NEC Nijmegen 0-3 FC Utrecht: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 18 March 2017

Result

NEC Nijmegen 0-3 FC Utrecht

Eredivisie · Saturday 18 March 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

NEC Nijmegen · FC Utrecht · Eredivisie predictions

NEC Nijmegen 0-3 FC Utrecht: match report

NEC Nijmegen lost to FC Utrecht 0-3 in Eredivisie on Saturday 18 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.

Zakaria Labyad opened the scoring in the 28th minute. NEC Nijmegen did not score. FC Utrecht scored through Zakaria Labyad (28'), Yassin Ayoub (37') and Sébastien Haller (63').

Discipline: NEC Nijmegen received 1 yellow card; FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game NEC Nijmegen were 12th on 27 points from 26 and FC Utrecht 4th on 42 points from 26. NEC Nijmegen went on to finish that season 17th with 33 points, and FC Utrecht 4th with 72.

NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 5-3-2 and FC Utrecht in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sofyan Amrabat of FC Utrecht (8.4), ahead of Sébastien Haller (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 NEC Nijmegen wins, 4 draws and 2 for FC Utrecht.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Zakaria LabyadFC Utrecht · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Zakaria LabyadFC Utrecht
  • 37'Goal · Yassin AyoubFC Utrecht · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · Sébastien HallerFC Utrecht · 0-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Julian von HaackeNEC Nijmegen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: NEC Nijmegen 4, draws 4, FC Utrecht 2.

Team news

NEC Nijmegen line-up (5-3-2)

Joris Delle, Michael Heinloth, Dario Dumic, Wojciech Golla, Robin Buwalda, Lorenzo Burnet, Julian von Haacke, Ali Messaoud, Gregor Breinburg, Jay-Roy Grot, Mohamed Rayhi

FC Utrecht line-up (4-3-1-2)

David Jensen, Ramon Leeuwin, Kevin Conboy, Willem Janssen, Giovanni Troupée, Yassin Ayoub, Zakaria Labyad, Wout Brama, Sofyan Amrabat, Sébastien Haller, Gyrano Kerk