Heracles Almelo 2-2 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Heracles Almelo 2-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 26 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Heracles Almelo 2-2 Excelsior: match report

Heracles Almelo drew with Excelsior 2-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Brandley Kuwas opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Heracles Almelo's goals came from Brandley Kuwas (15') and Paul Gladon (52'). Excelsior scored through Luigi Bruins (16') and Jinty Caenepeel (63').

Discipline: Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Heracles Almelo were 9th on 4 points from 2 and Excelsior 11th on 3 points from 2. Heracles Almelo went on to finish that season 10th with 42 points, and Excelsior 11th with 40.

Heracles Almelo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Brandley Kuwas of Heracles Almelo (8.0), ahead of Brahim Darri (7.7).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Robin PröpperHeracles Almelo
  • 15'Goal · Brandley KuwasHeracles Almelo · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Luigi BruinsExcelsior · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Luigi BruinsExcelsior
  • 52'Goal · Paul GladonHeracles Almelo · 2-1
  • 63'Goal · Jinty CaenepeelExcelsior · 2-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Ryan KoolwijkExcelsior
  • 90+2'Red card · Anouar HadouirExcelsior
  • 90+2'Red card · Anouar HadouirExcelsior

Team news

Heracles Almelo line-up (4-3-3)

Bram Castro, Tim Breukers, Robin Pröpper, Bart van Hintum, Jeff Hardeveld, Joey Pelupessy, Peter van Ooijen, Reuven Niemeijer, Brahim Darri, Paul Gladon, Brandley Kuwas

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Alessandro Damen, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Milan Massop, Jurgen Matheij, Jeffry Fortes, Hicham Faik, Ryan Koolwijk, Luigi Bruins, Stanley Elbers, Ali Messaoud, Zakaria El Azzouzi