Nijmegen 2–2 Excelsior – Netherlands Eredivisie, 8 Sep 2026

Match facts

Nijmegen Excelsior

11 Shots 14

3 Shots on target 5

1.36 Expected goals (xG) 1.81

2 Corners 4

5 Fouls 16

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (42 league matches this season so far).

Result Excelsior to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.42

Expected goals 1.67 – 2.04

Home / Draw / Away

32% 21% 47%

NijmegenDrawExcelsior

Under / Over 2.5 goals

28% 72%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

29% 71%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

3% 0

9% 1

17% 2

21% 3

19% 4

31% 5+

Most likely scores

1–2 8.5% 1–1 8.3% 2–2 7.1%

Statistics 2026/2027, before this match

Nijmegen before this match, all matches

1.50points / match

2.25scored / match

1.75conceded / match

2 2

WonDrawnLost 4 played · 9:7

Excelsior before this match, all matches

2.25points / match

2.50scored / match

0.75conceded / match

3 1

WonDrawnLost 4 played · 10:3

Nijmegen all matches all matches Excelsior

Per match

2.25 Goals scored 2.50

1.75 Goals conceded 0.75

4.00 Total goals 3.25

2.02 xG created 1.54

1.61 xG allowed 1.19

17.00 Shots 12.75

5.00 Shots on target 5.50

9.25 Shots faced 14.25

5.75 Corners 5.25

2.75 Corners against 5.75

11.75 Fouls 11.75

1.50 Yellow cards 1.00

0.75 1st-half goals scored 1.50

0.75 1st-half goals conceded 0.25

How often Full Time

50% Wins 75%

0% Draws 0%

50% Losses 25%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

100% Over 1.5 goals 100%

100% Over 2.5 goals 100%

75% Over 3.5 goals 25%

25% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

100% Both teams scored 50%

0% Clean sheets 50%

0% Failed to score 0%

How often Half Time

50% Wins 75%

25% Draws 0%

25% Losses 25%

75% Over 0.5 goals 100%

50% Over 1.5 goals 50%

25% Over 2.5 goals 25%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Nijmegen all matches

2

W

1

D

1

D

1

D

1

2

L

2

1

W

1

2

L

4

1

W

3

1

W

1

3

L

Excelsior all matches

2

L

2

D

5

W

3

2

W

1

D

3

2

W

4

W

1

2

L

2

1

W

3

W

Nijmegen before this match, at home

0.00points / match

1.00scored / match

2.50conceded / match

2

WonDrawnLost 2 played · 2:5

Excelsior before this match, away

3.00points / match

3.50scored / match

0.00conceded / match

2

WonDrawnLost 2 played · 7:0

Nijmegen at home away Excelsior

Per match

1.00 Goals scored 3.50

2.50 Goals conceded 0.00

3.50 Total goals 3.50

1.56 xG created 2.23

1.51 xG allowed 0.78

19.50 Shots 15.50

3.00 Shots on target 7.50

9.50 Shots faced 13.50

7.00 Corners 7.00

2.00 Corners against 6.00

10.50 Fouls 12.50

1.50 Yellow cards 0.50

0.00 1st-half goals scored 2.50

1.00 1st-half goals conceded 0.00

How often Full Time

0% Wins 100%

0% Draws 0%

100% Losses 0%

100% Over 0.5 goals 100%

100% Over 1.5 goals 100%

100% Over 2.5 goals 100%

50% Over 3.5 goals 50%

0% Over 4.5 goals 0%

0% Over 5.5 goals 0%

100% Both teams scored 0%

0% Clean sheets 100%

0% Failed to score 0%

How often Half Time

0% Wins 100%

50% Draws 0%

50% Losses 0%

50% Over 0.5 goals 100%

50% Over 1.5 goals 100%

0% Over 2.5 goals 50%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Nijmegen at home

