ROTTERDAM. FC Utrecht conquers Excelsior 1-0 after S. van scored just 1 goal (31′).

The match was played at the Van Donge & De Roo Stadion stadium in Rotterdam on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Richard Martens who was helped by Maarten Ketting and Michael Osseweijer. The 4th official was Robin Hensgens. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.3 degrees Celsius or 63.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Excelsior was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. FC Utrecht that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Excelsior was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, FC Utrecht was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Excelsior shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, FC Utrecht shot 21 times, 7 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Excelsior received 2 yellow cards (S. Horemans and R. el Yaakoubi). Regarding the opposition, FC Utrecht received 1 yellow card (C. Bozdogan).

Standings

After this match, Excelsior will stay with 9 points like NEC to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Utrecht will have 12 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, Excelsior will play away against Feyenoord on the 13th of November with a 15-4 head to head in favor of Feyenoord (0 draws).

FC Utrecht will play away agasint FC Volendam on the 12th of November with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of FC Utrecht (2 draws).

Excelsior – Formation

Excelsior adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Marinus Dijkhuizen decided to play with the following team: Stijn van Gassel (7.2), Siebe Horemans (7.0), