SC Heerenveen vs Excelsior prediction | 16 Oct 2026 | xGtoday

16 October 2026
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23%
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SC Heerenveen
Ranking: #217 overall, #8 in Netherlands

66.6 → 65.5 (-1.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-2 30 Aug Willem II (A) 63.7 -0.5
2-3 06 Sep AZ Alkmaar (H) 64.3 +0.6
0-0 13 Sep Telstar (H) 64.5 +0.2
0-4 19 Sep Sparta R'dam (A) 65.4 +0.9
2-0 09 Oct PSV (A) 65.5 +0.1
Excelsior
Ranking: #391 overall, #12 in Netherlands

59.8 → 60.1 (+0.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-3 05 Sep Willem II (A) 61.2 +0.3
2-2 08 Sep NEC (A) 61.9 +0.7
1-2 13 Sep Utrecht (H) 61.3 -0.6
2-2 19 Sep Ajax (A) 61.0 -0.3
1-5 11 Oct Groningen (H) 60.1 -0.9

SC Heerenveen vs Excelsior: by the numbers

Excelsior trail SC Heerenveen by 174 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 4 in Netherlands.

Over their last 10 matches Excelsior have moved +0.3 rating points, against -1.1 for SC Heerenveen.

Last time these teams played, on 7 March 2026, Excelsior gained 0.9 rating points.

The highest SC Heerenveen have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #126, first reached on 27 December 2025.

The best xGtoday rating Excelsior have ever held is 63.9, first set on 11 August 2018.