Excelsior vs NEC Nijmegen

Final score: Excelsior 0-2 NEC Nijmegen in the Eredivisie, April 4, 2026. Head-to-head in the last 4 meetings: 1 wins for Excelsior, 0 draws, 3 wins for NEC Nijmegen.

Overview

Football: Eredivisie · Round 29
Form: WWLWW Excelsior
: WLLWL NEC Nijmegen

30' 0-1 B. Linssen · D. Nejasmic
HT0-1
60' ▲ I. Yegoian ▼ E. Hansson
71' 0-2 B. Onal · S. Ouaissa
76' ▲ M. van Duinen ▼ L. Hartjes
76' ▲ S. Janssen ▼ A. Zagre
80' ▲ D. Proper ▼ B. Onal
81' ▲ Danilo Pereira ▼ B. Linssen
81' ▲ B. Pereira ▼ E. Dasa
85' ▲ A. Kaplan ▼ D. Fonville
90'+1 ▲ A. Carlen ▼ I. Bronkhorst
90'+1 ▲ S. Wlodarczyk ▼ D. Sanches Fernandes
FT0-2

Line-ups

Excelsior Formation: 5-4-1 · Coach: Ruben den Uil

1S. van Gassel 6.9
2I. Bronkhorst ▼ 90' 6.7
3R. Meissen 6.9
4C. Widell 6.5
14L. Schouten 6.2
12A. Zagre ▼ 76' 6.3
30D. Sanches Fernandes ▼ 90' 6.9
10N. Naujoks 6.5
20L. Hartjes ▼ 76' 6.7
7E. Hansson ▼ 60' 7.2
11G. de Regt 6.9

Substitutes 8

16C. Raatsie
29M. van Duinen ▲ 76' 6.3
15S. Janssen ▲ 76' 6.7
6A. Carlen ▲ 90'
23I. Yegoian ▲ 60' 6.6
9S. Wlodarczyk ▲ 90'
24G. Cairo
34N. El Hamdaoui

NEC Nijmegen Formation: 3-4-2-1 · Coach: Dick Schreuder

1G. Crettaz 8.2
14E. Dasa ▼ 81' 7.2
3P. Sandler 7.3
24D. Fonville ▼ 85' 7.5
25S. Ouaissa ⇢ 7.5
6D. Nejasmic ⇢ 7.2
23K. Sano 6.9
11B. Onal ⚽ ▼ 80' 8.2
10T. Chery 6.2
20N. Lebreton 6.9
30B. Linssen ⚽ ▼ 81' 6.9

Substitutes 12

22J. Cillessen
31R. Janse
8I. Hansen-Aaroen
17B. Nuytinck
18K. Ogawa
5T. Ouwejan
19W. T. Willumsson
34Y. El Kachati
9Danilo Pereira ▲ 81' 6.2
71D. Proper ▲ 80' 6.2
4A. Kaplan ▲ 85' 6.9
2B. Pereira ▲ 81' 6.6

Statistics

00⚑2

⚑500

45%Possession55%

9Shots12

5Shots on target5

2Shots off target5

7Shots inside box7

2Shots outside box5

2Blocked shots2

2Corners5

2Offsides2

8Fouls9

3Saves5

1.08Goals prevented1.08

368Passes450

278Accurate passes368

76%Pass accuracy82%

0.72Expected goals (xG)1.32

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	34	101 - 45	+56	84
2	Feyenoord	34	70 - 44	+26	65
3	NEC Nijmegen	34	77 - 53	+24	59
4	Twente	34	59 - 40	+19	58
5	Ajax	34	62 - 41	+21	56
6	Utrecht	34	55 - 42	+13	53
7	AZ Alkmaar	34	58 - 51	+7	52
8	Heerenveen	34	57 - 53	+4	51
9	Groningen	34	49 - 45	+4	48
10	Sparta Rotterdam	34	40 - 62	-22	43
11	Fortuna Sittard	34	49 - 63	-14	39
12	GO Ahead Eagles	34	54 - 53	+1	38
13	Excelsior	34	43 - 56	-13	38
14	Telstar	34	49 - 55	-6	37
15	PEC Zwolle	34	44 - 71	-27	37
16	FC Volendam	34	35 - 55	-20	32
17	NAC Breda	34	35 - 58	-23	29
18	Heracles	34	35 - 85	-50	19

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