Heracles Almelo 1-1 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Friday 20 March 2026

Result

Heracles Almelo 1-1 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Friday 20 March 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Heracles Almelo 1-1 Excelsior: match report

Heracles Almelo drew with Excelsior 1-1 in Eredivisie on Friday 20 March 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sem Scheperman opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Heracles Almelo's goal came from Sem Scheperman (23'). Excelsior scored through Derensili Sanches Fernandes (57').

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

Going into the game Heracles Almelo were 18th on 18 points from 27 and Excelsior 15th on 26 points from 27. Heracles Almelo went on to finish that season 18th with 19 points, and Excelsior 13th with 38.

Heracles Almelo lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Excelsior in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sem Scheperman of Heracles Almelo (7.6), ahead of Lequincio Zeefuik (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Heracles Almelo wins, 0 draws and 1 for Excelsior.

Going into the match Heracles Almelo's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Excelsior's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Jannes WieckhoffHeracles Almelo
  • 23'Goal · Sem SchepermanHeracles Almelo · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Derensili Sanches FernandesExcelsior · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Szymon WlodarczykExcelsior
  • 87'Yellow card · Mario EngelsHeracles Almelo

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Heracles Almelo 2, draws 0, Excelsior 1.

Team news

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Heracles Almelo line-up (4-2-2-2)

Remko Pasveer, Jannes Wieckhoff, Damon Mirani, Alec Van Hoorenbeeck, Ivan Mesik, Rhys Bozinovski, Sem Scheperman, Erik Ahlstrand, Naci Ünüvar, Ajdin Hrustic, Lequincio Zeefuik

Excelsior line-up (4-1-4-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Ilias Bronkhorst, Casper Widell, Lewis Schouten, Arthur Zagré, Lennard Hartjes, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Noah Naujoks, Irakli Yegoian, Gyan de Regt, Jerolldino Bergraaf