Vitesse 2-2 Excelsior: result and report

Eredivisie · Saturday 26 November 2016

Result

Vitesse 2-2 Excelsior

Eredivisie · Saturday 26 November 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

Vitesse · Excelsior · Eredivisie predictions

Vitesse 2-2 Excelsior: match report

Vitesse drew with Excelsior 2-2 in Eredivisie on Saturday 26 November 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.

H. Faik opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Vitesse's goals came from Ricky van Wolfswinkel (25', penalty) and Adnane Tighadouini (73'). Excelsior scored through H. Faik (7') and H. Faik (14').

Discipline: Vitesse received no yellow cards; Excelsior received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Vitesse were 8th on 16 points from 13 and Excelsior 16th on 11 points from 13. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 51 points, and Excelsior 13th with 35.

Vitesse lined up in a 4-3-3 and Excelsior in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Hicham Faik of Excelsior (8.7), ahead of Fredy (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Vitesse wins, 1 draw and 0 for Excelsior.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · H. FaikExcelsior · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · H. FaikExcelsior · 0-2
  • 24'Yellow card · Jurgen MattheijExcelsior
  • 25'Penalty goal · Ricky van WolfswinkelVitesse · 1-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Tom MuytersExcelsior
  • 56'Yellow card · Bas KuipersExcelsior
  • 73'Goal · Adnane TighadouiniVitesse · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Vitesse 3, draws 1, Excelsior 0.

Team news

Vitesse line-up (4-3-3)

Eloy Room, Kelvin Leerdam, Arnold Kruiswijk, Kosuke Ota, Guram Kashia, Sheran Yeini, Navarone Foor, Lewis Baker, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Mitchell van Bergen, Arshak Koryan

Excelsior line-up (4-3-3)

Tom Muyters, Khalid Karami, Henrico Drost, Bas Kuipers, Jurgen Matheij, Jeffry Fortes, Kevin Vermeulen, Hicham Faik, Nigel Hasselbaink, Stanley Elbers, Fredy