FC Utrecht 3-1 Excelsior: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 19 November 2017
Result
FC Utrecht 3-1 Excelsior
Eredivisie · Sunday 19 November 2017, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Utrecht 3-1 Excelsior: match report
FC Utrecht beat Excelsior 3-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 19 November 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Cyriel Dessers opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Utrecht's goals came from Cyriel Dessers (8'), Yassin Ayoub (56') and Willem Janssen (64'). Excelsior scored through Zakaria El Azzouzi (88').
Discipline: FC Utrecht received no yellow cards; Excelsior received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Utrecht were 10th on 17 points from 11 and Excelsior 8th on 17 points from 11. FC Utrecht went on to finish that season 6th with 57 points, and Excelsior 11th with 40.
FC Utrecht lined up in a 5-3-2 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Yassin Ayoub of FC Utrecht (9.3), ahead of Hicham Faik (8.7).
Going into the match FC Utrecht's last five read W-D-L-W-D and Excelsior's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Cyriel Dessers
- 40'Yellow card · Stanley Elbers
- 56'Goal · Yassin Ayoub
- 64'Goal · Willem Janssen
- 88'Goal · Zakaria El Azzouzi
Team news
FC Utrecht line-up (5-3-2)
David Jensen, Mark van der Maarel, Ramon Leeuwin, Willem Janssen, Sean Klaiber, Urby Emanuelson, Rico Strieder, Yassin Ayoub, Sander van de Streek, Gyrano Kerk, Cyriel Dessers
Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)
Ögmundur Kristinsson, Khalid Karami, Milan Massop, Jurgen Matheij, Jordy de Wijs, Hicham Faik, Ryan Koolwijk, Luigi Bruins, Mike van Duinen, Stanley Elbers, Ali Messaoud