Heracles Almelo 3-1 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Heracles Almelo 3-1 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 2 September 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Heracles Almelo 3-1 Excelsior: match report

Heracles Almelo defeated Excelsior 3-1 in Eredivisie on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Nikolas Agrafiotis opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Heracles Almelo's goals came from Bryan Limbombe (54'), Justin Hoogma (60') and Mohamed Sankoh (85'). Excelsior scored through Nikolas Agrafiotis (19').

Discipline: Heracles Almelo received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Heracles Almelo were 14th on 3 points from 2 and Excelsior 9th on 5 points from 3. Heracles Almelo went on to finish that season 14th with 33 points, and Excelsior 16th with 29.

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 Justin Hoogma of Heracles Almelo (8.5), level with Brian De Keersmaecker (8.5).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Nikolas AgrafiotisExcelsior · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Lazaros LamprouExcelsior
  • 49'Yellow card · Arthur ZagréExcelsior
  • 54'Goal · Bryan LimbombeHeracles Almelo · 1-1
  • 56'Second yellow · Lazaros LamprouExcelsior
  • 60'Goal · Justin HoogmaHeracles Almelo · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Ian SmeulersExcelsior
  • 82'Yellow card · Jetro WillemsHeracles Almelo
  • 85'Goal · Mohamed SankohHeracles Almelo · 3-1

Team news

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

Michael Brouwer, Navajo Bakboord, Sven Sonnenberg, Justin Hoogma, Jetro Willems, Brian De Keersmaecker, Mario Engels, Anas Ouahim, Bryan Limbombe, Antonio Satriano, Emil Hansson

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Stijn van Gassel, Siebe Horemans, Casper Widell, Sven Nieuwpoort, Arthur Zagré, Cisse Sandra, Redouan El Yaakoubi, Julian Baas, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Nikolas Agrafiotis, Lazaros Lamprou