NEC Nijmegen 5–0 Excelsior — Eredivisie 2025/26 Match Stats

Eredivisie · 2025Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 14:30 UTCStadion de Goffert

NEC Nijmegen

5–0Historical match

Excelsior

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

NEC Nijmegen won 5–0.

Shots: 159
Shots on target: 106
Expected goals: 2.240.76
Possession: 62%38%

Full time

What the match recorded

NEC Nijmegen beat Excelsior 5–0. Recorded in this match (NEC Nijmegen – Excelsior): shots 15–9, shots on target 10–6, expected goals 2.24–0.76, possession 62%–38%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots15 shots9 shotsNEC Nijmegen 15 shots, Excelsior 9 shots
Shots on target10 shots6 shotsNEC Nijmegen 10 shots, Excelsior 6 shots
Expected goals2.24 xG0.76 xGNEC Nijmegen 2.24 xG, Excelsior 0.76 xG
Possession62%38%NEC Nijmegen 62%, Excelsior 38%
Corners7 corners2 cornersNEC Nijmegen 7 corners, Excelsior 2 corners
Fouls14 fouls14 foulsNEC Nijmegen 14 fouls, Excelsior 14 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

NEC Nijmegen: 16 shots, 10 on target, 2.46 xG. Excelsior: 9 shots, 6 on target, 1.08 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: NEC Nijmegen 2.46 xG · Excelsior 1.08 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2NEC Nijmegen

1Draws

1Excelsior

6 May 2024Excelsior — NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie0–3

13 Aug 2023NEC Nijmegen — Excelsior · Eredivisie3–4

19 Feb 2023Excelsior — NEC Nijmegen · Eredivisie0–3

8 Oct 2022NEC Nijmegen — Excelsior · Eredivisie1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade D · UnavailableUnavailable — unavailable

Season samples1 / 1home / away teams

Recent samples1 / 1last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 18:30 UTC · analysis-v4