Feyenoord 4-1 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 27 August 2016

Result

Feyenoord 4-1 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 27 August 2016, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Feyenoord · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

Feyenoord 4-1 Excelsior: match report

Feyenoord defeated Excelsior 4-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 27 August 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Stanley Elbers opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Feyenoord's goals came from Dirk Kuyt (44'), Dirk Kuyt (59'), Steven Berghuis (61') and Jens Toornstra (65'). Excelsior scored through Stanley Elbers (26').

Discipline: Feyenoord received no yellow cards; Excelsior received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Feyenoord were 1st on 9 points from 3 and Excelsior 9th on 4 points from 3. Feyenoord went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Excelsior 13th with 35.

Feyenoord lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dirk Kuyt of Feyenoord (8.6), ahead of Steven Berghuis (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Feyenoord wins, 0 draws and 0 for Excelsior.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Stanley ElbersExcelsior · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Dirk KuytFeyenoord · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Ryan KoolwijkExcelsior
  • 59'Goal · Dirk KuytFeyenoord · 2-1
  • 61'Goal · Steven BerghuisFeyenoord · 3-1
  • 65'Goal · Jens ToornstraFeyenoord · 4-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Feyenoord 4, draws 0, Excelsior 0.

Team news

Feyenoord line-up (4-3-3)

Brad Jones, Rick Karsdorp, Eric Botteghin, Terence Kongolo, Lucas Woudenberg, Karim El Ahmadi, Dirk Kuyt, Tonny Vilhena, Jens Toornstra, Nicolai Jørgensen, Steven Berghuis

Excelsior expected line-up (4-3-3)

Tom Muyters, Khalid Karami, Jurgen Matheij, Henrico Drost, Daan Bovenberg, Sander Fischer, Luigi Bruins, Kevin Vermeulen, Brandley Kuwas, Stanley Elbers, Adil Auassar