Excelsior 0-3 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 19 February 2023

Result

Excelsior 0-3 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 19 February 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Excelsior 0-3 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Excelsior were beaten by NEC Nijmegen 0-3 in Eredivisie on Sunday 19 February 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Magnus Mattsson opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Excelsior did not score. NEC Nijmegen scored through Magnus Mattsson (44'), Souffian El Karouani (73') and Anthony Musaba (85').

Discipline: Excelsior received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Excelsior were 15th on 20 points from 21 and NEC Nijmegen 12th on 24 points from 21. Excelsior went on to finish that season 15th with 32 points, and NEC Nijmegen 12th with 39.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Calvin Verdonk of NEC Nijmegen (8.2), ahead of Jasper Cillessen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Excelsior wins, 1 draw and 0 for NEC Nijmegen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Philippe SandlerNEC Nijmegen
  • 35'Yellow card · Redouan El YaakoubiExcelsior
  • 44'Goal · Magnus MattssonNEC Nijmegen · 0-1
  • 47'Second yellow · Redouan El YaakoubiExcelsior
  • 73'Goal · Souffian El KarouaniNEC Nijmegen · 0-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Calvin VerdonkNEC Nijmegen
  • 85'Goal · Anthony MusabaNEC Nijmegen · 0-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Couhaib DriouechExcelsior
  • 87'Yellow card · Sven NieuwpoortExcelsior

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Excelsior 0, draws 1, NEC Nijmegen 0.

Team news

Excelsior line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Sven Nieuwpoort, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Julian Baas, Peer Koopmeiners, Marouan Azarkan, Kenzo Goudmijn, Lazaros Lamprou, Reda Kharchouch

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jasper Cillessen, Calvin Verdonk, Iván Márquez, Philippe Sandler, Souffian El, Dirk Proper, Lasse Schöne, Elayis Tavsan, Jordy Bruijn, Magnus Mattsson, Landry Dimata