FC Twente 4-2 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 8 December 2023

Result

FC Twente 4-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Friday 8 December 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

FC Twente · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

FC Twente 4-2 Excelsior: match report

FC Twente won against Excelsior 4-2 in Eredivisie on Friday 8 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.

Troy Parrott opened the scoring in the 9th minute. FC Twente's goals came from Manfred Ugalde (45'), Ricky van Wolfswinkel (59', penalty), Ricky van Wolfswinkel (80') and Younes Taha (85'). Excelsior scored through Troy Parrott (9') and Sven Nieuwpoort (13').

Discipline: FC Twente received 2 yellow cards; Excelsior received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Twente were 4th on 30 points from 14 and Excelsior 10th on 16 points from 14. FC Twente went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Excelsior 16th with 29.

FC Twente lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Manfred Ugalde of FC Twente (8.9), level with Younes Taha (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Twente wins, 5 draws and 3 for Excelsior.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Troy ParrottExcelsior · 0-1
  • 13'Goal · Sven NieuwpoortExcelsior · 0-2
  • 24'Yellow card · Noah NaujoksExcelsior
  • 24'Red card · Arthur ZagréExcelsior
  • 25'Yellow card · Marinus DijkhuizenExcelsior
  • 26'Yellow card · Couhaib DriouechExcelsior
  • 45'Goal · Manfred UgaldeFC Twente · 1-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Siebe HoremansExcelsior
  • 59'Penalty goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelFC Twente · 2-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Sven NieuwpoortExcelsior
  • 67'Yellow card · Gijs SmalFC Twente
  • 77'Yellow card · Robin PröpperFC Twente
  • 80'Goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelFC Twente · 3-2
  • 85'Goal · Younes TahaFC Twente · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Twente 2, draws 5, Excelsior 3.

Team news

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FC Twente line-up (4-3-3)

Lars Unnerstall, Alfons Sampsted, Robin Pröpper, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Gijs Smal, Sem Steijn, Mathias Kjølø, Michal Sadílek, Daan Rots, Manfred Ugalde, Youri Regeer

Excelsior line-up (5-4-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Sven Nieuwpoort, Casper Widell, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Arthur Zagré, Lazaros Lamprou, Noah Naujoks, Julian Baas, Couhaib Driouech, Troy Parrott