Excelsior 0-3 Vitesse: result and report

Excelsior 0-3 Vitesse

Eredivisie · Saturday 9 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Excelsior were beaten by Vitesse 0-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 9 September 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Luc Castaignos opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Excelsior did not score. Vitesse scored through Luc Castaignos (45'), T. Matavž (53', penalty) and Bryan Linssen (74').

Discipline: Excelsior received 2 yellow cards; Vitesse received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 11th on 4 points from 3 and Vitesse 4th on 6 points from 3. Excelsior went on to finish that season 11th with 40 points, and Vitesse 5th with 61.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and Vitesse in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexander Büttner of Vitesse (8.1), ahead of Thomas Bruns (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Excelsior wins, 2 draws and 6 for Vitesse.

Going into the match Excelsior's last five read D-L-W and Vitesse's L-W-W.