Excelsior 2-0 Vitesse: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 October 2018

Result

Excelsior 2-0 Vitesse

Eredivisie · Saturday 20 October 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Excelsior · Vitesse · Eredivisie predictions

Excelsior 2-0 Vitesse: match report

Excelsior beat Vitesse 2-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 20 October 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Excelsior's goals came from an own goal by Max Clark (40') and Jurgen Mattheij (70'). Vitesse did not score.

Discipline: Excelsior received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Vitesse received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Excelsior were 13th on 9 points from 8 and Vitesse 5th on 12 points from 8. Excelsior went on to finish that season 16th with 33 points, and Vitesse 6th with 57.

Excelsior lined up in a 4-3-3 and Vitesse in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Ødegaard of Vitesse (8.4), ahead of Jurgen Matheij (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Excelsior wins, 2 draws and 6 for Vitesse.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Own goal · Max ClarkExcelsior · 1-0
  • 70'Goal · Jurgen MattheijExcelsior · 2-0
  • 90+1'Red card · Sonny StevensExcelsior
  • 90+4'Missed penalty · O. DarfalouVitesse

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Excelsior 2, draws 2, Vitesse 6.

Team news

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Sonny Stevens, Jeffry Fortes, Jurgen Matheij, Hervé Matthys, Lorenzo Burnet, Jerdy Schouten, Mounir El Hamdaoui, Ryan Koolwijk, Marcus Edwards, Elías Már Ómarsson, Luigi Bruins

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Eduardo, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Maikel Van der Werff, Jake Clarke-Salter, Max Clark, T. Serero, Matus Bero, Navarone Foor, Martin Ødegaard, Oussama Darfalou, Bryan Linssen