4

1

W

1

3

L

2

3

L

3

W

2

D

1

D

1

D

2

1

W

1

2

L

1

3

L

Excelsior away

D

2

W

1

2

L

1

2

L

1

D

2

D

3

2

W

3

2

W

4

W

3

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Nijmegen all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.09.26	Nijmegen – Feyenoord	1–3 (0–0)	2.90	3.90	2.20	1.36	3.10
29.08.26	Zwolle – Nijmegen	1–3 (1–2)	4.50	4.33	1.67	1.44	2.70
15.08.26	Willem II – Nijmegen	1–4 (0–1)	4.75	4.75	1.57	1.44	2.70
08.08.26	Nijmegen – Telstar	1–2 (0–2)	1.50	4.50	6.00	1.44	2.70
17.05.26	Nijmegen – Go Ahead Eagles	2–1 (2–0)	1.38	4.75	7.00	1.33	3.40
10.05.26	Groningen – Nijmegen	2–1 (1–0)	2.90	3.80	2.20	1.44	2.70
02.05.26	Nijmegen – Telstar	1–1 (0–1)	1.50	4.75	5.25	1.36	3.10
25.04.26	Twente – Nijmegen	1–1 (1–1)	1.90	4.00	3.60	1.44	2.70
12.04.26	Nijmegen – Feyenoord	1–1 (0–1)	2.05	4.10	3.10	1.40	2.88
04.04.26	Excelsior – Nijmegen	0–2 (0–1)	3.50	4.00	1.95	1.50	2.50

Excelsior all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.09.26	Willem II – Excelsior	0–3 (0–2)	3.00	3.50	2.30	1.62	2.25
29.08.26	Excelsior – Sparta Rotterdam	2–1 (1–0)	2.40	3.80	2.63	1.53	2.40
15.08.26	Excelsior – PSV Eindhoven	1–2 (0–1)	5.50	4.33	1.57	1.36	3.10
07.08.26	Cambuur – Excelsior	0–4 (0–3)	2.60	3.40	2.70	1.75	2.05
17.05.26	Sparta Rotterdam – Excelsior	2–3 (0–1)	2.05	3.70	3.20	1.48	2.60
10.05.26	Excelsior – Volendam	1–1 (1–1)	1.75	4.00	4.10	1.57	2.35
02.05.26	Groningen – Excelsior	2–3 (1–1)	1.70	4.10	4.50	1.50	2.50
26.04.26	Excelsior – Utrecht	5–0 (2–0)	3.20	3.50	2.20	1.75	2.05
12.04.26	Zwolle – Excelsior	2–2 (1–1)	2.20	3.70	3.10	1.62	2.25
04.04.26	Excelsior – Nijmegen	0–2 (0–1)	3.50	4.00	1.95	1.50	2.50

Nijmegen at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.09.26	Nijmegen – Feyenoord	1–3 (0–0)	2.90	3.90	2.20	1.36	3.10
08.08.26	Nijmegen – Telstar	1–2 (0–2)	1.50	4.50	6.00	1.44	2.70
17.05.26	Nijmegen – Go Ahead Eagles	2–1 (2–0)	1.38	4.75	7.00	1.33	3.40
02.05.26	Nijmegen – Telstar	1–1 (0–1)	1.50	4.75	5.25	1.36	3.10
12.04.26	Nijmegen – Feyenoord	1–1 (0–1)	2.05	4.10	3.10	1.40	2.88
22.03.26	Nijmegen – Heerenveen	2–2 (1–2)	1.70	4.33	4.20	1.40	2.88
08.03.26	Nijmegen – Volendam	3–0 (1–0)	1.36	5.25	8.00	1.36	3.10
28.02.26	Nijmegen – For Sittard	2–3 (1–1)	1.45	5.00	6.25	1.44	2.70
11.02.26	Nijmegen – Utrecht	1–3 (0–2)	1.73	3.90	4.75	1.62	2.25
07.02.26	Nijmegen – Heracles	4–1 (2–1)	1.44	4.75	6.25	1.40	2.88

Excelsior away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
05.09.26	Willem II – Excelsior	0–3 (0–2)	3.00	3.50	2.30	1.62	2.25
07.08.26	Cambuur – Excelsior	0–4 (0–3)	2.60	3.40	2.70	1.75	2.05
17.05.26	Sparta Rotterdam – Excelsior	2–3 (0–1)	2.05	3.70	3.20	1.48	2.60
02.05.26	Groningen – Excelsior	2–3 (1–1)	1.70	4.10	4.50	1.50	2.50
12.04.26	Zwolle – Excelsior	2–2 (1–1)	2.20	3.70	3.10	1.62	2.25
20.03.26	Heracles – Excelsior	1–1 (1–0)	2.70	3.30	2.70	1.73	2.08
15.03.26	Feyenoord – Excelsior	2–1 (0–1)	1.30	6.00	8.00	1.40	2.88
20.02.26	For Sittard – Excelsior	2–1 (1–0)	2.25	3.60	3.10	1.75	2.05
06.02.26	NAC Breda – Excelsior	0–2 (0–2)	1.83	3.70	4.20	1.80	2.00
24.01.26	Twente – Excelsior	0–0 (0–0)	1.33	5.50	8.50	1.48	2.60

