NAC Breda 3-1 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Sunday 3 December 2017

Result

NAC Breda 3-1 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Sunday 3 December 2017, 15:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

NAC Breda · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

NAC Breda 3-1 Excelsior: match report

NAC Breda won against Excelsior 3-1 in Eredivisie on Sunday 3 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

T. Ambrose opened the scoring in the 24th minute. NAC Breda's goals came from T. Ambrose (24', penalty), T. Ambrose (48', penalty) and Paolo Fernandes (77'). Excelsior scored through Mike van Duinen (66').

Discipline: NAC Breda received 3 yellow cards; Excelsior received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game NAC Breda were 18th on 9 points from 13 and Excelsior 10th on 17 points from 13. NAC Breda went on to finish that season 14th with 34 points, and Excelsior 11th with 40.

NAC Breda lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Thierry Ambrose of NAC Breda (9.0), ahead of Mounir El Allouchi (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Milan MassopExcelsior
  • 24'Penalty goal · T. AmbroseNAC Breda · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Giovanni KorteNAC Breda
  • 27'Yellow card · F. SporksledeNAC Breda
  • 48'Penalty goal · T. AmbroseNAC Breda · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Arno VerschuerenNAC Breda
  • 66'Goal · Mike van DuinenExcelsior · 2-1
  • 77'Goal · Paolo FernandesNAC Breda · 3-1

Team news

NAC Breda line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nigel Bertrams, Fabian Sporkslede, Bart Meijers, Pablo Marí, Angeliño, Arno Verschueren, Giovanni Korte, Mounir El Allouchi, Rai Vloet, Manu García, Thierry Ambrose

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Ögmundur Kristinsson, Khalid Karami, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Milan Massop, Jurgen Matheij, Hicham Faik, Ryan Koolwijk, Ali Messaoud, Mike van Duinen, Stanley Elbers, Zakaria El Azzouzi