NEC Nijmegen - Excelsior

Logo NEC Nijmegen
NEC Nijmegen
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Eredivisie Season 2026 - Round 3
2 - 2
Finished
Referee: Erwin Blank
Logo Excelsior
Excelsior
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Result

Ball possession

69%
31%

Timeline

Jamiro Gregory Monteiro Alvarenga
4'
Adam Tahaui
1-0
11'
43'
1-1
Player unknown
Bram Nuytinck (out)
Philippe Sandler (in)
46'
Jamiro Gregory Monteiro Alvarenga (out)
Perr Schuurs (in)
46'
46'
Simon Janssen (out)
Kasey Bos (in)
52'
Lennard Hartjes
Dennis Geiger (out)
Noé Lebreton (in)
63'
Isak Hansen-Aarøen (out)
Kevin Kers (in)
63'
67'
Ágúst Orri Þorsteinsson (out)
Aymen Sliti (in)
70'
Rick Meissen
71'
Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira (out)
Valentin Sulzbacher (in)
73'
1-2
Valentin Sulzbacher
81'
Ilano Silva Timas (out)
Alireza Jahanbakhsh (in)
Gabriel Costa Brás (out)
Clement Bischoff (in)
87'
Noé Lebreton
2-2
90'
90+5'
Valentin Sulzbacher

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Superbet Unibet William Hill
1 NEC Nijmegen 1.57 1.64 1.44 1.62 1.65 1.62 1.60 1.62 1.59 1.66 1.56 1.61 1.55 1.55
X Draw 4.30 4.22 4.40 4.10 4.35 4.20 4.33 4.50 4.10 4.19 4.11 4.45 4.40 4.00
2 Excelsior 5.00 5.15 5.75 5.00 5.30 4.60 4.60 4.90 5.00 5.09 4.52 4.80 5.00 5.00

Previous confrontations (H2H)

6 NEC Nijmegen
2 Draw
4 Excelsior
58% Over 2.5 goals
42% Both teams scored
3.4 Goals per match
Logo NEC Nijmegen 5 | Logo Excelsior 2 Clean sheets
🔥 NEC Nijmegen won the last 3 head-to-head meetings
Biggest win: NEC Nijmegen 5-0 Excelsior (2025)
Most goals: NEC Nijmegen 3-4 Excelsior (2023)
Goals scored all matches
Logo NEC Nijmegen
2.08
Logo Excelsior
1.33
Goals in home matches
Logo NEC Nijmegen
2.00
Logo Excelsior
1.43
Goals in away matches
Logo NEC Nijmegen
2.14
Logo Excelsior
1.20
Above is calculated based on the below matches

Stats

NEC Nijmegen
Excelsior
3
Shots on goal
5
5
Shots off goal
5
11
Total shots
14
3
Blocked shots
4
8
Shots inside box
7
3
Shots outside box
7
5
Fouls
16
2
Corners
4
1
Yellow cards
3
3
Goalkeeper saved
1
677
Total passes
298
582
Passes success
213
86%
Passes %
71%
1.36
Expected goals (xG)
1.81
-1.02
Goals prevented
-1.02

table 2026

Eredivisie
Team Pts
AZ Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 19
Feyenoord Feyenoord 17
PSV Eindhoven PSV Eindhoven 16
Twente Twente 16
Ajax Ajax 14
Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard 13
Excelsior Excelsior 11
Groningen Groningen 11
GO Ahead Eagles GO Ahead Eagles 9
Heerenveen Heerenveen 9
NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen 7
Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 5
Telstar Telstar 5
Cambuur Cambuur 5
Utrecht Utrecht 5
PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle 4
ADO Den Haag ADO Den Haag 2
Willem II Willem II 2
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen — Formation: 3-4-2-1
Coach: Dick Schreuder
12
Nikolas Polster
73
Gabriel Costa Brás
17
Bram Nuytinck
21
Tobias Storm
19
Adam Tahaui
18
Dennis Geiger
35
Jamiro Gregory Monteiro Alvarenga
77
Ayodele Thomas
11
Willum Þór Willumsson
8
Isak Hansen-Aarøen
10
Dušan Tadić
30
Ágúst Orri Þorsteinsson
19
21
Ilano Silva Timas
15
Simon Janssen
20
Lennard Hartjes
8
Irakli Yegoian
2
Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira
14
Jan Plug
4
Casper Widell
3
Rick Meissen
1
Stijn van Gassel
Excelsior — Formation: 3-4-3 Logo Excelsior
Coach: Ruben den Uil

Substitutes

Substitutes NEC Nijmegen

Name Age Position
Gonzalo Alejandro Crettaz 26 Goalkeeper
Joep Geneste 19 Goalkeeper
Philippe Sandler 29 Defender
Perr Schuurs 26 Defender
Almugera Raouf Mohammed Kabar 20 Defender
Tjaronn Chery 38 Midfielder
Noé Lebreton 22 Midfielder
Clement Bischoff 20 Midfielder
Kaj Sierhuis 28 Attacker
Kevin Kers - Unknown