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

4 1 1

Nijmegen winsDrawsExcelsior wins

6matches

3.67goals / match

67%over 2.5

33%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
04.04.26N1	Excelsior – Nijmegen	0–2 (0–1)	3.50	4.00	1.95	1.50	2.50
09.08.25N1	Nijmegen – Excelsior	5–0 (1–0)	1.75	4.00	4.33	1.73	2.08
06.05.24N1	Excelsior – Nijmegen	0–3 (0–0)	3.00	3.60	2.30	1.53	2.40
13.08.23N1	Nijmegen – Excelsior	3–4 (2–1)	1.50	4.33	6.50	1.57	2.35
19.02.23N1	Excelsior – Nijmegen	0–3 (0–1)	3.30	3.40	2.20	1.70	2.10
08.10.22N1	Nijmegen – Excelsior	1–1 (0–0)	1.50	4.20	6.50	1.53	2.40

Netherlands Eredivisie table 2026/2027, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AZ Alkmaar	5	5	0	0	16	5	+11	15
2	PSV Eindhoven	5	4	1	0	18	6	+12	13
3	Feyenoord	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11
4	For Sittard	5	3	1	1	11	9	+2	10
5	Excelsior	4	3	0	1	10	3	+7	9
6	Go Ahead Eagles	5	2	2	1	14	12	+2	8
7	Ajax	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	7
8	Twente	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	7
9	Groningen	5	2	1	2	11	12	-1	7
10	Nijmegen	4	2	0	2	9	7	+2	6
11	Sparta Rotterdam	5	1	2	2	9	9	0	5
12	Heerenveen	5	1	2	2	7	9	-2	5
13	Zwolle	5	1	1	3	6	10	-4	4
14	Telstar	4	1	1	2	5	10	-5	4
15	Utrecht	5	0	2	3	9	18	-9	2
16	Den Haag	5	0	1	4	6	14	-8	1
17	Willem II	4	0	1	3	4	13	-9	1
18	Cambuur	5	0	1	4	6	18	-12	1

Champions League – league phase
Champions League – 3rd qualifying round
Europa League – 2nd qualifying round
Play-offs for a Conference League place
Relegation play-off
Relegation to Eerste Divisie

KNVB Cup winners go to the Europa League league phase, so places can move down the table.

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AZ Alkmaar	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
2	Go Ahead Eagles	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
3	PSV Eindhoven	2	1	1	0	7	3	+4	4
4	Groningen	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
5	Twente	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
6	Excelsior	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
7	For Sittard	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
8	Heerenveen	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
9	Feyenoord	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
10	Sparta Rotterdam	3	0	2	1	5	6	-1	2
11	Ajax	2	0	1	1	3	5	-2	1
12	Telstar	3	0	1	2	3	9	-6	1
13	Willem II	3	0	1	2	3	9	-6	1
14	Utrecht	3	0	1	2	5	13	-8	1
15	Nijmegen	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0
16	Den Haag	2	0	0	2	3	7	-4	0
17	Zwolle	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0
18	Cambuur	3	0	0	3	3	13	-10	0

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9
2	AZ Alkmaar	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
3	Feyenoord	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
4	For Sittard	3	2	1	0	8	6	+2	7
5	Excelsior	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
6	Ajax	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
7	Nijmegen	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
8	Twente	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
9	Zwolle	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
10	Sparta Rotterdam	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
11	Telstar	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
12	Groningen	2	1	0	1	5	6	-1	3
13	Heerenveen	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
14	Go Ahead Eagles	3	0	2	1	7	10	-3	2
15	Utrecht	2	0	1	1	4	5	-1	1
16	Cambuur	2	0	1	1	3	5	-2	1
17	Den Haag	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1
18	Willem II	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0

