Excelsior vs FC Volendam Prediction 20.01.2023

• Competition: Eredivisie
• Date: 20th January 2023
• Kickoff: 19:00 UTC / 20:00 CET
• Venue: Stadion Woudestein

Relegation candidates Volendam will travel to 13th-placed Excelsior this Friday as the Eredivisie resumes operations for its 17th game week. Excelsior have lost 10 of their 16 games played this season, but fortunately are still four points from the bottom three due to the even weaker performances of the rest of the smaller Eredivisie oppositions. Volendam have been one of those teams which have put in even shambolic performances week in week out, making them the second-worst side in the Dutch top flight, this season. The visitors are the weakest side defensively in the competition right now, with 40 goals conceded already, two more than Excelsior who are the second-worst. The home side will be going into this game with utmost confidence though, as they have won 4 of their 7 home games this year.

Excelsior vs Volendam Betting Pick #1: BTTS

When the two defensively worst teams play in any competition, goals are bound to fly in at both ends of the pitch. To support this with numbers, one can even look at the head-to-head record where both Excelsior and Volendam have failed to keep a clean sheet in nine of the last ten games played between them. Surprisingly, BTTS has even been priced at 1.50 odds (at the time of writing) which is an excellent return considering how probable it is that these two teams will again concede at least one goal each.

Pick #2: Excelsior to win

Excelsior have not only won four of their last seven home games now, but they are also unbeaten against Volendam in the last three meetings too. Combining this with the visitors' relegation-threatened campaign in the Eredivisie so far, we can expect Excelsior to win all three points on Friday by beating Volendam by a margin of two goals to one.