Match 28 Oct 2026 · 20:00 UTC
NED · KNVB Cup · 2026
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The models forecast for this fixture
Draw predictor · this site's own figures
Figure Excelsior Maassluis SC Heerenveen What it means
N — no-draw run 1 1 matches in a row without a draw
Max N 3 22 this team's longest run ever
E — draw debt 0.17 0.26 expected draws over the current run
p50 — last 50 16.7% 26.0% draw rate over its last 50 matches
p100 — last 100 16.7% 26.0% draw rate over its last 100 matches
Draw % — all time 16.7% 25.1% share of every match drawn
Draw score 0.000 0.114 the predictor ranking score
Rank — 1,396 position in that ranking

These are each team's figures as they stand today — this match has no stored Cross row, so they are not the numbers that held when it was played.

Team strength · Elo
Excelsior Maassluis 1,524
SC Heerenveen 1,745
Rating gap -156 home advantage included
Draws at this gap 23.7% 150–199 · 53,160 matches
Goals model · Dixon-Coles
Expected goals 1.48 – 1.88 home – away
Home win 30.1%
Draw 23.3% every level score added up
Away win 46.6%
Both together · the blend
Blended draw chance 23.4% 75% goals model · 25% Elo gap
Goals model said 23.3% form only
This Elo gap said 23.7% strength only

The mix is the one that scored best over 544,576 matches — the two are averaged on the log-odds scale, not simply added.

The regression · the logistic model
Logistic draw chance 15.6% five signals, then recalibrated
95% band 15.5% – 15.9% how unsure the fit is, not the match
The blend says 23.4% the older published reading

A regression over five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at this Elo gap, the expected goals in the fixture and the competition's own base draw rate — with an isotonic map on top to put the level back where reality is. Held out on a decade it never saw it beat the blend above, which is why both are shown here while one is chosen. This is a real forecast: the fixture had not been played when the model was fitted.

A forecast from every match played so far. Measured over 160,869 priced matches the goals model is slightly worse than the bookmakers (how it is scored), so a high draw chance means an even, low-scoring match rather than value. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.