NEC Nijmegen 5-0 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 9 August 2025

Result

NEC Nijmegen 5-0 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 9 August 2025, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

NEC Nijmegen · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 5-0 Excelsior: match report

NEC Nijmegen defeated Excelsior 5-0 in Eredivisie on Saturday 9 August 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Dirk Proper opened the scoring in the 14th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Dirk Proper (14'), Koki Ogawa (52'), Koki Ogawa (59'), Bryan Linssen (67') and Tjaronn Chery (82', penalty). Excelsior did not score.

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 1 yellow card.

NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 4th with 59 points, and Excelsior 13th with 38.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Excelsior in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Koki Ogawa of NEC Nijmegen (8.4), ahead of Bryan Linssen (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 NEC Nijmegen win, 1 draw and 1 for Excelsior.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Dirk ProperNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Adam CarlénExcelsior
  • 43'Yellow card · Başar ÖnalNEC Nijmegen
  • 52'Goal · Koki OgawaNEC Nijmegen · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · Koki OgawaNEC Nijmegen · 3-0
  • 67'Goal · Bryan LinssenNEC Nijmegen · 4-0
  • 82'Penalty goal · Tjaronn CheryNEC Nijmegen · 5-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 1, draws 1, Excelsior 1.

Team news

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NEC Nijmegen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Gonzalo Crettaz, Brayann Pereira, Philippe Sandler, Calvin Verdonk, Sami Ouaissa, Kodai Sano, Dirk Proper, Başar Önal, Tjaronn Chery, Bryan Linssen, Koki Ogawa

Excelsior line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stijn van Gassel, Ilias Bronkhorst, Casper Widell, Stan Henderikx, Arthur Zagré, Adam Carlén, Stijn Middendorp, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Noah Naujoks, Gyan de Regt, Mike van Duinen