Highlights

83'

Yoon Do-Young

67'

V. Jensen (assist A. Blake)

58'

V. Jensen (assist S. El Karouani)

HT 2 - 0

45+1'

D. Min (assist S. El Karouani)

27'

Miguel Rodríguez (assist S. El Karouani)

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Substitutions

Starting eleven

79'

M. Jonathans (Miguel Rodríguez - tactical)

76'

Yoon Do-Young (D. Sanches Fernandes - tactical)

71'

Z. Booth (I. Yegoian - tactical)

71'

R. Meissen (N. Naujoks - tactical)

68'

D. van den Berg (G. Zechiël - tactical)

68'

S. Haller (D. Min - tactical)

61'

I. Bronkhorst (N. Martens - tactical)

61'

J. van Ommeren (A. Engwanda - tactical)

60'

S. Włodarczyk (M. van Duinen - tactical)

46'

N. Viergever (M. van der Hoorn - tactical)

Player of the match

Souffian El Karouani # 16 - Defender

Duel won 4/6 (66.67%)
Accurate passes 27/35 (77.14%)
Assist 3

Table

Full table

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L
	6	Utrecht	53	34	15	8	11
	13	Excelsior	38	34	10	8	16

Top scorers

Full table

#	Players	Goals
15	N. Naujoks	10
19	G. Zechiël	9
28	D. de Wit	7
36	D. Sanches Fernandes	6

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups

4-3-3

4-2-3-1

Stats

More stats

Possession percentage

50%

Shots

Player stats

Tops & flops

Shots on target

Miguel Rodríguez

V. Jensen 2
D. Min 2

Shots off target

I. Yegoian

M. van Duinen 1
A. Blake 1

Big chance created

S. El Karouani

S. Horemans 1

Successful contests

Miguel Rodríguez

A. Zagré 2
D. Min 2

Fouls suffered

S. Horemans

V. Jensen 2
Miguel Rodríguez 2

Dispossessed

D. Sanches Fernandes

Miguel Rodríguez 2
A. Zagré 1

Touches

M. Didden

S. Henderikx 78
S. El Karouani 72

Duel won

A. Zagré

N. Naujoks 7
Miguel Rodríguez 6

Duel lost

Miguel Rodríguez

G. de Regt 6
A. Blake 6

Interceptions

S. Henderikx

N. Naujoks 2
R. Meissen 1

Challenge lost

Miguel Rodríguez

N. Naujoks 2
A. Engwanda 1

Tackles

N. Naujoks

A. Zagré 3
A. Engwanda 2

Aerial duels won

C. Widell

M. Didden 4
N. Naujoks 3

Aerial duels lost

M. van Duinen

S. Haller 3
V. Jensen 2

Fouls

G. de Regt

A. Zagré 3
Yoon Do-Young 1

Saves

C. Raatsie

V. Barkas 3

Passes

M. Didden

S. Henderikx 66
C. Widell 62

Accurate passes

S. Henderikx

M. Didden 56
C. Widell 53

Accurate crosses

S. El Karouani

G. de Regt 3
I. Bronkhorst 1

Current form

Stats

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Last matches

Stats & bet

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Referees

Joey Kooij main referee

2.8

0.1

Average card count per match for 18 matches arbitrated
Rob Dieperink VAR assistant referee
Richard Brondijk assistant referee
Stan Teuben fourth referee
Dyon Fikkert assistant referee
Roy de Nas VAR referee

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Players injured / suspended

Utrecht

Miguel Rodríguez Ankle Injury

Dani de Wit Foot injury

Gjivai Zechiël Knee injury

Gjivai Zechiël Unknown

Yoann Cathline Leg Injury

Miliano Jonathans ACL Knee Injury

Rafik El Arguioui Knee injury

Noah Ohio Unknown

Mike Eerdhuijzen Knock

Siebe Horemans Arm Injury

Niklas Brøndsted Vesterlund Nielsen Unknown

Excelsior

Ilias Bronkhorst Unknown

Casper Ludvig Widell Unknown

Mathijs Tielemans Unknown

Stijn van Gassel Groin Injury

Jerolldino Bergraaf Illness

Lennard Hartjes Knee injury

Lennard Hartjes ACL Knee Injury

Derensili Sanches Fernandes Unknown

Lewis Schouten Hamstring

Match venue

Stadion Galgenwaard - Utrecht

Year of construction: 1982
Surface: grass
Capacity: 24426
Average attendance: 12338
Maximum attendance: 23750
% sold: 56

Match result Utrecht Excelsior

Date 24 August 2025 13:30
Competition Eredivisie
Season 2025/2026
Stage Regular Season - week 3
Match attendance 21547
Code UTR-EXC
Area Netherlands
Home team Utrecht
Away team Excelsior

FAQ

What is the result between Utrecht Excelsior?

Utrecht won the match with a 4-1 score

What are the official lineups for Utrecht Excelsior?

