Excelsior Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027

Excelsior Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

Excelsior are averaging 4.8 shots on target per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 9.1 total SOT on average. That puts them 15th of 18 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against FC Groningen, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Excelsior players hit the most shots on target?

Irakli Yegoian leads with 8 shots on target across 10 qualifying appearances (0.8/g, 60% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Excelsior player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Excelsior's SOT profile look this season?

Excelsior are averaging 4.8 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 4.3 for a match-total of 9.1. That ranks 15th of 18 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 12.1 shots per game and create 8 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against FC Groningen, the page weights each Excelsior attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Excelsior take 12.1 shots per game and put 4.8 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Excelsior fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Excelsior are currently converting 46% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Excelsior player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Noah Naujoks	midfielder	4	4	1	75%
Gyan de Regt	attacker	4	4	1	75%
Nesto Groen	attacker	3	2	0.67	67%
Irakli Yegoian	midfielder	10	8	0.8	60%
Aymen Sliti	attacker	6	5	0.83	50%
Emil Hansson	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Szymon Wlodarczyk	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
David Garden	attacker	7	4	0.57	43%
Arthur Zagré	defender	3	2	0.67	33%
Derensili Sanches Fernandes	attacker	3	3	1	33%
Rick Meissen	defender	10	3	0.3	30%
Lennard Hartjes	midfielder	10	3	0.3	30%
Casper Widell	defender	9	3	0.33	22%
Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson	midfielder	5	1	0.2	20%
Jan Plug	defender	7	1	0.14	14%
Stijn van Gassel	goalkeeper	10	0	0	0%
Simon Janssen	defender	7	0	0	0%
Eric da Silva Moreira	defender	5	0	0	0%
Ilano Silva Timas	attacker	4	0	0	0%
Daniel van Vianen	midfielder	4	0	0	0%
Lewis Schouten	defender	3	0	0	0%
Kasey Bos	defender	3	0	0	0%
Ilias Bronkhorst	defender	2	0	0	0%
Nolan Martens	defender	2	0	0	0%

Excelsior shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
19 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Ajax	Away	2-2	2	8	10	Aymen Sliti (1)
13 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht	Home	1-2	4	6	10	Aymen Sliti (2)
8 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen	Away	2-2	5	3	8	Rick Meissen (1)
5 Sep 2026	Eredivisie	Willem II	Away	0-3	6	2	8	Irakli Yegoian (3)
29 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	Sparta Rotterdam	Home	2-1	5	2	7	Aymen Sliti (2)
15 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	PSV	Home	1-2	2	8	10	Casper Widell (1)
7 Aug 2026	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur	Away	0-4	9	2	11	Noah Naujoks (2)
17 May 2026	Eredivisie	Sparta Rotterdam	Away	2-3	4	5	9	Arthur Zagré (2)
10 May 2026	Eredivisie	FC Volendam	Home	1-1	2	2	4	Rick Meissen (1)
2 May 2026	Eredivisie	FC Groningen	Away	2-3	9	5	14	Derensili Sanches Fernandes (3)

Excelsior shots on target 2026/2027: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 4.8
Shots on target against per game: 4.3
Match total shots on target per game: 9.1
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 16 of 18

Excelsior Shots on target for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	3.25	50%	50%	25%	0%	0%
Away	6	5.83	83%	83%	67%	50%	33%
Overall	10	4.8	70%	70%	50%	30%	20%

Excelsior Shots on target against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	4.5	50%	50%	50%	50%	25%
Away	6	4.17	67%	50%	50%	17%	17%
Overall	10	4.3	60%	50%	50%	30%	20%

Excelsior Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	4	7.75	75%	50%	50%	50%	0%
Away	6	10	100%	100%	67%	50%	33%
Overall	10	9.1	90%	80%	60%	50%	20%

Excelsior Team shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	4.8	3.25	5.83
Total shots / match	12.1	9.5	13.83
Share of shots on target	40%	34%	42%
Goals per shot on target	46%	38%	49%
Shots on target per goal	2.2	2.6	2.1
Shots on target over 2.5	70%	50%	83%
Shots on target over 3.5	70%	50%	83%
Shots on target over 4.5	50%	25%	67%
Shots on target over 5.5	30%	0%	50%
Shots on target over 6.5	20%	0%	33%

Excelsior Shots on target against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	4.3	4.5	4.17
Shots on target against over 2.5	60%	50%	67%
Shots on target against over 3.5	50%	50%	50%
Shots on target against over 4.5	50%	50%	50%
Shots on target against over 5.5	30%	50%	17%
Shots on target against over 6.5	20%	25%	17%

Excelsior Match shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	9.1	7.75	10
Match shots on target over 6.5	90%	75%	100%
Match shots on target over 7.5	80%	50%	100%
Match shots on target over 8.5	60%	50%	67%
Match shots on target over 9.5	50%	50%	50%
Match shots on target over 10.5	20%	0%	33%

