Excelsior 2-1 PEC Zwolle: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 December 2025

Result

Excelsior 2-1 PEC Zwolle

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 December 2025, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Excelsior 2-1 PEC Zwolle: match report

Excelsior beat PEC Zwolle 2-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 20 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Noah Naujoks opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Excelsior's goals came from Noah Naujoks (20') and Irakli Yegoian (78'). PEC Zwolle scored through Ryan Thomas (48').

Discipline: Excelsior received 1 yellow card; PEC Zwolle received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 14th on 16 points from 15 and PEC Zwolle 11th on 19 points from 16. Excelsior went on to finish that season 13th with 38 points, and PEC Zwolle 15th with 37.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and PEC Zwolle in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Irakli Yegoian of Excelsior (7.5), ahead of Derensili Sanches Fernandes (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Excelsior wins, 0 draws and 2 for PEC Zwolle.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Noah NaujoksExcelsior · 1-0
  • 48'Goal · Ryan ThomasPEC Zwolle · 1-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Ryan ThomasPEC Zwolle
  • 76'Yellow card · Arthur ZagréExcelsior
  • 78'Goal · Irakli YegoianExcelsior · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Excelsior 0, draws 0, PEC Zwolle 2.

Team news

Excelsior line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Ilias Bronkhorst, Casper Widell, Rick Meissen, Arthur Zagré, Irakli Yegoian, Lennard Hartjes, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Noah Naujoks, Gyan de Regt, Jerolldino Bergraaf

PEC Zwolle line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tom de Graaff, Tristan Gooijer, Simon Graves, Anselmo García MacNulty, Sherel Floranus, Ryan Thomas, Zico Buurmeester, Shola Shoretire, Thijs Oosting, Kaj de Rooij, Koen Kostons