FC Utrecht 2-1 Excelsior: result and report
Eredivisie · Friday 18 March 2016
Result
FC Utrecht 2-1 Excelsior
Eredivisie · Friday 18 March 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Utrecht 2-1 Excelsior: match report
FC Utrecht defeated Excelsior 2-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 18 March 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.
Rick Kruys opened the scoring in the 5th minute. FC Utrecht's goals came from Sébastien Haller (33', penalty) and Sébastien Haller (45'). Excelsior scored through Rick Kruys (5').
Discipline: FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Utrecht were 3rd on 45 points from 27 and Excelsior 16th on 26 points from 27. FC Utrecht went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Excelsior 15th with 33.
FC Utrecht lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 FC Utrecht wins, 0 draws and 1 for Excelsior.
Going into the match FC Utrecht's last five read D-W-L-D-W and Excelsior's W-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Rick Kruys
- 32'Yellow card · Jurgen Mattheij
- 33'Penalty goal · Sébastien Haller
- 35'Yellow card · Brandley Kuwas
- 45'Goal · Sébastien Haller
- 45+1'Yellow card · Bart Ramselaar
- 89'Yellow card · Adil Auassar
- 90'Yellow card · K. Vermeulen
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Utrecht expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Robbin Ruiter, Mark van der Maarel, Timo Letschert, Ramon Leeuwin, Rico Strieder, Bart Ramselaar, Andreas Ludwig, Sébastien Haller
Excelsior expected line-up (4-3-3)
Tom Muyters, Henrico Drost, Daan Bovenberg, Sander Fischer, Khalid Karami, Luigi Bruins, Rick Kruys, Adil Auassar, Tom van Weert, Brandley Kuwas, Stanley Elbers