VVV-Venlo 2-3 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 10 March 2018

Result

VVV-Venlo 2-3 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 10 March 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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VVV-Venlo 2-3 Excelsior: match report

VVV-Venlo were beaten by Excelsior 2-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 10 March 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

L. Garcia opened the scoring in the 35th minute. VVV-Venlo's goals came from an own goal by Jurgen Mattheij (41') and Lennart Thy (84'). Excelsior scored through L. Garcia (35'), H. Faik (61') and Mike van Duinen (81').

Discipline: VVV-Venlo received no yellow cards; Excelsior received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game VVV-Venlo were 11th on 33 points from 26 and Excelsior 12th on 32 points from 26. VVV-Venlo went on to finish that season 15th with 34 points, and Excelsior 11th with 40.

VVV-Venlo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Vito van Crooij of VVV-Venlo (8.2), ahead of Levi García (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VVV-Venlo win, 0 draws and 0 for Excelsior.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · L. GarciaExcelsior · 0-1
  • 41'Own goal · Jurgen MattheijVVV-Venlo · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · H. FaikExcelsior
  • 59'Yellow card · Milan MassopExcelsior
  • 61'Goal · H. FaikExcelsior · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · Mike van DuinenExcelsior · 1-3
  • 84'Yellow card · Mike van DuinenExcelsior
  • 84'Goal · Lennart ThyVVV-Venlo · 2-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: VVV-Venlo 1, draws 0, Excelsior 0.

Team news

VVV-Venlo line-up (4-3-3)

Lars Unnerstall, Moreno Rutten, Jerold Promes, Roel Janssen, Nils Röseler, Danny Post, Clint Leemans, Ralf Seuntjens, Vito van Crooij, Lennart Thy, Romeo Castelen

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Theo Zwarthoed, Khalid Karami, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Milan Massop, Jurgen Matheij, Hicham Faik, Ryan Koolwijk, Ali Messaoud, Mike van Duinen, Luigi Bruins, Levi García