NEC Nijmegen vs Excelsior

Eredivisie · 2026 · Regular Season - 3

NEC Nijmegen

Full time

Excelsior

Goffertstadion, NijmegenCapacity 12,540

Timeline

Kick-off
4'Yellow card. Jamiro MonteiroYellow Card · FoulTeam: NEC Nijmegen
10'1-0Goal. Adam Tahaui (W. Willumsson)Normal GoalTeam: NEC Nijmegen
43'1-1Goal. D. Garden (I. Yegoian)Normal GoalTeam: Excelsior
45'Substitution. Jamiro Monteiro replaced by P. SchuursSubstitution 1Team: NEC Nijmegen
45'Substitution. B. Nuytinck replaced by P. SandlerSubstitution 2Team: NEC Nijmegen
45'Substitution. S. Janssen replaced by K. BosSubstitution 1Team: Excelsior
1-1Half time
Second half
52'Yellow card. L. HartjesYellow Card · FoulTeam: Excelsior
63'Substitution. D. Geiger replaced by N. LebretonSubstitution 3Team: NEC Nijmegen
63'Substitution. I. Hansen-Aarøen replaced by Kevin KersSubstitution 4Team: NEC Nijmegen
67'Substitution. D. Garden replaced by N. GroenSubstitution 2Team: Excelsior
67'Substitution. Á. Þorsteinsson replaced by A. SlitiSubstitution 3Team: Excelsior
70'Yellow card. R. MeissenYellow Card · FoulTeam: Excelsior
71'Substitution. Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira replaced by V. SulzbacherSubstitution 4Team: Excelsior
73'1-2Goal. V. Sulzbacher (A. Sliti)Normal GoalTeam: Excelsior
81'Substitution. I. Silva Timas replaced by A. JahanbakhshSubstitution 5Team: Excelsior
87'Substitution. Gabriel Brás replaced by Clement BischoffSubstitution 5Team: NEC Nijmegen
90+2'2-2Goal. N. Lebreton (P. Schuurs)Normal GoalTeam: NEC Nijmegen
90+5'Yellow card. V. SulzbacherYellow Card · FoulTeam: Excelsior
2-2Full time

Line-ups

NEC Nijmegen

Formation 3-4-2-1

N. Polster6.2

B. Nuytinck6.4

T. Storm6.7

Gabriel Brás6.3

I. Hansen-Aarøen6.1

D. Tadić5.9

D. Geiger6.3

Adam Tahaui7.6

Jamiro Monteiro6.6

A. Thomas6.0

W. Willumsson6.4

Excelsior

Formation 4-3-3

S. van Gassel6.3

Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira6.3

C. Widell6.1

J. Plug6.7

S. Janssen6.0

R. Meissen5.7

I. Yegoian6.8

L. Hartjes5.8

D. Garden7.8

I. Silva Timas6.6

Á. Þorsteinsson6.3

NEC Nijmegen

3-4-2-1

Substitutes

1G. Crettaz
3P. Sandler
4P. Schuurs
9T. Chery
14K. Sierhuis
20N. Lebreton
34Kevin Kers
38Joep Geneste
66Almugera Raouf Mohammed Kabar
99Clement Bischoff

Coach: Dick Schreuder

Excelsior

4-3-3

Substitutes

6D. van Vianen
7A. Sliti
9Mario Domínguez
11A. Jahanbakhsh
12K. Bos
16Celton Biai
18V. Sulzbacher
22O. Turay
23Y. Finey
24Giulliano Cairo
28N. Groen

Coach: R. den Uil

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Match statistics

69%
Possession: 31%; 11
Shots: 14; 3
Shots on target: 5; 5
Shots off target: 5; 3
Shots blocked: 4; 8
Shots inside the box: 7; 3
Shots outside the box: 6; 3
Saves: 1; 1
Corners: 4; 3
Offsides: 0; 5
Fouls: 16; 1
Yellow cards: 2; 674
Passes: 297; 578
Accurate passes: 212

Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1AZ Alkmaar	7	6	1	0	+12	19
2Feyenoord	7	5	2	0	+18	17
3PSV Eindhoven	7	5	1	1	+14	16
4Twente	7	5	1	1	+8	16
5Ajax	7	4	2	1	+12	14
6Fortuna Sittard	7	4	1	2	-1	13
7Excelsior	7	3	2	2	+6	11
8Groningen	7	3	2	2	+2	11
9GO Ahead Eagles	7	2	4	1	+2	10
10Heerenveen	7	2	3	2	+2	9
11NEC Nijmegen	7	2	2	3	-1	8
12Sparta Rotterdam	7	1	2	4	-7	5
13Telstar	7	1	2	4	-7	5
14Cambuur	7	1	2	4	-9	5
15Utrecht	7	1	2	4	-13	5
16PEC Zwolle	7	1	1	5	-14	4
17ADO Den Haag	7	0	2	5	-10	2
18Willem II	7	0	2	5	-14	2

Head to head

Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.

NEC Nijmegen: 5
Drawn: 1
Excelsior: 4

The record over the 10 meetings listed below.

Sat 4 Apr7:00 pm UTCExcelsiorNEC NijmegenFTEredivisie
Sat 9 Aug2:30 pm UTCNEC NijmegenExcelsiorFTEredivisie
Mon 6 May6:00 pm UTCExcelsiorNEC NijmegenFTEredivisie
Sun 13 Aug10:15 am UTCNEC NijmegenExcelsiorFTEredivisie
Sun 19 Feb7:00 pm UTCExcelsiorNEC NijmegenFTEredivisie
Sat 8 Oct7:00 pm UTCNEC NijmegenExcelsiorFTEredivisie
Fri 9 Apr6:00 pm UTCExcelsiorNEC NijmegenFTEerste Divisie
Fri 8 Jan5:45 pm UTCNEC NijmegenExcelsiorFTEerste Divisie
Fri 6 Dec7:00 pm UTCExcelsiorNEC NijmegenFTEerste Divisie
Tue 29 Oct6:45 pm UTCExcelsiorNEC NijmegenFTKNVB Beker

NEC Nijmegen and Excelsior drew 2-2 in the Eredivisie on Tuesday 8 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

Times are shown in UTC.