Excelsior 2-2 NEC Nijmegen: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 18 December 2016

Result

Excelsior 2-2 NEC Nijmegen

Eredivisie · Sunday 18 December 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Excelsior 2-2 NEC Nijmegen: match report

Excelsior drew with NEC Nijmegen 2-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 18 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Stanley Elbers opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Stanley Elbers (11') and K. Karami (49'). NEC Nijmegen scored through Jay-Roy Grot (41') and Dario Dumic (77').

Discipline: Excelsior received 1 yellow card; NEC Nijmegen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Excelsior were 16th on 13 points from 16 and NEC Nijmegen 13th on 17 points from 16. Excelsior went on to finish that season 13th with 35 points, and NEC Nijmegen 17th with 33.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and NEC Nijmegen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dario Dumic of NEC Nijmegen (7.8), ahead of Ferdi Kadıoğlu (7.5).

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Stanley ElbersExcelsior · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Jay-Roy GrotNEC Nijmegen · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · K. KaramiExcelsior · 2-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Henrico DrostExcelsior
  • 77'Goal · Dario DumicNEC Nijmegen · 2-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Reagy OfosuNEC Nijmegen
  • 90'Yellow card · G. BreinburgNEC Nijmegen

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Excelsior 1, draws 0, NEC Nijmegen 1.

Team news

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Tom Muyters, Khalid Karami, Henrico Drost, Bas Kuipers, Jurgen Matheij, Jeffry Fortes, Kevin Vermeulen, Hicham Faik, Nigel Hasselbaink, Stanley Elbers, Fredy

NEC Nijmegen line-up (4-3-3)

Joris Delle, Dario Dumic, Wojciech Golla, Robin Buwalda, André Fomitschow, Janio Bikel, Julian von Haacke, Gregor Breinburg, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Jay-Roy Grot, Mohamed Rayhi