NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie· Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

NEC Nijmegen

2-1-2

Adam Tahaui 10'
Noé Lebreton 90'+2'

Excelsior

3-1-1

David Garden 43'
Valentin Sulzbacher 73'

2:2

📍 Goffertstadion

Timeline

Jamiro Monteiro
4'
Adam Tahaui1-0
🅰 Willum Thór Willumsson
10'
43'
David Garden1-1
🅰 Irakli Yegoian
First Half ends,
Perr Schuurs
↓ Jamiro Monteiro
45'
Philippe Sandler
↓ Bram Nuytinck
45'
45'
Kasey Bos
↓ Simon Janssen
52'
Lennard Hartjes
Noé Lebreton
↓ Dennis Geiger
63'
Kevin Kers
↓ Isak Hansen-Aarøen
63'
67'
Nesto Groen
↓ David Garden
67'
Aymen Sliti
↓ Ágúst Þorsteinsson
70'
Rick Meissen
71'
Valentin Sulzbacher
↓ Eric Da Silva Moreira
73'
Valentin Sulzbacher1-2
🅰 Aymen Sliti
81'
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
↓ Ilano Silva Timas
Clement Bischoff
↓ Gabi Brás
87'
Noé Lebreton2-2
🅰 Perr Schuurs
90'+2'
90'+5'
Valentin Sulzbacher
Second Half ends,

Game leaders

NEC Nijmegen

Total ShotsA. Thomas3
Accurate PassesGabi Brás89
Defensive InterventionsB. Nuytinck11

Excelsior

Total ShotsI. Yegoian5
Accurate PassesC. Widell38
Defensive InterventionsC. Widell13

Stats

NECExcelsior

Possession

69%

31%

11Shots14

3Shots on target5

3Blocked shots4

Match info

Kick-off: Tuesday 8 September
Venue: Goffertstadion · Nijmegen, Netherlands
Referee: Erwin Blank
Attendance: 12,344
Round: 2026-27 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

Form

NEC NijmegenLWLLW

W@Willem II4-1
LvsBodo/Glimt3-1
L@Bodo/Glimt3-0

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	AZ Alkmaar	7	6	1	0	:	+12	19
2	Feyenoord Rotterdam	7	5	2	0	:	+18	17

582Accurate passes213

Lvs

Feyenoord Rotterdam3-1

ExcelsiorWWLWW

W@Sparta Rotterdam3-2
W@SC Cambuur4-0
LvsPSV Eindhoven2-1
WvsSparta Rotterdam2-1
W@Willem II3-0

Head to head

NEC leads series 4-1

4 Apr 26Excelsior0-2NEC Nijmegen
9 Aug 25NEC Nijmegen5-0Excelsior
6 May 24Excelsior0-3NEC Nijmegen
13 Aug 23NEC Nijmegen3-4Excelsior
19 Feb 23Excelsior0-3NEC Nijmegen

582Accurate passes213

21↓Silva Timas

19⚽↓Garden

30↓Þorsteinsson

12Polster

21Storm

17↓Nuytinck

73↓Costa Brás

35↓Monteiro

77Thomas

18↓Geiger

19⚽Tahaui

8↓Hansen-Aarøen

10Tadic

11Willumsson

Substitutes · NEC Nijmegen

38Joep Geneste
99Clement Bischoff↑
3Philippe Sandler↑
9Tjaronn Chery
66Almugera Kabar
34Kevin Kers↑
20Noé Lebreton↑⚽
4Perr Schuurs↑
14Kaj Sierhuis
1Gonzalo Crettaz

Substitutes · Excelsior

11Alireza Jahanbakhsh↑
7Aymen Sliti↑
12Kasey Bos↑
18Valentin Sulzbacher↑⚽
28Nesto Groen↑
24Guilliano Cairo
6Daniel Van Vianen
16Celton Biai
23Yacqub Hassan Muse Finey
22

90'

Willum Willumsson (NEC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

90'

Foul by Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Excelsior).

90'

Attempt blocked. Ayodele Thomas (NEC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Kers.

88'

Attempt missed. Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

87'

Attempt missed. Dusan Tadic (NEC) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Clement Bischoff with a cross.

87'

Substitution, NEC. Clement Bischoff replaces Gabriel Brás.

83'

Tobias Storm (NEC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

83'

Foul by Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior).

81'

Noé Lebreton (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

81'

Foul by Valentin Sulzbacher (Excelsior).

81'

Substitution, Excelsior. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Ilano Silva Timas.

80'

Corner, Excelsior. Conceded by Nikolas Polster.

80'

Attempt saved. Nesto Groen (Excelsior) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Nikolas Polster (NEC).

77'

Attempt missed. Willum Willumsson (NEC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adam Tahaui.

