Eredivisie · Round 3
Goffertstadion

NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Excelsior starting lineups

NEC Nijmegen Excelsior
2 - 2
Full time
Tahaui 11' Lebreton 90+2'
Garden 43' Sulzbacher 73'

NEC Nijmegen and Excelsior lineup images

NEC Nijmegen starting lineup vs Excelsior, 3-4-2-1: Polster, Brás, Storm, Nuytinck, Tahaui, Monteiro, Geiger, Thomas, Willumsson, Hansen-Aarøen, Tadić. Eredivisie Round 3, Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Excelsior starting lineup vs NEC Nijmegen, 3-4-2-1: van Gassel, Meissen, Widell, Plug, da Silva Moreira, Yegoian, Hartjes, Janssen, Silva Timas, Thorsteinsson, Garden. Eredivisie Round 3, Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

Monteiro Yellow cardYellow card
4'
1 - 0Tahauigoal
11'
43'
goalGarden1 - 1
Half time · 1 - 1
Schuurs for Monteirosubstitution
46'
Sandler for Nuytincksubstitution
46'
46'
substitutionBos for Janssen
53'
Yellow cardHartjes Yellow card
Kers for Hansen-Aarøensubstitution
63'
Lebreton for Geigersubstitution
63'
67'
substitutionSliti for Thorsteinsson
67'
substitutionGroen for Garden
70'
Yellow cardMeissen Yellow card
71'
substitutionSulzbacher for da Silva Moreira
73'
goalSulzbacher1 - 2
81'
substitutionJahanbakhsh for Silva Timas
Bischoff for Brássubstitution
87'
2 - 2Lebretongoal
90+2'
90+5'
Yellow cardSulzbacher Yellow card

NEC Nijmegen and Excelsior team sheets and player ratings

NEC Nijmegen shirt

NEC Nijmegen

3-4-2-1
Starting XI
12 Austria Polster rating 6.4
73 Portugal Brás off 87' rating 6.7
21 Denmark Storm rating 7.4
17 Netherlands Nuytinck off 46' rating 6.8
19 Netherlands Tahaui 1 goal rating 8.0
35 Cabo Verde Monteiro yellow card off 46' rating 7.0
18 Germany Geiger off 63' rating 6.7
77 Netherlands Thomas rating 6.8
11 Iceland Willumsson rating 7.4
8 Norway Hansen-Aarøen off 63' rating 6.9
10 Serbia Tadić rating 6.5
Substitutes
4 Netherlands Schuurs on 46' rating 7.7
3 Netherlands Sandler on 46' rating 6.9
20 France Lebreton 1 goal on 63' rating 7.8
34 Netherlands Kers on 63' rating 6.9
99 Denmark Bischoff on 87'
1 Argentina Crettaz
38 Netherlands Geneste
66 Germany Kabar
9 Suriname Chery
14 Netherlands Sierhuis
Excelsior shirt

Excelsior

3-4-2-1
Starting XI
1 Netherlands van Gassel rating 6.0
3 Netherlands Meissen yellow card rating 6.6
4 Sweden Widell rating 6.4
14 Netherlands Plug rating 6.9
2 Germany da Silva Moreira off 71' rating 7.5
8 Georgia Yegoian rating 7.8
20 Netherlands Hartjes yellow card rating 6.4
15 Netherlands Janssen off 46' rating 6.1
21 Cabo Verde Silva Timas off 81' rating 7.1
30 Iceland Thorsteinsson off 67' rating 6.8
19 Netherlands Garden 1 goal off 67' rating 7.7
Substitutes
12 Australia Bos on 46' rating 6.8
7 Netherlands Sliti on 67' rating 7.2
28 Netherlands Groen on 67' rating 6.6
18 Austria Sulzbacher 1 goal yellow card on 71' rating 7.0
11 Iran Jahanbakhsh on 81'
16 Guinea-Bissau Biai
24 Netherlands Cairo
22 Germany Mohamed Turay
6 Netherlands van Vianen
9 Spain Domínguez
23 Sweden Finey

Managers

Schreuder3-4-2-1NEC Nijmegen
den Uil3-4-2-1Excelsior
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NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Excelsior: match summary

NEC Nijmegen and Excelsior drew 2–2 at Goffertstadion in Nijmegen on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, in Round 3 of the Eredivisie. Adam Tahaui (11') and Noé Lebreton (90+2') scored for NEC Nijmegen, David Garden (43') and Valentin Sulzbacher (73') for Excelsior. The match ratings read 7.0 for NEC Nijmegen and 6.9 for Excelsior. Three players tied for the highest player rating at 8.0, and Stijn van Gassel of Excelsior the lowest rated starter at 6.0. NEC Nijmegen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 under Schreuder, Excelsior in a 3-4-2-1 under den Uil. Valentin Sulzbacher had come on for Eric da Silva Moreira on 71 minutes and Noé Lebreton had come on for Dennis Geiger on 63 minutes. Jamiro Monteiro was booked on 4 minutes, Lennard Hartjes on 53, Rick Meissen on 70 and Valentin Sulzbacher on 90, and nobody was sent off. The Eredivisie table taken on September 8, 2026 had Excelsior 4th on 10 points and NEC Nijmegen 9th on 7.

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