Excelsior 1st-half shots on target for 2026/2027 (from 5 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	0.5	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	3	67%	67%	67%
Overall	5	2	40%	40%	40%

Excelsior 1st-half shots on target against 2026/2027 (from 5 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	2	100%	0%	0%
Away	3	1	33%	0%	0%
Overall	5	1.4	60%	0%	0%

Excelsior 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 5 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	2	2.5	50%	0%	0%	0%
Away	3	4	67%	67%	33%	33%
Overall	5	3.4	60%	40%	20%	20%

Excelsior shots on target match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
19 Sep	Eredivisie	Ajax (A)	2-2	2	8	10	-
13 Sep	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht (H)	1-2	4	6	10	-
8 Sep	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen (A)	2-2	5	3	8	-
5 Sep	Eredivisie	Willem II (A)	0-3	6	2	8	-
29 Aug	Eredivisie	Sparta (H)	2-1	5	2	7	-
15 Aug	Eredivisie	PSV (H)	1-2	2	8	10	2
7 Aug	Eredivisie	SC Cambuur (A)	0-4	9	2	11	4
17 May	Eredivisie	Sparta (A)	2-3	4	5	9	1
10 May	Eredivisie	FC Volendam (H)	1-1	2	2	4	3
2 May	Eredivisie	FC Groningen (A)	2-3	9	5	14	7

Eredivisie shots on target table 2026/2027: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	PSV	7	8.43	4.29	12.71	100%
2	Ajax	7	8	4.14	12.14	86%
3	FC Utrecht	7	4	8	12	100%
4	Feyenoord	7	8.57	2.86	11.43	71%
5	ADO Den Haag	7	3.43	7.86	11.29	57%
6	FC Groningen	7	5.43	5.71	11.14	57%
7	FC Twente	7	7.43	3.57	11	86%
8	PEC Zwolle	7	3.43	7.43	10.86	57%
9	Go Ahead Eagles	7	6.29	4.43	10.71	71%
10	Fortuna Sittard	7	4.57	6.14	10.71	57%
11	SC Heerenveen	7	6	4.14	10.14	71%
12	Sparta Rotterdam	7	4.29	5.86	10.14	71%
13	SC Cambuur	7	4.14	5.86	10	71%
14	Willem II	7	2.71	7.29	10	57%
15	AZ	7	7.57	2.29	9.86	71%
16	Excelsior	7	4.71	4.43	9.14	57%
17	Telstar	7	2.14	6.71	8.86	57%
18	NEC Nijmegen	7	4.14	4.29	8.43	29%

Excelsior shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	14	3.79	6.86	10.64	86%
Vs top half	20	3.95	6.45	10.4	80%
Vs bottom half	21	4.67	4.29	8.95	48%
Vs bottom six	13	4.77	4.31	9.08	46%

Excelsior shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Eredivisie	2026/2027	7	4.71	4.43	9.14	57%
Eredivisie	2025/2026	34	4.24	5.53	9.76	65%
Eredivisie	2023/2024	34	4.26	6.15	10.41	68%

Excelsior next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 11 Oct 14:45	FC Groningen (home)	11.14	5.43	5.71	14	6.67	7.33
Fri 16 Oct 18:00	Heerenveen (away)	10.14	6	4.14	10	5	5
Sun 25 Oct 11:15	Fortuna (away)	10.71	4.57	6.14	14	4.33	9.67

Excelsior players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Irakli Yegoian	midfielder	5	7	71%
2	Aymen Sliti	attacker	4	7	57%
3	David Garden	attacker	3	7	43%
4	Lennard Hartjes	midfielder	3	7	43%
5	Nesto Groen	attacker	2	5	40%

Excelsior players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Aymen Sliti	attacker	2	7	29%
2	Gyan de Regt	attacker	1	1	100%
3	Noah Naujoks	midfielder	1	1	100%
4	David Garden	attacker	1	7	14%
5	Irakli Yegoian	midfielder	1	7	14%

Excelsior players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Irakli Yegoian	midfielder	1	7	14%

FC Groningen shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Sep	Eredivisie	PEC Zwolle (H)	3-0	7	1	8	-
12 Sep	Eredivisie	GA Eagles (A)	1-1	2	6	8	-
6 Sep	Eredivisie	FC Twente (H)	2-2	4	5	9	-
28 Aug	Eredivisie	Fortuna (H)	2-3	2	5	7	-
23 Aug	Eredivisie	PSV (A)	5-1	4	12	16	9
16 Aug	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag (A)	1-4	14	4	18	10
9 Aug	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht (H)	2-1	5	7	12	7
21 May	Eredivisie	Ajax (A)	2-0	1	5	6	3
17 May	Eredivisie	Heracles Almelo (A)	1-2	5	2	7	4
10 May	Eredivisie	NEC Nijmegen (H)	2-1	7	3	10	4