NEC — Excelsior 2:2, 8 September: match result

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 3 Tuesday 8 September · 16:45 UTC

NEC 10th · 7 pts DDDLD

2 : 2 1st half 1:1

Excelsior 6th · 10 pts LLDLD

Goffertstadion · referee E. Blank

Match predictionValue

NEC will not reach three goals

89% · NEC average 1 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “NEC will not reach three goals”, and the match finished 2:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

NEC 29% draw 24% Excelsior 47%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Excelsior win, and the match finished 2:2. Fans backed Excelsior win — they got it wrong.

fans 54 votes

NEC 28% draw 15% Excelsior 57%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Monteiro 4'

A. Tahaui assist: W. T. Willumsson 1-0 10'

D. Garden assist: I. Yegoian 1-1 43'

P. Schuurs for J. Monteiro 46'

P. Sandler for B. Nuytinck 46'

K. Bos for S. Janssen 46'

L. Hartjes 52'

K. Kers for I. Hansen-Aaroen 63'

N. Lebreton for D. Geiger 63'

A. Sliti for A. Thorsteinsson 67'

N. Groen for D. Garden 67'

R. Meissen 70'

V. Sulzbacher for E. da Silva Moreira 71'

V. Sulzbacher assist: A. Sliti 1-2 73'

A. Jahanbakhsh for I. Silva Timas 81'

C. Bischoff for G. Bras 87'

N. Lebreton assist: P. Schuurs 2-2 90+2'

V. Sulzbacher 90+5'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

NEC 3-4-2-1 · Dick Schreuder 3-4-3 · Ruben den Uil Excelsior

Nikolas Polster  
Gabriel Brás  17 Bram Nuytinck  21 Tobias Storm  
Adam Tahaui  18 Dennis Geiger  35 Jamiro Monteiro  77 Ayodele Thomas  
Willum Thor Willumsson  8 Isak Hansen Aarøen  
Dušan Tadić  

Ilano Silva Timas  19 David Garden  30 Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson  
Eric da Silva Moreira  8 Irakli Yegoian  20 Lennard Hartjes  15 Simon Janssen  
Rick Meissen  4 Casper Widell  14 Jan Plug  
Stijn van Gassel  

NEC bench

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

Excelsior bench

11Alireza Jahanbakhsh
7Aymen Sliti
16Celton Biai
6Daniel van Vianen
24Giuliano Cairo
12Kasey Bos
9Mario Domínguez
28Nesto Groen
22Osman Turay
18Valentin Sulzbacher
23Yaqub Finey

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

69%Possession31%

11Shots14

3Shots on target5

5Shots off target5

3Blocked shots4

8Shots inside box7

3Shots outside box7

145Attacks90

68Dangerous attacks21

2Corners4

3Offsides0

5Fouls16

1Yellow cards3

3Saves1

675Passes297

579Accurate passes212

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

NEC

ExcelsiorThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

NEC and Excelsior met on matchday 3 of the Eredivisie on 8 September at Goffertstadion. Final score — 2:2.

NEC sit 10th on 7 points after 6 matches (0 wins, 4 draws, 2 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches. Excelsior sit 6th on 10 points after 6 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 3 losses), winless in 5 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

NEC last five Excelsior

DDDLD form LLDLD

6 Matches 6

0 — 4 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 3

7 — 12 Scored — conceded 9 — 15

0.67 Points per game 0.83

1.17 Goals scored per game 1.5

0 Clean sheets 1

1 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 3 Current streak winless in 5

NEC at home: 4 matches, 0 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss, goals 6—8, 0.75 points per match.

Excelsior away: 4 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 7—8, 1.25 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	Go Ahead Eagles	8	2	5	1	19—17	11
10	Excelsior	9	3	2	4	16—18	11
11	NEC	8	2	3	3	13—14	9
12	Cambuur	8	2	2	4	11—19	8
13	Utrecht	8	2	2	4	14—25	8
14	Sparta Rotterdam	8	1	3	4	13—20	6

Full Eredivisie table