Timeline
- 30' Bryan Linssen assist Darko Nejasmic
- 60' Irakli Yegoian for Emil Hansson
- 71' Basar Önal assist Sami Ouaissa
- 76' Mike van Duinen for Lennard Hartjes
- 76' Simon Janssen for Arthur Zagre
- 80' Dirk Proper for Basar Önal
- 81' Danilo for Bryan Linssen
- 81' Brayann Pereira for Eli Dasa
- 85' Ahmetcan Kaplan for Deveron Fonville
- 90'+1' Adam Carlén for Ilias Bronkhorst
- 90'+1' Szymon Wlodarczyk for Sanches Fernandes
Match stats
45.2%
Possession
54.8%
8
Shots
12
4
On target
5
8
Fouls
9
0
Yellow cards
0
0
Red cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Saves
4
278
Accurate passes
368
Lineups
Excelsior
3-4-2-1
1
van Gassel
14
Schouten
4
Widell
3
Meissen
12
Zagre
20
Hartjes
10
Naujoks
2
Bronkhorst
7
Hansson
11
De Regt
30
Fernandes
NEC Nijmegen
3-4-2-1
1
Crettaz
24
Fonville
3
Sandler
14
Dasa
11
Önal
6
Nejasmic
23
Sano
25
Ouaissa
20
Lebreton
30
Linssen
10
Chery
Excelsior
3-4-2-1
- 1 Stijn van Gassel G
- 4 Casper Widell CD
- 14 Lewis Schouten CD-L
- 3 Rick Meissen CD-R
- 20 Lennard Hartjes ▼ CM-L
- 10 Noah Naujoks CM-R
- 12 Arthur Zagre ▼ LM
- 2 Ilias Bronkhorst ▼ RM
- 11 Gyan De Regt F
- 7 Emil Hansson ▼ CF-L
- 30 Sanches Fernandes ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 29 Mike van Duinen ▲ SUB
- 9 Szymon Wlodarczyk ▲ SUB
- 6 Adam Carlén ▲ SUB
- 15 Simon Janssen ▲ SUB
- 23 Irakli Yegoian ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
- 16 Calvin Raatsie SUB
- 24 Guilliano Cairo SUB
- 34 Noa El Hamdaoui SUB
NEC Nijmegen
3-4-2-1
- 1 Gonzalo Crettaz G
- 3 Philippe Sandler CD
- 24 Deveron Fonville ▼ CD-L
- 14 Eli Dasa ▼ CD-R
- 6 Darko Nejasmic CM-L
- 23 Kodai Sano CM-R
- 11 Basar Önal ▼ LM
- 25 Sami Ouaissa RM
- 30 Bryan Linssen ▼ F
- 20 Noé Lebreton CF-L
- 10 Tjaronn Chery CF-R
Came on
- 2 Brayann Pereira ▲ SUB
- 4 Ahmetcan Kaplan ▲ SUB
- 9 Danilo ▲ SUB
- 71 Dirk Proper ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (8)
- 31 Rijk Janse SUB
- 34 Youssef El Kachati SUB
- 22 Jasper Cillessen SUB
- 18 Koki Ogawa SUB
- 17 Bram Nuytinck SUB
- 8 Isak Hansen-Aarøen SUB
- 5 Thomas Ouwejan SUB
- 19 Willum Thór Willumsson SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Excelsior 0, N.E.C. 2.
- 90'+4' Second Half ends, Excelsior 0, N.E.C. 2.
- 90'+3' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+3' Delay in match because of an injury Noah Naujoks (Excelsior).
- 90'+2' Attempt missed. Tjaronn Chery (N.E.C.) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Noé Lebreton.
- 90'+1' Noé Lebreton (N.E.C.) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+1' Foul by Rick Meissen (Excelsior).
- 90'+1' Substitution, Excelsior. Szymon Wlodarczyk replaces Derensili Sanches Fernandes.
- 90'+1' Substitution, Excelsior. Adam Carlén replaces Ilias Bronkhorst.
- 90' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 88' Foul by Ahmetcan Kaplan (N.E.C.).
- 88' Derensili Sanches Fernandes (Excelsior) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Recent form
Excelsior
D
L
L
L
L
- L at Fortuna Sittard 2-1 Eredivisie
- L Go Ahead Eagles 1-0 Eredivisie
- L SC Heerenveen 2-1 Eredivisie
- L at Feyenoord 2-1 Eredivisie
- D at Heracles Almelo 1-1 Eredivisie
NEC Nijmegen
D
W
W
W
L
- L Fortuna Sittard 3-2 Eredivisie
- W PSV Eindhoven 3-2 KNVB Beker
- W FC Volendam 3-0 Eredivisie
- W at PSV Eindhoven 3-2 Eredivisie
- D SC Heerenveen 2-2 Eredivisie
Head to head
NEC leads series 3-1-1
- 9 Aug 2025 NEC Nijmegen 5–0 Excelsior 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie
- 6 May 2024 Excelsior 0–3 NEC Nijmegen 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie
- 13 Aug 2023 NEC Nijmegen 3–4 Excelsior 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie
- 19 Feb 2023 Excelsior 0–3 NEC Nijmegen 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie
- 8 Oct 2022 NEC Nijmegen 1–1 Excelsior 2022-23 Dutch Eredivisie
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