’s broadside person managed conscionable 1 triumph from 14 attempts this twelvemonth and were 10 minutes distant from a seventh decision successful 8 past clip out, lone for Szymon Wlodarczyk to onslaught precocious and salvage a 2-2 gully with PEC Zwolle.

Inside the Eredivisie bottommost 3 connected extremity quality alone, De Roodzwarten are inactive successful power of their top-flight destiny up of their penultimate location lucifer of the season, earlier a important relegation six-pointer against Volendam successful their location finale.

Given their predicament, Excelsior volition beryllium wary of a 12-match winless tally against Utrecht successful each competitions since October 2015, though they are unbeaten successful 3 of the past 4 location meetings.

With clip moving out, Sunday’s hosts volition request each ounce of enactment from their fans, and grabbing the opening extremity could assistance settee nerves. However, they person conceded archetypal successful six of their past 7 matches.

In a lucifer that confirmed PSV Eindhoven arsenic the 2025-26 Eredivisie champions, Utrecht saw a hard-fought constituent snatched distant astatine the decease by a 94th-minute winner, bringing a melodramatic extremity to a seven-goal thriller and halting their seven-game unbeaten run.

Ron Jans’s men wasted nary clip successful returning to winning ways, delivering a broad 4-1 demolition of relegation-threatened Telstar for their 3rd consecutive location triumph since March 1.

Now facing back-to-back matches against relegation battlers, seventh-placed De Domstedelingen purpose to ramp up their European push, sitting conscionable 2 points down Sparta Rotterdam successful 10th and wrong scope of AZ Alkmaar conscionable supra them.

Utrecht’s decision to PSV earlier this period marked their archetypal distant nonaccomplishment successful six matches. Having not suffered back-to-back league defeats connected the roadworthy since October, this weekend’s visitors volition beryllium assured of bouncing backmost connected their travels.

While Excelsior person been plagued by their inclination to concede first, Utrecht person developed a knack for striking early—scoring the opener successful six of their past 7 matches up of the travel to Rotterdam.

SBV Excelsior Eredivisie form:

FC Utrecht Eredivisie form:

Team News

Miliano Jonathans and Hamdi Akujobi are some sidelined with anterior cruciate ligament injuries and are not expected to diagnostic again for Excelsior this season.

Stan Henderikx and Mathijs Tielemans are besides acceptable to miss retired connected Sunday, but Jerroldino Bergraaf could return, having been acceptable capable for a spot connected the seat past clip out.

Victor Jensen has not featured since January 18 owed to a genu injury, portion Miguel Rodriguez besides remains sidelined.

Seventeen-year-old Jaygo van Ommeren is inactive nursing a backmost problem, and Emirhan Demircan is simply a caller summation to the wounded database with a hamstring issue.

After scoring disconnected the seat successful back-to-back matches, Jesper Karlsson volition beryllium pushing for a commencement and could beryllium rewarded here.

SBV Excelsior imaginable starting lineup:

Van Gassel; Zagre, Schouten, Widell, Bronkhorst; Naujoks, Hartjes, Yegoian; Fernandes, Wlodarczyk, De Regt

FC Utrecht imaginable starting lineup:

Barkas; El Karouani, Van der Hoorn, Didden, Vesterlund; De Wit, Engwanda; Cathline, Karlsson, Alarcon; Stepanov

We say: SBV Excelsior 1-1 FC Utrecht

Utrecht are favourites to assertion each 3 points, but Excelsior cognize clip is moving retired to support their heads supra water.

As a result, we are backing a stalemate, with some sides settling for a constituent astatine afloat time.

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