Utrecht : Coached by R. Jans, the lineup starts off in a 4-3-3 formation: V. Barkas, S. El Karouani, M. Didden, M. van der Hoorn (C), S. Horemans, G. Zechiël, A. Engwanda, V. Jensen, A. Blake, D. Min, Miguel Rodríguez

Excelsior : On the other side of the pitch, the team trained by R. den Uil, is positioning themselves in a 4-2-3-1 : C. Raatsie, A. Zagré, S. Henderikx, C. Widell (C), N. Martens, A. Carlén, N. Naujoks, G. de Regt, I. Yegoian, D. Sanches Fernandes, M. van Duinen

Who is the referee of the match Utrecht Excelsior ?

Joey Kooij is the referee for this match

Where is the match Utrecht Excelsior?

The venue Stadion Galgenwaard in Utrecht is hosting the match

At what time is Utrecht Excelsior?

Fixture in live on Football Today on 24 August 2025. Kick-off at 13:30

Who is the man of the match Utrecht - Excelsior ?

Souffian El Karouani is the outstanding player of the match Utrecht - Excelsior. The stats illustrate the performance of the player:

4/6 Duel won (66.67%)
27/35 Accurate passes (77.14%)
3 Assist

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Confirmed line-ups

Utrecht 4-3-3

- 4.5 1 V. Barkas
- 8.4 16 S. El Karouani
  
  3
- 6.3 40 M. Didden
- 5.6 3 (C) M. van der Hoorn
- 6.9 2 S. Horemans
- 6.2 21 G. Zechiël
- 5.8 27 A. Engwanda
- 8.1 7 V. Jensen
  
  2
- 7.1 15 A. Blake
- 7.3 9 D. Min
- 7.8 22 Miguel Rodríguez
- 6.4 16 C. Raatsie
- 5.0 12 A. Zagré
- 5.7 5 S. Henderikx
- 4.7 4 (C) C. Widell
- 5.0 17 N. Martens
- 4.9 6 A. Carlén
- 4.2 10 N. Naujoks
- 4.0 11 G. de Regt
- 4.1 23 I. Yegoian
- 3.8 30 D. Sanches Fernandes
- 4.1 29 M. van Duinen

Excelsior 4-2-3-1

- R. Jans Coach
Substitutes
- 61'
  
  J. van Ommeren #46 - Midfielder
- N. Vesterlund #23 - Defender
- K. Finnsson #5 - Defender
- 68'
  
  S. Haller #91 - Striker
- 68'
  
  D. van den Berg #6 - Midfielder
- E. Demircan #17 - Striker
- M. Brouwer #25 - Goalkeeper
- D. Murkin #55 - Defender
- K. Gadellaa #33 - Goalkeeper
- 46'
  
  N. Viergever #24 - Defender
- C. Bozdoğan #8 - Midfielder
- 79'
  
  M. Jonathans #26 - Striker
- R. den Uil Coach
Substitutes
- 61'
  
  I. Bronkhorst #2 - Defender
- 60'
  
  S. Włodarczyk #9 - Striker
- G. Cairo #24 - Defender
- 71'
  
  Z. Booth #21 - Midfielder
- 71'
  
  R. Meissen #3 - Defender
- 76'
  
  Yoon Do-Young #7 - Striker
- T. Holla #40 - Goalkeeper

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Team stats Player stats

Main

Possession percentage

50%

Duel won

54%

46%

Accurate passes

82%

Attacking

Shots

Big chance created

Attempts blocked

Offsides

Throws

Shots hitting woodwork

Passing

408

Passes

410

Accurate crosses

Crosses

Corner taken

Defending

Duel won

Clearances

Tackles

Aerial duels won

Clearance off line

Successful tackles

Successful interception

Foul

Free kicks conceded

Goalkeeper

Saves

Match stats comparison

Choose player

Attacking - Tops

Big chance created

S. El Karouani

S. Horemans 1

Shots (%)

V. Jensen

100% 2/2

D. Min 100% (2/2)
Miguel Rodríguez 75% (3/4)
A. Blake 50% (2/4)
Yoon Do-Young 50% (1/2)

Successful contests

Miguel Rodríguez

A. Zagré 2
D. Min 2

Fouls suffered

S. Horemans

V. Jensen 2
Miguel Rodríguez 2
A. Blake 2
S. El Karouani 2

Attacking - Flops

Shots (%)

M. van Duinen

0% 0/2

I. Yegoian 0% (0/2)

Defending - Tops

Duel won (%)

N. Naujoks

78% 7/9

M. Didden 71% (5/7)
S. Horemans 67% (4/6)
S. El Karouani 67% (4/6)
D. Min 63% (5/8)

Interceptions

S. Henderikx

N. Naujoks 2

Aerial duels won (%)

N. Naujoks

100% 3/3

N. Viergever 100% (3/3)
M. Didden 80% (4/5)
C. Widell 67% (4/6)
D. Min 67% (2/3)

Defending - Flops

Duel won (%)