Nijmegen Excelsior

Under / Over goals 2026/2027, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	PSV Eindhoven	5	0	5	3.6	1.2	4	1	0	18	6	13
2	6	Go Ahead Eagles	5	0	5	2.8	2.4	2	2	1	14	12	8
3	9	Groningen	5	0	5	2.2	2.4	2	1	2	11	12	7
4	15	Utrecht	5	0	5	1.8	3.6	0	2	3	9	18	2
5	18	Cambuur	5	0	5	1.2	3.6	0	1	4	6	18	1
6	3	Feyenoord	5	1	4	2.6	1.4	3	2	0	13	7	11
7	4	For Sittard	5	1	4	2.2	1.8	3	1	1	11	9	10
8	5	Excelsior	4	0	4	2.5	0.8	3	0	1	10	3	9
9	10	Nijmegen	4	0	4	2.2	1.8	2	0	2	9	7	6
10	11	Sparta Rotterdam	5	1	4	1.8	1.8	1	2	2	9	9	5
11	14	Telstar	4	0	4	1.2	2.5	1	1	2	5	10	4
12	16	Den Haag	5	1	4	1.2	2.8	0	1	4	6	14	1
13	17	Willem II	4	0	4	1.0	3.2	0	1	3	4	13	1
14	1	AZ Alkmaar	5	2	3	3.2	1.0	5	0	0	16	5	15
15	7	Ajax	4	1	3	2.2	1.2	2	1	1	9	5	7
16	8	Twente	4	1	3	2.2	1.2	2	1	1	9	5	7
17	12	Heerenveen	5	2	3	1.4	1.8	1	2	2	7	9	5
18	13	Zwolle	5	2	3	1.2	2.0	1	1	3	6	10	4

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	9	Groningen	3	0	3	2.0	2.0	1	1	1	6	6	4
2	14	Telstar	3	0	3	1.0	3.0	0	1	2	3	9	1
3	15	Utrecht	3	0	3	1.7	4.3	0	1	2	5	13	1
4	17	Willem II	3	0	3	1.0	3.0	0	1	2	3	9	1
5	18	Cambuur	3	0	3	1.0	4.3	0	0	3	3	13	0
6	2	PSV Eindhoven	2	0	2	3.5	1.5	1	1	0	7	3	4
7	3	Feyenoord	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	0	2	0	4	4	2
8	5	Excelsior	2	0	2	1.5	1.5	1	0	1	3	3	3
9	6	Go Ahead Eagles	2	0	2	3.5	1.0	2	0	0	7	2	6
10	7	Ajax	2	0	2	1.5	2.5	0	1	1	3	5	1
11	10	Nijmegen	2	0	2	1.0	2.5	0	0	2	2	5	0
12	11	Sparta Rotterdam	3	1	2	1.7	2.0	0	2	1	5	6	2
13	16	Den Haag	2	0	2	1.5	3.5	0	0	2	3	7	0
14	1	AZ Alkmaar	2	1	1	3.5	1.0	2	0	0	7	2	6
15	4	For Sittard	2	1	1	1.5	1.5	1	0	1	3	3	3
16	8	Twente	1	0	1	3.0	1.0	1	0	0	3	1	3
17	12	Heerenveen	3	2	1	1.0	1.7	1	0	2	3	5	3
18	13	Zwolle	2	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	0	2	1	5	0

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	PSV Eindhoven	3	0	3	3.7	1.0	3	0	0	11	3	9
2	4	For Sittard	3	0	3	2.7	2.0	2	1	0	8	6	7
3	6	Go Ahead Eagles	3	0	3	2.3	3.3	0	2	1	7	10	2
4	1	AZ Alkmaar	3	1	2	3.0	1.0	3	0	0	9	3	9
5	3	Feyenoord	3	1	2	3.0	1.0	3	0	0	9	3	9
6	5	Excelsior	2	0	2	3.5	0.0	2	0	0	7	0	6
7	8	Twente	3	1	2	2.0	1.3	1	1	1	6	4	4
8	9	Groningen	2	0	2	2.5	3.0	1	0	1	5	6	3
9	10	Nijmegen	2	0	2	3.5	1.0	2	0	0	7	2	6
10	11	Sparta Rotterdam	2	0	2	2.0	1.5	1	0	1	4	3	3
11	12	Heerenveen	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	0	2	0	4	4	2
12	13	Zwolle	3	1	2	1.7	1.7	1	1	1	5	5	4
13	15	Utrecht	2	0	2	2.0	2.5	0	1	1	4	5	1
14	16	Den Haag	3	1	2	1.0	2.3	0	1	2	3	7	1
15	18	Cambuur	2	0	2	1.5	2.5	0	1	1	3	5	1
16	7	Ajax	2	1	1	3.0	0.0	2	0	0	6	0	6
17	14	Telstar	1	0	1	2.0	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	3
18	17	Willem II	1	0	1	1.0	4.0	0	0	1	1	4	0

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.