Cambuur vs Excelsior Prediction & Tips | Eredivisie | FootballTips.app

The 2026/27 Eredivisie season gets underway at Kooi Stadion as newly promoted Cambuur welcome Excelsior in an opening-day meeting between two sides hoping to make a positive start. While Cambuur return to the top flight looking to re-establish themselves after promotion, Excelsior begin another Eredivisie campaign aiming to build on last season’s survival and push towards the division’s upper half.

Although the overall Eredivisie record favours Excelsior, recent meetings have largely gone Cambuur’s way. The Leeuwarden club have won four of the last six encounters between the sides, including each of the previous two, giving Johan Plat’s team confidence ahead of the new campaign.

Cambuur enjoyed a strong finish to last season, remaining unbeaten in 11 of their final 12 home matches across all competitions. They also scored six goals across their last five outings, highlighting an attack capable of causing problems, although defensive consistency will remain an area for improvement following 19 goals conceded in their final 12 matches.

Excelsior also arrive in encouraging form. Ruben den Uil’s side have gone seven matches without defeat in all competitions and have scored 12 goals across their last five fixtures. That attacking momentum helped them finish the previous campaign strongly and should provide confidence heading into the opening weekend.

Both sides enter the new campaign in good form, making this one of the more difficult opening-weekend fixtures to call. Cambuur’s impressive home record and recent success in this fixture are balanced by Excelsior’s strong unbeaten run and attacking momentum. A closely contested match looks likely, with the points ultimately shared