Excelsior vs Heracles — Eredivisie

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Excelsior

2–2Full-time

Heracles

WWWWLLGoals 25-8

WDLLWWGoals 18-19

Match events

7'Ali Messaoud (Jurgen Matheij)
7'Wout Droste
49'P. van Ooijen
51'Mike van Duinen
58'Ali Messaoud
68'Levi García (Luigi Bruins)
74'Wout Droste (Sebastian Jakubiak)
82'Ali Messaoud (A. Hadouir)
88'R. Niemeijer (M. Osman)
89'Paul Gladon (Jaroslav Navratil)
90+2'Jamiro (Jaroslav Navratil)
90+4'Jamiro (Jaroslav Navratil)
90'Jordy de Wijs
90'Mike van Duinen (M. Afaker)

Lineups

Excelsior

Heracles

4-3-3

M. van der GaagCoach

J. Stegeman

Match trends

Excelsior have averaged 2.5 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Heracles have averaged 1.8 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Over 2.5 goals landed in 8 of the last 8 meetings between these two sides.
Both teams scored in 4 of the last 8 head-to-head matches.

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

4Excelsior wins

1Draws

3Heracles wins

18-17Goals

Excelsior

4–0May 12, 2024, 12:30 PM

Heracles

3–1Sep 2, 2023, 7:00 PM

Excelsior

Heracles

1–3May 21, 2022, 6:00 PM

Excelsior

3–0May 18, 2022, 4:45 PM

Heracles

4–5May 12, 2019, 12:30 PM

Excelsior

0–3Dec 22, 2018, 7:45 PM

Heracles

2–2Aug 26, 2017, 6:45 PM

Excelsior

Heracles

4–0Feb 18, 2017, 6:45 PM

Excelsior

Pre-match comparison

2.5Goals scored per game1.8

0.8Goals conceded per game1.9

Rolling averages based on each team's last 10 and 10 finished matches; clean sheets/failed-to-score are full-season totals.

Referee

Siemen Mulder

3.9Yellow cards / game

0.33Red cards / game

0.24Penalties scored / game

Based on 21 matches officiated (our own data).

When do they score?

Excelsior

0-15'

0%

16-30'

0%

31-45'

0%

46-60'

100%

61-75'

0%

76-90+'

0%

Heracles

0-15'

20%

16-30'

0%

31-45'

50%

46-60'

10%

61-75'

10%

76-90+'

10%

Match statistics

48%Possession52%

—Expected goals (xG)—

8Shots on target4

20Total shots17

7Shots off target5

5Blocked shots8

13Shots inside the box8

7Shots outside the box9

6Corners11

2Offsides0

12Fouls6

2Yellow cards1

0Red cards1

2Goalkeeper saves5

385Total passes409

308Accurate passes334

80%Pass accuracy82%

Player ratings

1JamiroHeracles⚽ 28.3
2Brandley KuwasHeracles8.0
3Hicham FaikExcelsior7.8
4Jurgen MatheijExcelsior🅰️ 17.4
5Ali MessaoudExcelsior⚽ 1🟨7.4
6Luigi BruinsExcelsior7.2

Box score

Excelsior

25

25Ögmundur KristinssonG · 90'

6.6

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes59%

Tackles—

Duels100%

11Stanley ElbersF · 90'

6.0

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Shots0/3 on target

Passes88%

Tackles—

Duels20%

5Milan MassopD · 90'

7.0

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes86%

Tackles3

Duels80%

15Jurgen Matheij (C)D · 90'

🅰️ 17.4

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes71%

Tackles1

Duels58%

20Levi GarcíaF · 68'

6.8

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes71%

Tackles—

Duels57%

2Khalid KaramiD · 90'

6.8

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes87%

Tackles1

Duels50%

30Jordy de WijsD · 90'

🟨6.2

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes76%

Tackles—

Duels50%

6Hicham FaikM · 90'

7.8

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Shots2/4 on target

Passes84%

Tackles1

Duels40%

9Mike van DuinenF · 89'

⚽ 17.0

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Shots2/3 on target

Passes56%

Tackles—

Duels23%

22

22Jeffry FortesD · 90'

6.6

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes89%

Tackles1

Duels27%

14Ali MessaoudM · 82'

⚽ 1🟨7.4

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes76%

Tackles1

Duels29%

Bench (9)

12Theo Zwarthoed—

—

18Kevin VermeulenM

—

10Luigi BruinsF · 22'

7.2

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes95%

Tackles1

Duels100%

21

21D. HaspolatM

—

16

16M. HavekotteG

—

7

7A. HadouirF · 8'

7.1

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes84%

Tackles—

Duels0%

28

28L. BurnetD

—

3Shane O'NeillD

—

33

33M. AfakerF · 1'

—

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels100%

Heracles

35

35JamiroM · 90'

⚽ 28.3

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Shots2/4 on target

Passes87%

Tackles1

Duels50%

4

4R. PröpperD · 90'

6.8

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes76%

Tackles3

Duels60%

29

29R. NiemeijerM · 88'

6.5

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes80%

Tackles—

Duels63%

18Kristoffer PetersonF · 90'

6.6

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes80%

Tackles—

Duels33%

9

9Paul GladonF · 89'

6.8

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Shots2/4 on target

Passes72%

Tackles1

Duels69%

17Brandley KuwasF · 90'

8.0

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Shots0/3 on target

Passes83%

Tackles1

Duels64%

1Bram Castro (C)G · 90'

7.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes51%

Tackles—

Duels100%

2

2T. BreukersD · 90'

7.0

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes82%

Tackles—

Duels33%

12Wout DrosteD · 74'

🟨6.7

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes89%

Tackles—

Duels40%

20

20P. van OoijenM · 49'

🟥5.0

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes91%

Tackles1

Duels20%

5

5B. van HintumD · 90'

6.7

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes90%

Tackles1

Duels67%

Bench (11)

28

28M. BrouwerG

—

6

6Dario Van Den BuijsD

—

3Dries WuytensD

—

14

14M. OsmanM · 2'

—

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels—

15Jaroslav NavratilF · 1'

🅰️ 1—

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels100%

7Brahim DarriF

—

19Vincent VermeijF

—

22

22R. BaasD

—

26

26H. ZeinstraG

—

27

27N. LeemhuisM

—

21Sebastian JakubiakM · 16'

6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes90%

Tackles—

Duels0%

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Frequently asked questions

What time does Excelsior vs Heracles kick off?+

Kickoff is at Apr 18, 2018, 5:45 PM (your local time, based on your device).