FC Utrecht 2-1 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 6 November 2016

Result

FC Utrecht 2-1 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Sunday 6 November 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Utrecht 2-1 Excelsior: match report

FC Utrecht defeated Excelsior 2-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 6 November 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Yassin Ayoub opened the scoring in the 47th minute. FC Utrecht's goals came from Yassin Ayoub (47') and Nacer Barazite (54'). Excelsior scored through Stanley Elbers (83').

Discipline: FC Utrecht received no yellow cards; Excelsior received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Utrecht were 9th on 14 points from 11 and Excelsior 18th on 8 points from 11. FC Utrecht went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Excelsior 13th with 35.

FC Utrecht lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Yassin Ayoub of FC Utrecht (9.0), ahead of Ramon Leeuwin (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Utrecht win, 2 draws and 1 for Excelsior.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Jeffry FortesExcelsior
  • 47'Goal · Yassin AyoubFC Utrecht · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · Nacer BaraziteFC Utrecht · 2-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Ryan KoolwijkExcelsior
  • 83'Goal · Stanley ElbersExcelsior · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: FC Utrecht 1, draws 2, Excelsior 1.

Team news

FC Utrecht line-up (4-3-1-2)

Robbin Ruiter, Ramon Leeuwin, Willem Janssen, Robin Van der Meer, Giovanni Troupée, Yassin Ayoub, Rico Strieder, Nacer Barazite, Sofyan Amrabat, Richairo Zivkovic, Sébastien Haller

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Tom Muyters, Khalid Karami, Leeroy Owusu, Henrico Drost, Jurgen Matheij, Ryan Koolwijk, Jeffry Fortes, Hicham Faik, Fredy, Danilo Pantić, Mike van Duinen