Substitutes Excelsior

Name Age Position
Celton Aussumone Biai 26 Goalkeeper
Giuliano Cairo 20 Midfielder
Daniël van Vianen - Midfielder
Valentin Sulzbacher 21 Midfielder
Yaqub Hassan Muse Finey 22 Midfielder
Mario Dominguez 22 Midfielder
Aymen Sliti 20 Attacker
Alireza Jahanbakhsh 33 Attacker
Nesto Groen 22 Attacker
Kasey Bos - Attacker
Osman Mohamed Turay 17 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
19 Logo NEC Nijmegen Adam Tahaui 8.2 90 Midfielder 1 0 1 1 39 1 31 1 - 1 13 7 3 2 - 2 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Excelsior David Garden 7.7 67 Attacker 1 0 2 1 11 1 7 - - - 6 4 - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
73 Logo NEC Nijmegen Gabriel Costa Brás 7.2 87 Defender - 0 - - 100 - 89 2 - - 6 3 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo NEC Nijmegen Perr Schuurs (sub) 7.2 45 Defender - 1 2 1 46 1 40 2 1 - 3 3 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo NEC Nijmegen Noé Lebreton (sub) 7.2 27 Midfielder 1 0 1 1 18 1 16 1 - - 5 3 1 - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Excelsior Ilano Silva Timas 7.2 81 Attacker - 0 - - 16 3 13 3 - - 8 3 3 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
30 Logo Excelsior Ágúst Orri Þorsteinsson 7.2 67 Attacker - 0 - - 11 1 9 - 1 - 5 3 3 2 - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
18 Logo Excelsior Valentin Sulzbacher (sub) 7.2 19 Midfielder 1 0 1 1 2 - - - - 1 2 - - - 2 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo NEC Nijmegen Tobias Storm 7.0 90 Defender - 0 - - 77 1 71 3 1 - 7 6 - - 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
18 Logo NEC Nijmegen Dennis Geiger 7.0 63 Midfielder - 0 - - 43 - 37 2 1 1 9 4 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo NEC Nijmegen Dušan Tadić 6.9 90 Attacker - 0 1 - 26 - 23 - - - 5 3 - - - 2 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo NEC Nijmegen Philippe Sandler (sub) 6.9 45 Defender - 0 - - 59 - 54 - - - 3 2 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
34 Logo NEC Nijmegen Kevin Kers (sub) 6.9 27 Attacker - 0 - - 10 2 9 - - - 6 4 2 1 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
99 Logo NEC Nijmegen Clement Bischoff (sub) 6.9 8 Attacker - 0 - - 9 1 6 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Excelsior Eric Emanuel da Silva Moreira 6.9 71 Midfielder - 0 - - 19 1 12 4 - 2 7 6 1 1 - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Excelsior Kasey Bos (sub) 6.9 45 Attacker - 0 - - 7 - 6 3 - 1 8 5 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
28 Logo Excelsior Nesto Groen (sub) 6.9 23 Attacker - 0 1 1 3 - 3 1 - - 3 2 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Excelsior Aymen Sliti (sub) 6.7 23 Attacker - 1 - - 3 1 2 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo NEC Nijmegen Nikolas Polster 6.6 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 65 - 47 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 3 2 0 0 0
35 Logo NEC Nijmegen Jamiro Gregory Monteiro Alvarenga 6.6 45 Midfielder - 0 - - 32 - 30 2 1 3 6 3 - - 2 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo NEC Nijmegen Willum Þór Willumsson 6.6 90 Attacker - 1 1 - 49 1 41 1 - 1 11 6 1 1 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Excelsior Irakli Yegoian 6.6 90 Midfielder - 1 4 1 28 2 20 2 1 1 23 10 7 3 - 3 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Excelsior Simon Janssen 6.6 45 Midfielder - 0 - - 7 - 6 1 - 1 5 1 - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Excelsior Alireza Jahanbakhsh (sub) 6.6 9 Attacker - 0 - - 1 - 1 1 - - 2 1 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo NEC Nijmegen Bram Nuytinck ©️ 6.5 45 Defender - 0 - - 35 - 32 1 - 3 4 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo NEC Nijmegen Isak Hansen-Aarøen 6.5 63 Attacker - 0 - - 30 2 23 1 - - 16 3 7 2 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Excelsior Stijn van Gassel 6.5 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 59 1 35 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 1 2 0 0 0
14 Logo Excelsior Jan Plug 6.5 90 Defender - 0 - - 29 - 26 5 - 3 8 5 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Excelsior Rick Meissen 6.3 90 Defender - 0 2 1 32 - 21 3 - 1 11 6 - - 3 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Excelsior Casper Widell ©️ 6.3 90 Defender - 0 - - 48 1 38 2 1 1 10 5 - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
77 Logo NEC Nijmegen Ayodele Thomas 6.2 90 Midfielder - 0 2 - 39 - 33 2 - 1 14 6 7 3 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Excelsior Lennard Hartjes 6.0 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 22 1 14 - - 2 9 2 - - 3 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
38 Logo NEC Nijmegen Joep Geneste (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo NEC Nijmegen Gonzalo Alejandro Crettaz (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
66 Logo NEC Nijmegen Almugera Raouf Mohammed Kabar (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo NEC Nijmegen Tjaronn Chery (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo NEC Nijmegen Kaj Sierhuis (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Excelsior Celton Aussumone Biai (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Excelsior Giuliano Cairo (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Excelsior Osman Mohamed Turay (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Excelsior Yaqub Hassan Muse Finey (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Excelsior Daniël van Vianen (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Excelsior Mario Dominguez (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -