Willem II — Excelsior 0:3, 5 September: match result

match finished Eredivisie · Matchday 5 Saturday 5 September · 19:00 UTC

Willem II 16th · 2 pts LLLLD

0 : 3 1st half 0:2

Excelsior 4th · 10 pts LLDLD

Koning Willem II Stadion · referee R. Hensgens

Match predictionSafe

Willem II +2.5

93% · Willem II games average 2.5 goals

Prediction missed. We predicted “Willem II +2.5”, and the match finished 0:3.

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

Willem II 29% draw 25% Excelsior 46%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Excelsior win, and the match finished 0:3. Fans backed Excelsior win — they got it right.

fans 40 votes

Willem II 33% draw 17% Excelsior 50%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

D. Garden assist: I. Yegoian 0-1 8'

R. Meissen assist: S. Janssen 0-2 34'

M. Dekker for M. Lemmens 46'

T. Vilhena for E. Gurbuz 46'

K. Boogaard 51'

T. Verheydt for K. Boogaard 63'

I. Silva Timas for A. Sliti 64'

D. van Vianen for E. da Silva Moreira 65'

N. Groen for A. Thorsteinsson 71'

J. Slory 81'

C. Obi for J. Slory 82'

I. Yegoian assist: S. van Gassel 0-3 85'

N. Groen 87'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Willem II 4-2-3-1 · John Stegeman 4-3-3 · Ruben den Uil Excelsior

Maxime Delanghe  
Hidde ter Avest  3 Finn Stam  83 Mats Lemmens  24 Nathan Tjoe-A-On  
Kasper Boogaard  6 Calvin Twigt  
Eser Gürbüz  19 Uriel van Aalst  7 Jaden Slory  
Devin Haen  

Aymen Sliti  19 David Garden  30 Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson  
Lennard Hartjes  8 Irakli Yegoian  2 Eric da Silva Moreira  
Rick Meissen  4 Casper Widell  14 Jan Plug  15 Simon Janssen  
Stijn van Gassel  

Willem II bench

2Alessandro Ciranni
15Amine Et-Taibi
17Chido Obi-Martin
14Jens Mathijsen
31Karst de Leeuw
23Maxim Dekker
22Per van Loon
28Thomas Verheydt
52Tonny Vilhena
21Wouter Van der Steen

Excelsior bench

6Daniel van Vianen
24Giuliano Cairo
21Ilano Silva Timas
12Kasey Bos
9Mario Domínguez
28Nesto Groen
22Osman Turay
40Tijmen Holla
18Valentin Sulzbacher
23Yaqub Finey

Match stats

8 metrics for the full match

59%Possession41%

126Attacks99

71Dangerous attacks49

7Corners6

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Willem II

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

How the match went

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Willem II and Excelsior met on matchday 5 of the Eredivisie on 5 September at Koning Willem II Stadion. Final score — 0:3.

Willem II sit 16th on 2 points after 6 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses), winless in 6 matches. Excelsior sit 4th on 10 points after 6 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 3 losses), winless in 5 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Willem II last five Excelsior

LLLLD form LLDLD

6 Matches 6

0 — 1 — 5 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 3

5 — 16 Scored — conceded 9 — 15

0.17 Points per game 0.83

0.83 Goals scored per game 1.5

0 Clean sheets 1

2 Failed to score 1

winless in 6 Current streak winless in 5

Willem II at home: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 0—4, 0 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
…
17	PEC Zwolle	8	1	1	6	6—21	4
18	Willem II	7	0	2	5	6—20	2

Full Eredivisie table