Excelsior are averaging 1.7 goals per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 3.2 total goals on average. That puts them 12th of 16 for team goals scored per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player goal-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against SC Cambuur, and a full match-by-match log.
Derensili Sanches Fernandes leads with 5 goals across 10 qualifying appearances (0.5/g, 40% hit rate). The goal-rate table below ranks every Excelsior player by goals per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes) and six-game form.
Excelsior are averaging 1.7 goals per game over 10 games and concede 1.5 for a match-total of 3.2. That ranks 12th of 16 for team goals scored. They're generating 15.1 shots/g from 9.5 key passes/g.
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Goals matchup blends our attackers' scoring rate (50%) with the opposition's goals conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against SC Cambuur, the page weights each Excelsior attacker against the opposition's last-season goals-conceded rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Excelsior fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027.
Excelsior are currently finishing at 34% — that's the share of their shots on target that beat the keeper. Above-average finishing without a matching xG signal usually regresses; pair this with shots/g and key passes/g to read whether the goals trend is sustainable.
| Player | Position | Apps | Goals | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | attacker | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 40% |
| Noah Naujoks | midfielder | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Arthur Zagré | defender | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 22% |
| Casper Widell | defender | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Gyan de Regt | attacker | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Lennard Hartjes | midfielder | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Irakli Yegoian | midfielder | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 10% |
| Stijn van Gassel | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Rick Meissen | defender | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Lewis Schouten | defender | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | defender | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Emil Hansson | attacker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jerolldino Bergraaf | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Szymon Wlodarczyk | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mike van Duinen | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Miliano Jonathans | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Simon Janssen | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Adam Carlén | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team goals | Opposition goals | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 2026 | Sparta Rotterdam | Away | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Noah Naujoks (1) |
| 10 May 2026 | FC Volendam | Home | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 May 2026 | FC Groningen | Away | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Casper Widell (1) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | FC Utrecht | Home | 5-0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Derensili Sanches Fernandes (2) |
| 12 Apr 2026 | PEC Zwolle | Away | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Szymon Wlodarczyk (1) |
| 4 Apr 2026 | NEC Nijmegen | Home | 0-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 Mar 2026 | Heracles Almelo | Away | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Derensili Sanches Fernandes (1) |
| 15 Mar 2026 | Feyenoord | Away | 2-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Arthur Zagré (1) |
| 7 Mar 2026 | SC Heerenveen | Home | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Noah Naujoks (1) |
| 1 Mar 2026 | Go Ahead Eagles | Home | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |