NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Tuesday 8 September 2026

Result

NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Tuesday 8 September 2026, 16:45 UTC · Goffertstadion, Nijmegen · half-time 1-1

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NEC Nijmegen 2-2 Excelsior: match report

NEC Nijmegen drew with Excelsior 2-2 in Eredivisie on Tuesday 8 September 2026 at Goffertstadion. The half-time score was 1-1.

Adam Tahaui opened the scoring in the 11th minute. NEC Nijmegen's goals came from Adam Tahaui (11') and Noé Lebreton (90+2'). Excelsior scored through David Garden (43') and Valentin Sulzbacher (73').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card; Excelsior received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 10th on 6 points from 4 and Excelsior 5th on 9 points from 4. In the current table NEC Nijmegen are 13th on 11 points and Excelsior are 15th on 11 points.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Excelsior in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Noé Lebreton of NEC Nijmegen (7.5), ahead of Adam Tahaui (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 NEC Nijmegen wins, 1 draw and 1 for Excelsior.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Jamiro MonteiroNEC Nijmegen
  • 11'Goal · Adam TahauiNEC Nijmegen · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · David GardenExcelsior · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Lennard HartjesExcelsior
  • 70'Yellow card · Rick MeissenExcelsior
  • 73'Goal · Valentin SulzbacherExcelsior · 1-2
  • 90+2'Goal · Noé LebretonNEC Nijmegen · 2-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Valentin SulzbacherExcelsior

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
13NEC Nijmegen112541719-211DDDDL
15Excelsior113261628-1211DLLLL

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Nikolas Polster, Gabriel Brás, Bram Nuytinck, Tobias Storm, Adam Tahaui, Dennis Geiger, Jamiro Monteiro, Dele Thomas, Willum Thór Willumsson, Isak Hansen-Aarøen, Dusan Tadic

Excelsior line-up (3-4-3)

Stijn van Gassel, Rick Meissen, Casper Widell, Jan Plug, Eric da Silva Moreira, Irakli Yegoian, Lennard Hartjes, Simon Janssen, Ilano Silva Timas, David Garden, Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson

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