Excelsior 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 14 April 2023

Result

Excelsior 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles

Eredivisie · Friday 14 April 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Excelsior 2-1 Go Ahead Eagles: match report

Excelsior won against Go Ahead Eagles 2-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 14 April 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Couhaib Driouech opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Couhaib Driouech (54') and Julian Baas (65'). Go Ahead Eagles scored through Willum Thór Willumsson (61').

Discipline: Excelsior received no yellow cards; Go Ahead Eagles received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Excelsior were 16th on 24 points from 28 and Go Ahead Eagles 12th on 30 points from 27. Excelsior went on to finish that season 15th with 32 points, and Go Ahead Eagles 11th with 40.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and Go Ahead Eagles in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Julian Baas of Excelsior (8.1), ahead of Philippe Rommens (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Excelsior wins, 3 draws and 2 for Go Ahead Eagles.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+4'Yellow card · Bobby AdekanyeGo Ahead Eagles
  • 54'Goal · Couhaib DriouechExcelsior · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Finn StokkersGo Ahead Eagles
  • 61'Goal · Willum Thór WillumssonGo Ahead Eagles · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · Julian BaasExcelsior · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Rashaan FernandesGo Ahead Eagles

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Excelsior 0, draws 3, Go Ahead Eagles 2.

Team news

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Kik Pierie, Arthur Zagré, Julian Baas, Peer Koopmeiners, Marouan Azarkan, Kenzo Goudmijn, Couhaib Driouech, Lazaros Lamprou

Go Ahead Eagles line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jeffrey de Lange, Mats Deijl, Jay Idzes, José Fontán, Bas Kuipers, Philippe Rommens, Enric Llansana, Bobby Adekanye, Finn Stokkers, Willum Thór Willumsson, Isac Lidberg