The play-offs begin tonight for Excelsior Rotterdam in The Hague. The primary match in opposition to ADO Den Haag will kick off at 6:45 PM. We sit up for this away match with eleven information.
1. Excelsior Rotterdam relies on play-offs for the fifth time to stay an Eredivisie participant. In 2003, 2007 and 2011 the Kralingers remained within the Eredivisie; the final time in 2019, RKC Waalwijk was too robust within the second spherical over two video games and Excelsior was relegated.
2. ADO Den Haag will get the possibility to earn promotion via the play-offs for the third time. In 2008, the Hagenezen succeeded on this as quantity 5 by beating RKC within the ultimate over three video games. Two seasons in the past, ADO missed out on the Eredivisie title within the ultimate in opposition to Excelsior.
3. Throughout this loopy loopy encounter on Could 29, 2022, Excelsior got here again from 3-0 behind within the final eleven minutes. As a result of the rating had develop into 1-1 in Kralingen, additional time adopted and the rating grew to become 4-4. Excelsior in the end promoted after penalties (8-7).
4. Excelsior was in sixteenth place after six rounds, the shortest of the eleven seasons through which the Kralingers ended up within the hazard zone. This season, apart from the primary three rounds, ADO Den Haag was able that entitles them to promotion or play-offs.
5. ADO Den Haag reached the second spherical of the play-offs on the expense of De Graafschap. They received 3-2 in Doetinchem final week and the assembly in The Hague, through which ADO misplaced a 2-0 lead, resulted in a 2-2 draw final Saturday.
6. After lacking out on the play-offs in 2023, ADO Den Haag was within the race for direct promotion for a very long time this season, however within the final ten competitors matches the Hague group managed to win solely twice (G4 V4), as usually as Excelsior within the final ten Eredivisie matches (G2 V6).
7. For the reason that conversion of the play-offs into play-offs in 2005-2006, Excelsior remained undefeated in 24 of the 26 matches within the play-offs (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie, W14 G10 V2). ADO Den Haag misplaced solely one of many 16 play-off matches performed (G6 V9).
8. ADO Den Haag and Excelsior have confronted one another 34 occasions earlier than in skilled soccer in The Hague (all competitions). Excelsior received seven conferences, in comparison with nineteen victories for ADO. The remaining eight matches ended and not using a winner.
9. Henk Veerman grew to become high scorer of the Kitchen Champion Division this season with 23 objectives, making him the third high scorer that ADO Den Haag delivered to the competitors after Bram Rontberg (1982-1983) and Remco Boere (1985-1986, shared).
10. Mike van Duinen began his skilled profession in 2011 as a participant for ADO Den Haag (123 video games) and scored his final purpose, as a participant for PEC Zwolle, in The Hague in opposition to the Hagenezen. On the ADO facet, Daryl van Mieghem has a previous with Excelsior (59 matches).
11. That is Marinus Dijkhuizen’s third participation within the play-offs as head coach of Excelsior, however the first through which enforcement is at stake. Dijkhuizen didn’t lose any of the play-off matches he performed with Excelsior (W6 G4), which led to promotion in 2014 and 2022.
