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Excelsior

1 — 2 Sep 13, 2026 · 03:45 PM IST

FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Round 6

Venue Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam

Referee Sander van der Eijk

Attendance 4,600

Player of the Match Matisse Didden 7.9 90' played

Match Events

36' Away ⚽ Artem Stepanov — 0-1

HT

62' Away ↔ Yoann Cathline → Artem Stepanov

62' Away ↔ Sem van Duijn → Adrian Blake

62' Away ↔ Marius Broholm → Ángel Alarcon

70' Home ↔ Mario Domínguez → David Garden

70' Home ↔ Simon Janssen → Kasey Bos

70' Home ↔ Valentin Sulzbacher → Eric da Silva Moreira

71' Home Valentin Sulzbacher

77' Home ⚽ Aymen Sliti — 1-1

80' Home ↔ Alireza Jahanbakhsh → Ágúst Thorsteinsson

81' Away ↔ Joris van Overeem → Niklas Vesterlund

85' Home ↔ Guilliano Cairo → Lennard Hartjes

85' Home Mario Domínguez

90 + 2' Away ⚽ Dani de Wit — 1-2

90 + 4' Away ↔ Jakov Medić → Arthur Zagré

FT

Match Stats

56 44

Ball possession

0.61 1.49

Expected goals (xG)

10 12

Total shots

4 6

Shots on target

21 19

Touches in opposition box

2 4

Big chances

1 2

Big chances missed

440 (83%) 335 (78%)

Accurate passes

2 0

Yellow cards

5 2

Corners

Lineups

Excelsior (4-1-4-1)

Coach: Ruben den Uil

Starting XI

1 Stijn van Gassel 6.4

2 Eric da Silva Moreira 7

4 Casper Widell 6.1

14 Jan Plug 7.2

12 Kasey Bos 6.5

3 Rick Meissen 7.1

7 Aymen Sliti 7.5

8 Irakli Yegoian 6.3

20 Lennard Hartjes 6.7

30 Ágúst Thorsteinsson 7.1

19 David Garden 5.9

Substitutes

15 Simon Janssen 6.4

9 Mario Domínguez 5.9

18 Valentin Sulzbacher 6.2

11 Alireza Jahanbakhsh 6.1

24 Guilliano Cairo

16 Celton Biai

22 Osman Mohamed Turay

6 Daniël van Vianen

21 Ilano Silva Timas

28 Nesto Groen

23 Yaqub Finey

FC Utrecht (3-4-3)

Coach: Anthony Correia

Starting XI

1 Vasilios Barkas 6.7

2 Siebe Horemans 7.2

3 Matisse Didden 7.9

5 Nikolas Panayiotou 6.7

23 Niklas Vesterlund 6.5

20 Dani de Wit 7.8

34 Davy van den Berg 7.5

92 Arthur Zagré 7.3

11 Ángel Alarcon 7.1

9 Artem Stepanov 7.5

15 Adrian Blake 7.5

Substitutes

80 Marius Broholm 6.6

17 Sem van Duijn 5.9

10 Yoann Cathline 6.7

8 Joris van Overeem

18 Jakov Medić

33 Kevin Gadellaa

22 Sergio Padt

6 Guus Offerhaus

21 Neville Ogidi Nwankwo

32 Per Kloosterboer

39 Nordin Amrabat