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NEC Nijmegen

2 — 2 Sep 08, 2026 · 10:15 PM IST

Excelsior

Eredivisie · Round 3

Venue Goffertstadion, Nijmegen

Referee Erwin Blank

Attendance 12,344

Player of the Match Adam Tahaui 7.9 90' played

Match Events

4' Home Jamiro Monteiro

11' Home ⚽ Adam Tahaui — 1-0

43' Away ⚽ David Garden — 1-1

HT

46' Home ↔ Perr Schuurs → Jamiro Monteiro

46' Home ↔ Philippe Sandler → Bram Nuytinck

46' Away ↔ Kasey Bos → Simon Janssen

53' Away Lennard Hartjes

63' Home ↔ Kevin Kers → Isak Hansen-Aarøen

63' Home ↔ Noé Lebreton → Dennis Geiger

67' Away ↔ Aymen Sliti → Ágúst Thorsteinsson

67' Away ↔ Nesto Groen → David Garden

70' Away Rick Meissen

71' Away ↔ Valentin Sulzbacher → Eric da Silva Moreira

73' Away ⚽ Valentin Sulzbacher — 1-2

81' Away ↔ Alireza Jahanbakhsh → Ilano Silva Timas

87' Home ↔ Clement Bischoff → Gabriel Brás

90 + 2' Home ⚽ Noé Lebreton — 2-2

90 + 5' Away Valentin Sulzbacher

FT

Match Stats

69 31

Ball possession

1.43 1.81

Expected goals (xG)

11 14

Total shots

3 5

Shots on target

39 17

Touches in opposition box

2 5

Big chances

2 3

Big chances missed

578 (86%) 213 (72%)

Accurate passes

1 3

Yellow cards

2 4

Corners

Lineups

NEC Nijmegen (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Dick Schreuder

Starting XI

12 Nikolas Polster 6.3

73 Gabriel Brás 6.6

21 Tobias Storm 7.5

17 Bram Nuytinck 7.1

19 Adam Tahaui 7.9

35 Jamiro Monteiro 7

18 Dennis Geiger 6.6

77 Ayodele Thomas 6.8

11 Willum Willumsson 7.5

8 Isak Hansen-Aarøen 6.8

10 Dušan Tadić 6.4

Substitutes

4 Perr Schuurs 7.8

3 Philippe Sandler 6.8

20 Noé Lebreton 7.8

34 Kevin Kers 6.8

99 Clement Bischoff

1 Gonzalo Crettaz

38 Joep Geneste

66 Almugera Kabar

9 Tjaronn Chery

14 Kaj Sierhuis

Excelsior (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Ruben den Uil

Starting XI

1 Stijn van Gassel 6.3

3 Rick Meissen 6.7

4 Casper Widell 6.4

14 Jan Plug 6.8

2 Eric da Silva Moreira 7.5

8 Irakli Yegoian 7.8

20 Lennard Hartjes 6.4

15 Simon Janssen 6.1

21 Ilano Silva Timas 7

30 Ágúst Thorsteinsson 6.8

19 David Garden 7.6

Substitutes

12 Kasey Bos 6.8

7 Aymen Sliti 7.2

28 Nesto Groen 6.6

18 Valentin Sulzbacher 7

11 Alireza Jahanbakhsh

16 Celton Biai

24 Guilliano Cairo

22 Osman Mohamed Turay

6 Daniël van Vianen

9 Mario Domínguez

23 Yaqub Finey