Eredivisie Knockout phase Sun, Apr 26 2026 · 11:15 Van Donge & De Roo Stadion, Rotterdam
Excelsior
First leg1–4 5–0 Full time · HT 2–0 xG 3.13 – 0.84
Utrecht
  • N. Naujoks 11’
  • D. Sanches Fernandes 36’, 55’
  • I. Yegoian 69’
  • L. Hartjes 90+3’
  • 31’ M. Didden
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Excelsior cruise past Utrecht

Utrecht entered as favourites, but Excelsior won 5–0 through goals from Naujoks, Fernandes, Yegoian and Hartjes. Utrecht played with ten men from the 31st minute after Didden was sent off. Excelsior finished with the higher xG (3.13 vs 0.84).

Excelsior ✓24%
Draw24%
Utrecht52%

Model vs reality

Excelsior goals
5
Model 1.22 · xG 3.13
Utrecht goals
0
Model 1.88 · xG 0.84
Total goals
5
Model 3.10 · xG 3.97
Score 5–0
<1%
Most likely 1–1 (11%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 60%
Both scored
No
Model 60%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchD. Sanches FernandesExcelsior · 2 goals · 1 assist
10.0
  • RefereeSander van der Eijk
  • VenueVan Donge & De Roo Stadion
  • Table before kick-offExcelsior 16th · Utrecht 8th

Timeline

  1. N. Naujoks 1–0Assist D. Sanches Fernandes
    11’
  2. VAR N. NaujoksGoal Disallowed - offside
    17’
  3. M. DiddenYellow card · Holding
    29’
  4. M. DiddenSecond yellow · Roughing
    31’
  5. D. Sanches Fernandes 2–0Assist G. de Regt
    36’
  6. ⇄ S. HoremansFor A. Stepanov
    41’
  7. Half time · 2–0
  8. ⇄ Emeka AdeileFor S. El Karouani
    46’
  9. D. Sanches Fernandes 3–0Assist A. Zagré
    55’
  10. ⇄ S. WłodarczykFor E. Hansson
    63’
  11. G. ZechiëlYellow card · Tripping
    64’
  12. I. Yegoian 4–0
    69’
  13. ⇄ C. BozdoğanFor G. Zechiël
    73’
  14. ⇄ A. CarlénFor D. Sanches Fernandes
    76’
  15. ⇄ Ilias BronkhorstFor I. Yegoian
    76’
  16. ⇄ D. MinFor Ángel Alarcón
    80’
  17. ⇄ K. KarlssonFor Y. Cathline
    80’
  18. ⇄ Simon JanssenFor N. Naujoks
    85’
  19. ⇄ Giuliano CairoFor R. Meissen
    85’
  20. L. Hartjes 5–0Assist Ilias Bronkhorst
    90+3’
  21. Full time · 5–0

Team stats

Excelsior17 shots · 13 in box, 4 outside
Utrecht10 shots · 7 in box, 3 outside
ExcelsiorUtrecht
59% Possession 41%
3.13 Expected goals (xG) 0.84
2.57 Expected points (xPts) 0.31
17 Shots 10
8 Shots on target 3
6 Shots off target 3
3 Blocked shots 4
13 Shots inside the box 7
4 Shots outside the box 3
507 Passes 349
87% Pass accuracy 77%
3 Corners 2
3 Goalkeeper saves 4
11 Fouls 7
3 Offsides 1
0 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 1
7.39 Team rating 6.29

Line-ups

Excelsior 4-3-3

17.3 S. van Gassel(G)
127.3 A. Zagré A 147.7 L. Schouten 47.3 C. Widell 36.6 R. Meissen ↓85’
237.0 I. Yegoian ↓76’ 207.0 L. Hartjes 108.2 N. Naujoks ↓85’
76.7 E. Hansson ↓63’ 116.9 G. de Regt A 3010.0★ D. Sanches Fernandes A↓76’
  • 1S. van Gassel (G)7.3
  • 12A. ZagréA7.3
  • 14L. Schouten7.7
  • 4C. Widell7.3
  • 3R. Meissen↓85’6.6
  • 23I. Yegoian↓76’7.0
  • 20L. Hartjes7.0
  • 10N. Naujoks↓85’8.2
  • 7E. Hansson↓63’6.7
  • 11G. de RegtA6.9
  • 30D. Sanches Fernandes ★A↓76’10.0

