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NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior · Eredivisie

NEC Nijmegen drew 2-2 with Excelsior in the Eredivisie. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

NEC Nijmegen and Excelsior met in the Eredivisie at Stadion de Goffert in Nijmegen on Tuesday, 8 September 2026.

Goalscorers

NEC Nijmegen: A. Tahaui 10'; N. Lebreton 90'. Excelsior: D. Garden 43'; V. Sulzbacher 73'.

How the match went

NEC Nijmegen saw more of the ball, 69% of it. NEC Nijmegen had 11 shots with 3 on target, Excelsior 14 with 5 on target. There were 6 corners in total, 2 to NEC Nijmegen and 4 to Excelsior. NEC Nijmegen conceded 5 fouls, Excelsior 16. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (1 for NEC Nijmegen, 3 for Excelsior).

Line-ups

NEC Nijmegen started in a 3-4-2-1: Nikolas Polster, Gabriel Brás, Bram Nuytinck, Tobias Storm, Adam Tahaui, Dennis Geiger, Jamiro Monteiro, Ayodele Thomas, Willum Thor Willumsson, Isak Hansen Aarøen, Dušan Tadić.

Excelsior started in a 3-4-3: Stijn van Gassel, Rick Meissen, Casper Widell, Jan Plug, Eric da Silva Moreira, Irakli Yegoian, Lennard Hartjes, Simon Janssen, Ilano Silva Timas, David Garden, Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson.

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Minute by minute

  1. 10'Goal! NEC Nijmegen 1-0 Excelsior. A. Tahaui (NEC Nijmegen) scores, assisted by W. Willumsson.
  2. 43'Goal! NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Excelsior. D. Garden (Excelsior) scores, assisted by I. Yegoian.
  3. 45'Half-time. NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Excelsior.
  4. 73'Goal! NEC Nijmegen 1-2 Excelsior. V. Sulzbacher (Excelsior) scores, assisted by A. Sliti.
  5. 90+2'Goal! NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior. N. Lebreton (NEC Nijmegen) scores, assisted by P. Schuurs.
  6. 90'Full-time. NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior.
Full commentary (54 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: NEC Nijmegen vs Excelsior.
  2. 3'Attempt saved. I. Yegoian (Excelsior), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  3. 4'Corner, NEC Nijmegen.
  4. 4'Yellow card for J. Monteiro (NEC Nijmegen) for foul.
  5. 10'Goal! NEC Nijmegen 1-0 Excelsior. A. Tahaui (NEC Nijmegen) scores, assisted by W. Willumsson.
  6. 14'Offside, NEC Nijmegen.
  7. 17'Attempt missed. D. Garden (Excelsior), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.46.
  8. 19'Attempt missed. A. Thomas (NEC Nijmegen), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.07.
  9. 19'Attempt missed. I. Yegoian (Excelsior), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.01.
  10. 21'Attempt blocked. Á. O. Thorsteinsson (Excelsior), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.09.
  11. 24'Attempt blocked. Á. O. Thorsteinsson (Excelsior), right-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  12. 26'Attempt missed. R. Meissen (Excelsior), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  13. 29'Attempt missed. A. Thomas (NEC Nijmegen), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  14. 34'Attempt blocked. G. Brás (NEC Nijmegen), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  15. 43'Goal! NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Excelsior. D. Garden (Excelsior) scores, assisted by I. Yegoian.
  16. 45'Offside, NEC Nijmegen.
  17. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  18. 45+2'Attempt missed. I. Yegoian (Excelsior), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  19. 45'Half-time. NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Excelsior.
  20. 46'The second half is under way.
  21. 46'Substitution, Excelsior: K. Bos comes on for S. Janssen.
  22. 46'Substitution, NEC Nijmegen: P. Sandler comes on for B. Nuytinck.
  23. 46'Substitution, NEC Nijmegen: P. Schuurs comes on for J. Monteiro.
  24. 51'Attempt blocked. W. Willumsson (NEC Nijmegen), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  25. 52'Yellow card for L. Hartjes (Excelsior) for foul.
  26. 55'Offside, NEC Nijmegen.
  27. 56'Attempt saved. R. Meissen (Excelsior), right-footed shot. xG 0.36.
  28. 56'Corner, Excelsior.
  29. 59'Corner, Excelsior.
  30. 63'Substitution, NEC Nijmegen: K. Kers comes on for I. H. Aarøen.
  31. 63'Substitution, NEC Nijmegen: N. Lebreton comes on for D. Geiger.
  32. 67'Substitution, Excelsior: A. Sliti comes on for Á. O. Thorsteinsson.
  33. 67'Substitution, Excelsior: N. Groen comes on for D. Garden.
  34. 70'Yellow card for R. Meissen (Excelsior) for foul.
  35. 70'Attempt blocked. A. Sliti (Excelsior), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.03.
  36. 71'Substitution, Excelsior: V. Sulzbacher comes on for E. d. S. Moreira.
  37. 72'Attempt saved. P. Schuurs (NEC Nijmegen), right-footed shot. xG 0.49.
  38. 73'Goal! NEC Nijmegen 1-2 Excelsior. V. Sulzbacher (Excelsior) scores, assisted by A. Sliti.
  39. 77'Attempt missed. W. Willumsson (NEC Nijmegen), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
  40. 80'Corner, Excelsior.
  41. 80'Attempt saved. N. Groen (Excelsior), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.13.
  42. 81'Substitution, Excelsior: A. Jahanbakhsh comes on for I. S. Timas.
  43. 87'Substitution, NEC Nijmegen: C. Bischoff comes on for G. Brás.
  44. 87'Attempt missed. D. Tadić (NEC Nijmegen), header. xG 0.37.
  45. 88'Attempt missed. I. Yegoian (Excelsior), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  46. 90'Attempt blocked. A. Thomas (NEC Nijmegen), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  47. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  48. 90+2'Attempt missed. P. Schuurs (NEC Nijmegen), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  49. 90+2'Goal! NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior. N. Lebreton (NEC Nijmegen) scores, assisted by P. Schuurs.
  50. 90+3'Corner, Excelsior.
  51. 90+4'Attempt blocked. I. Yegoian (Excelsior), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.08.
  52. 90+5'Yellow card for V. Sulzbacher (Excelsior) for foul.
  53. 90+5'Corner, NEC Nijmegen.
  54. 90'Full-time. NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior.
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