Telstar vs. Excelsior - prediction, team news, lineups

Two promoted clubs look disconnected this play astatine BUKO Stadion arsenic Telstar invited SBV Excelsior successful Saturday’s gameweek 11 clash successful the Eredivisie.

Both clubs are successful precarious positions successful the table, with the hosts third-bottom, portion their opponents are placed 1 spot little aft 10 matchdays.

Match preview

Telstar waited 47 years to instrumentality to the apical flight, but their commencement to the 2025-26 play has shown that nary favours are fixed astatine this level.

Anthony Correia's squad person mislaid 7 of their 10 matches successful the apical part — lone cellar-dwelling Heracles (nine) person mislaid much — portion their 19 goals conceded is much than each broadside but Heracles (30) and Sparta Rotterdam (22).

While their 12 goals scored connection promise, the North Holland outfit volition anticipation to tighten their defence to debar a 4th consecutive league decision this weekend.

With 9 of their 12 goals coming astatine home, the supporters volition beryllium hoping for a beardown show arsenic they purpose to unafraid their archetypal location triumph successful this fixture since August 2019.

That would necessitate Telstar to prime up wherever they near disconnected successful midweek, erstwhile they scored 5 distant astatine Lisse successful the 5-0 triumph implicit their fourth-tier opponents, a effect that ended their losing league streak.

Travelling to Rotterdam volition contiguous a antithetic situation for Telstar, who mislaid some meetings with this weekend's opponents successful the 2nd tier past season. 

The corresponding fixture successful February ended successful a convincing 3-1 triumph for Excelsior successful North Holland, arsenic Ruben den Uil’s squad claimed different affirmative effect en way to finishing runners-up successful the Eerste Divisie. 

With 2 points separating them from their hosts, the Kralingers volition beryllium alert of the consequences of suffering an eighth league decision connected Saturday, which could spot them driblet into the dreaded bottommost 2 aft 11 rounds. 

This result is doubly feared fixed their mediocre distant results this season, with 4 losses successful 5 matches connected their travels, conceding 14 goals and scoring conscionable four. 

However, their lone triumph successful those 5 distant matches came astatine the location of FC Volendam — different promoted nine — and Den Uil volition beryllium hoping for much of the aforesaid successful this weekend's travel to North Holland. 

Maximum points could assistance them to 13th from 16th, but different results would request to spell successful their favour to ascent 3 places successful the table.

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Team News

Neville Nwankwo was substituted earlier the interruption past weekend, and the defender mightiness articulation Soufiane Hetli connected the sidelines for the hosts.

Milan Zonneveld scored a hat-trick successful Telstar's cupful occurrence during the week, and the guardant whitethorn situation Kay Tejan for a starting spot connected Saturday.

Zonneveld has been progressive successful 3 goals this season, level with Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp and Jeff Hardeveld, and each 3 could play important roles successful North Holland this weekend.

Excelsior mightiness beryllium without Noah Naujoks, Simon Janssen and semipermanent absentee Lennard Hartjes successful Saturday’s 11th round.

Only Szymon Wlodarczyk has scored much than 1 extremity for the Rotterdam visitors, and the guardant is aiming for his archetypal onslaught since September to adhd to his 2 Eredivisie goals.

Telstar imaginable starting lineup:

Koeman Jr; Koswal, Offerhaus, Bakker; Noslin, Owusu, Rossen, Hardeveld; De Kamp, Broywer; Tejan

SBV Excelsior imaginable starting lineup:

Van Gassel; Bronkhorst, Widell, Meissen, Zagre; Tielemans, Yegoian, Carlen; Mitrovic, Wlodarczyk, De Regt

We say: Telstar 2-2 SBV Excelsior

Telstar's past 3 victories successful this fixture person travel successful Rotterdam, and their winless streak since 2019 whitethorn proceed this weekend.

However, 1 signifier that should persist is some teams scoring, arsenic the past 7 meetings person ended with some sides uncovering the backmost of the net.

Nevertheless, the spoils could beryllium shared successful an entertaining gully astatine BUKO Stadion.

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