A. Blake

0% 0/6

G. de Regt 0% (0/6)
I. Yegoian 0% (0/5)
N. Martens 0% (0/4)
M. van Duinen 0% (0/4)

Aerial duels won (%)

M. van Duinen

0% 0/4

Miguel Rodríguez 0% (0/2)
S. Włodarczyk 0% (0/2)
V. Jensen 0% (0/2)

Passing - Tops

Passes (%)

S. Henderikx

92% 61/66

A. Carlén 91% (39/43)
S. Horemans 89% (39/44)
M. van der Hoorn 87% (39/45)
A. Zagré 86% (31/36)

Accurate crosses

S. El Karouani

G. de Regt 3

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Regular Season

Advanced standings

General Home Away Halftime total

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	84	34	27	3	4	101	45	56
2	Feyenoord	65	34	19	8	7	70	44	26
3	NEC	59	34	16	11	7	77	53	24
4	Twente	58	34	15	13	6	59	40	19
5	Ajax	56	34	14	14	6	62	41	21
6	Utrecht	53	34	15	8	11	55	42	13
7	AZ	52	34	14	10	10	58	51	7
8	Heerenveen	51	34	14	9	11	57	53	4
9	Groningen	48	34	14	6	14	49	45	4
10	Sparta	43	34	12	7	15	40	62	-22
11	Fortuna	39	34	11	6	17	49	63	-14
12	Go Ahead	38	34	8	14	12	54	53	1
13	Excelsior	38	34	10	8	16	43	56	-13
14	Telstar	37	34	9	10	15	49	55	-6
15	Zwolle	37	34	9	10	15	44	71	-27
16	Volendam	32	34	8	8	18	35	55	-20
17	NAC	29	34	6	11	17	35	58	-23
18	Heracles	19	34	5	4	25	35	85	-50

UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League Play-offs
Relegation Play-off
Relegation

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	41	17	13	2	2	58	26	32
2	Feyenoord	36	17	11	3	3	39	23	16
3	Utrecht	33	17	10	3	4	31	13	18
4	NEC	32	17	9	5	3	41	25	16
5	Twente	32	17	9	5	3	29	16	13
6	Ajax	31	17	9	4	4	32	17	15
7	AZ	31	17	8	7	2	39	26	13
8	Heerenveen	30	17	8	6	3	33	24	9
9	Zwolle	28	17	8	4	5	21	21	0
10	Go Ahead	25	17	6	7	4	34	24	10
11	Groningen	25	17	7	4	6	27	18	9
12	Fortuna	25	17	7	4	6	28	29	-1
13	Volendam	23	17	6	5	6	24	23	1
14	Sparta	23	17	6	5	6	21	27	-6
15	Telstar	20	17	5	5	7	31	28	3
16	NAC	20	17	5	5	7	20	23	-3
17	Excelsior	18	17	5	3	9	20	22	-2
18	Heracles	15	17	4	3	10	23	36	-13

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	43	17	14	1	2	43	19	24
2	Feyenoord	29	17	8	5	4	31	21	10
3	NEC	27	17	7	6	4	36	28	8
4	Twente	26	17	6	8	3	30	24	6
5	Ajax	25	17	5	10	2	30	24	6
6	Groningen	23	17	7	2	8	22	27	-5
7	Heerenveen	21	17	6	3	8	24	29	-5
8	AZ	21	17	6	3	8	19	25	-6
9	Utrecht	20	17	5	5	7	24	29	-5
10	Excelsior	20	17	5	5	7	23	34	-11
11	Sparta	20	17	6	2	9	19	35	-16
12	Telstar	17	17	4	5	8	18	27	-9
13	Fortuna	14	17	4	2	11	21	34	-13
14	Go Ahead	13	17	2	7	8	20	29	-9
15	NAC	9	17	1	6	10	15	35	-20
16	Volendam	9	17	2	3	12	11	32	-21
17	Zwolle	9	17	1	6	10	23	50	-27
18	Heracles	4	17	1	1	15	12	49	-37

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	PSV	65	34	19	8	7	50	23	27
2	Ajax	61	34	16	13	5	36	17	19
3	Feyenoord	56	34	16	8	10	32	20	12
4	Utrecht	54	34	15	9	10	23	16	7
5	AZ	50	34	12	14	8	32	24	8
6	Heerenveen	49	34	13	10	11	25	25	0
7	Twente	48	34	11	15	8	22	15	7
8	NEC	46	34	12	10	12	30	30	0
9	Excelsior	46	34	11	13	10	21	22	-1
10	Groningen	46	34	9	19	6	21	18	3
11	Sparta	45	34	11	12	11	15	18	-3
12	Zwolle	42	34	10	12	12	23	33	-10
13	Fortuna	41	34	10	11	13	25	31	-6
14	Telstar	39	34	9	12	13	19	24	-5
15	Go Ahead	37	34	8	13	13	23	27	-4
16	NAC	32	34	7	11	16	14	29	-15
17	Volendam	28	34	5	13	16	13	32	-19
18	Heracles	27	34	6	9	19	18	38	-20