75'

Gabriel Brás (NEC) wins a free kick on the right wing.

75'

Foul by Jan Plug (Excelsior).

75'

Ayodele Thomas (NEC) wins a free kick on the left wing.

75'

Foul by Rick Meissen (Excelsior).

73'

Goal! NEC 1, Excelsior 2. Valentin Sulzbacher (Excelsior) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Aymen Sliti.

72'

Attempt saved. Perr Schuurs (NEC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior). Assisted by Noé Lebreton.

71'

Substitution, Excelsior. Valentin Sulzbacher replaces Eric da Silva Moreira.

70'

Rick Meissen (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

70'

Kevin Kers (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

70'

Foul by Rick Meissen (Excelsior).

70'

Attempt blocked. Aymen Sliti (Excelsior) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian.

69'

Kevin Kers (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

69'

Foul by Rick Meissen (Excelsior).

67'

Substitution, Excelsior. Aymen Sliti replaces Ágúst Thorsteinsson.

67'

Substitution, Excelsior. Nesto Groen replaces David Garden.

63'

Willum Willumsson (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

63'

Foul by Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior).

63'

Substitution, NEC. Kevin Kers replaces Isak Hansen-Aarøen.

63'

Substitution, NEC. Noé Lebreton replaces Dennis Geiger.

62'

Foul by Tobias Storm (NEC).

62'

Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

59'

Corner, Excelsior. Conceded by Perr Schuurs.

56'

Corner, Excelsior. Conceded by Tobias Storm.

56'

Attempt saved. Rick Meissen (Excelsior) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nikolas Polster (NEC). Assisted by Ágúst Thorsteinsson.

55'

Foul by Isak Hansen-Aarøen (NEC).

55'

Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

55'

Offside, NEC. Dusan Tadic is caught offside.

54'

Dusan Tadic (NEC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

54'

Foul by Casper Widell (Excelsior).

52'

Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

52'

Tobias Storm (NEC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

52'

Foul by Lennard Hartjes (Excelsior).

51'

Attempt blocked. Willum Willumsson (NEC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

45'

Substitution, NEC. Philippe Sandler replaces Bram Nuytinck.

45'

Substitution, NEC. Perr Schuurs replaces Jamiro Monteiro.

45'

Substitution, Excelsior. Kasey Bos replaces Simon Janssen.

45'

Second Half begins NEC 1, Excelsior 1.

45'+2'

First Half ends, NEC 1, Excelsior 1.

45'+2'

Attempt missed. Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by David Garden with a headed pass.

45'

Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

45'

Offside, NEC. Adam Tahaui is caught offside.

43'

Goal! NEC 1, Excelsior 1. David Garden (Excelsior) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Irakli Yegoian.

41'

Adam Tahaui (NEC) wins a free kick on the right wing.

41'

Foul by Simon Janssen (Excelsior).

41'

Dusan Tadic (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

41'

Foul by Casper Widell (Excelsior).

40'

Adam Tahaui (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

40'

Foul by Simon Janssen (Excelsior).

36'

Handball by David Garden (Excelsior).

34'

Attempt blocked. Gabriel Brás (NEC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tobias Storm.

29'

Attempt missed. Ayodele Thomas (NEC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Isak Hansen-Aarøen.

26'

Attempt missed. Rick Meissen (Excelsior) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lennard Hartjes.

24'

Attempt blocked. Ágúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stijn van Gassel.

24'

Foul by Jamiro Monteiro (NEC).

24'

Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

21'

Attempt blocked. Ágúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilano Silva Timas.

19'

Attempt missed. Ayodele Thomas (NEC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Isak Hansen-Aarøen following a fast break.

19'

Attempt missed. Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. Assisted by Eric da Silva Moreira following a fast break.

17'

Attempt missed. David Garden (Excelsior) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ilano Silva Timas with a cross following a fast break.

13'

Offside, NEC. Dusan Tadic is caught offside.

10'

Goal! NEC 1, Excelsior 0. Adam Tahaui (NEC) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Willum Willumsson.

10'

Jamiro Monteiro (NEC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

10'

Foul by David Garden (Excelsior).

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match because of an injury Ayodele Thomas (NEC).

Delay in match because of an injury Eric da Silva Moreira (Excelsior).

Foul by Ayodele Thomas (NEC).

Eric da Silva Moreira (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Jamiro Monteiro (NEC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Foul by Jamiro Monteiro (NEC).

Ágúst Thorsteinsson (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Corner, NEC. Conceded by Casper Widell.

Attempt saved. Irakli Yegoian (Excelsior) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nikolas Polster (NEC). Assisted by Ilano Silva Timas.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

NEC Nijmegen

Excelsior

Timeline

Game leaders

Stats

Match info

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