Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 28 April 2012

Result

Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 28 April 2012, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Vitesse 3-2 Excelsior: match report

Vitesse defeated Excelsior 3-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 28 April 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Vitesse's goals came from Alexander Büttner (45+3', penalty), Alexander Büttner (80', penalty) and Marco van Ginkel (90+2'). Excelsior scored through an own goal by Jan-Arie van der Heijden (34') and R. Alberg (42').

Discipline: Vitesse received 2 yellow cards; Excelsior received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Vitesse were 7th on 49 points from 31 and Excelsior 18th on 18 points from 31. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Excelsior 18th with 19.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Vitesse wins, 0 draws and 1 for Excelsior.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Own goal · Jan-Arie van der HeijdenExcelsior · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · R. AlbergExcelsior · 0-2
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Bart SchenkeveldExcelsior
  • 45+3'Penalty goal · Alexander BüttnerVitesse · 1-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Samuel ScheimannExcelsior
  • 55'Yellow card · Jordy van DeelenExcelsior
  • 73'Yellow card · Renato IbarraVitesse
  • 75'Second yellow · Jordy van DeelenExcelsior
  • 80'Penalty goal · Alexander BüttnerVitesse · 2-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Luigi BruinsExcelsior
  • 86'Yellow card · Alexander BüttnerVitesse
  • 90+2'Goal · Marco van GinkelVitesse · 3-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Vitesse 4, draws 0, Excelsior 1.

Team news

Unavailable

Vitesse line-up

Piet Velthuizen, Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Alexander Büttner, Frank van der Struijk, Guram Kashia, Nicky Hofs, Ricardo Gomes, Renato Ibarra, Wilfried Bony, Mike Havenaar, Tomas Kalas

Excelsior line-up

Wesley de Ruiter, Bart Schenkeveld, Samuel Scheimann, Norichio Nieveld, Joost Broerse, Jordy van Deelen, Roland Alberg, Edwin de Graaf, Luigi Bruins, Darren Maatsen, Jason Oost