Excelsior 1-2 SC Heerenveen: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 7 March 2026

Result

Excelsior 1-2 SC Heerenveen

Eredivisie · Saturday 7 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Excelsior 1-2 SC Heerenveen: match report

Excelsior lost to SC Heerenveen 1-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 7 March 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Luuk Brouwers opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Excelsior's goal came from Noah Naujoks (74', penalty). SC Heerenveen scored through Luuk Brouwers (38') and Joris van Overeem (67').

Discipline: Excelsior received 1 yellow card; SC Heerenveen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Excelsior were 15th on 26 points from 25 and SC Heerenveen 10th on 34 points from 25. Excelsior went on to finish that season 13th with 38 points, and SC Heerenveen 8th with 51.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and SC Heerenveen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Braude of SC Heerenveen (7.5), level with Lewis Schouten (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Excelsior wins, 0 draws and 1 for SC Heerenveen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Luuk BrouwersSC Heerenveen · 0-1
  • 67'Goal · Joris van OvereemSC Heerenveen · 0-2
  • 74'Penalty goal · Noah NaujoksExcelsior · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Hristiyan PetrovSC Heerenveen
  • 89'Yellow card · Noah NaujoksExcelsior

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Excelsior 2, draws 0, SC Heerenveen 1.

Team news

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Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Stijn van Gassel, Ilias Bronkhorst, Casper Widell, Rick Meissen, Simon Janssen, Irakli Yegoian, Lewis Schouten, Lennard Hartjes, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Noah Naujoks, Gyan de Regt

SC Heerenveen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernt Klaverboer, Oliver Braude, Sam Kersten, Maas Willemsen, Vasilios Zagaritis, Luuk Brouwers, Joris van Overeem, Jacob Trenskow, Ringo Meerveld, Maxence Rivera, Lasse Nordås