Substitutes used

  • 9S. Włodarczyk↑63’6.3
  • 24Giuliano Cairo↑85’
  • 2Ilias BronkhorstA↑76’6.9
  • 15Simon Janssen↑85’
  • 6A. Carlén↑76’6.3

Unused: C. Raatsie, M. van Duinen, Jerolldino Bergraaf

Utrecht 4-2-3-1

15.5 V. Barkas(G)
166.5 S. El Karouani ↓46’ 36.2 M. van der Hoorn 405.0 M. Didden 236.3 N. Vesterlund
216.7 G. Zechiël ↓73’ 277.0 A. Engwanda
106.6 Y. Cathline ↓80’ 206.3 D. de Wit 776.3 Ángel Alarcón ↓80’
186.5 A. Stepanov ↓41’
  • 1V. Barkas (G)5.5
  • 16S. El Karouani↓46’6.5
  • 3M. van der Hoorn6.2
  • 40M. Didden5.0
  • 23N. Vesterlund6.3
  • 21G. Zechiël↓73’6.7
  • 27A. Engwanda7.0
  • 10Y. Cathline↓80’6.6
  • 20D. de Wit6.3
  • 77Ángel Alarcón↓80’6.3
  • 18A. Stepanov↓41’6.5

Substitutes used

  • 2S. Horemans↑41’5.9
  • 5Emeka Adeile↑46’6.0
  • 8C. Bozdoğan↑73’6.9
  • 11K. Karlsson↑80’6.7
  • 9D. Min↑80’6.2

Unused: M. Eppink, K. Gadellaa, Neal Viereck, M. Eerdhuijzen, A. Blake

Player stats

Top rated
D. Sanches FernandesExcelsior10.0
2nd
N. NaujoksExcelsior8.2
3rd
L. SchoutenExcelsior7.7

Excelsior

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
S. van Gassel G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 59% 29 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.3
A. Zagré D 90 0 1 1 (1) 3 92% 63 2 2 0/1 0/0 7.3
L. Schouten M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 67 1 1 0/0 1/1 7.7
C. Widell D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 87% 60 0 4 0/0 0/0 7.3
R. Meissen D 85 0 0 0 (0) 1 72% 60 2 1 0/0 5/1 6.6
I. Yegoian M 76 1 0 2 (1) 1 83% 36 2 2 0/1 0/0 7.0
L. Hartjes M 90 1 0 0 (0) 0 93% 56 2 1 0/0 2/0 7.0
N. Naujoks M 85 1 0 5 (2) 3 91% 22 3 1 1/2 1/2 8.2
E. Hansson F 63 0 0 1 (1) 1 92% 26 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.7
G. de Regt F 90 0 1 1 (0) 1 83% 23 0 0 2/6 1/1 6.9
D. Sanches Fernandes F 76 2 1 3 (2) 3 97% 38 1 1 2/2 1/2 10.0
S. Włodarczyk F 27 0 0 1 (1) 0 100% 7 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Giuliano Cairo D 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 4 0 0 0/1 0/0 —
Ilias Bronkhorst D 14 0 1 0 (0) 1 100% 9 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Simon Janssen D 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
A. Carlén M 14 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3

Utrecht

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
V. Barkas G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 52% 33 0 0 0/0 0/0 5.5
S. El Karouani D 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 79% 19 2 0 0/1 0/1 6.5
M. van der Hoorn D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 81% 62 1 0 1/1 1/0 6.2
M. Didden D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 95% 20 0 0 1/1 3/0 5.0
N. Vesterlund D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 69% 35 3 1 0/0 0/0 6.3
G. Zechiël M 73 0 0 1 (0) 3 87% 39 1 1 0/0 2/1 6.7
A. Engwanda M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 36 3 2 0/1 0/1 7.0
Y. Cathline F 80 0 0 2 (1) 1 67% 15 0 1 4/7 0/4 6.6
D. de Wit M 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 73% 22 2 2 0/0 1/1 6.3
Ángel Alarcón F 80 0 0 2 (1) 0 60% 20 1 0 1/3 0/2 6.3
A. Stepanov F 41 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.5
S. Horemans D 49 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 23 1 1 1/1 0/0 5.9
Emeka Adeile 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 16 0 1 0/1 0/0 6.0
C. Bozdoğan M 17 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 2 0 0/0 0/1 6.9
K. Karlsson F 10 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
D. Min F 10 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.