SC Heerenveen 2-1 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 4 October 2025

Result

SC Heerenveen 2-1 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 4 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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SC Heerenveen 2-1 Excelsior: match report

SC Heerenveen beat Excelsior 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 4 October 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Irakli Yegoian opened the scoring in the 11th minute. SC Heerenveen's goals came from Dylan Vente (89', penalty) and Sam Kersten (90+4'). Excelsior scored through Irakli Yegoian (11').

Discipline: SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game SC Heerenveen were 16th on 6 points from 7 and Excelsior 17th on 6 points from 7. SC Heerenveen went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Excelsior 13th with 38.

SC Heerenveen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Excelsior in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luuk Brouwers of SC Heerenveen (7.9), ahead of Maas Willemsen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 SC Heerenveen win, 1 draw and 2 for Excelsior.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Irakli YegoianExcelsior · 0-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Vasilios ZagaritisSC Heerenveen
  • 75'Yellow card · Chris-Kévin NadjeExcelsior
  • 81'Yellow card · Gyan de RegtExcelsior
  • 88'Yellow card · Adam CarlénExcelsior
  • 89'Penalty goal · Dylan VenteSC Heerenveen · 1-1
  • 90+4'Goal · Sam KerstenSC Heerenveen · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: SC Heerenveen 1, draws 1, Excelsior 2.

Team news

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SC Heerenveen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernt Klaverboer, Oliver Braude, Joris van Overeem, Maas Willemsen, Vasilios Zagaritis, Marcus Linday, Luuk Brouwers, Jacob Trenskow, Ringo Meerveld, Maxence Rivera, Dylan Vente

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

Stijn van Gassel, Ilias Bronkhorst, Casper Widell, Rick Meissen, Arthur Zagré, Noah Naujoks, Adam Carlén, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Irakli Yegoian, Gyan de Regt, Szymon Wlodarczyk