Excelsior 5-0 FC Utrecht: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 26 April 2026
Result
Excelsior 5-0 FC Utrecht
Eredivisie · Sunday 26 April 2026, 10:15 UTC · half-time 2-0
Excelsior 5-0 FC Utrecht: match report
Excelsior beat FC Utrecht 5-0 in Eredivisie on Sunday 26 April 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Noah Naujoks opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Noah Naujoks (11'), Derensili Sanches Fernandes (36'), Derensili Sanches Fernandes (55'), Irakli Yegoian (69') and Lennard Hartjes (90+3'). FC Utrecht did not score.
Discipline: Excelsior received no yellow cards; FC Utrecht received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Excelsior were 16th on 28 points from 30 and FC Utrecht 8th on 44 points from 30. Excelsior went on to finish that season 13th with 38 points, and FC Utrecht 6th with 57.
Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Utrecht in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Derensili Sanches Fernandes of Excelsior (9.7), ahead of Arthur Zagré (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Excelsior wins, 2 draws and 3 for FC Utrecht.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Noah Naujoks
- 29'Yellow card · Matisse Didden
- 31'Second yellow · Matisse Didden
- 36'Goal · Derensili Sanches Fernandes
- 55'Goal · Derensili Sanches Fernandes
- 64'Yellow card · Gjivai Zechiël
- 69'Goal · Irakli Yegoian
- 90+3'Goal · Lennard Hartjes
Head-to-head
Team news
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Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)
Stijn van Gassel, Rick Meissen, Casper Widell, Lewis Schouten, Arthur Zagré, Noah Naujoks, Lennard Hartjes, Irakli Yegoian, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Gyan de Regt, Emil Hansson
FC Utrecht line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vasilios Barkas, Niklas Vesterlund, Matisse Didden, Mike van der Hoorn, Souffian El, Alonzo Engwanda, Gjivai Zechiël, Ángel Alarcón, Dani de Wit, Yoann Cathline, Artem Stepanov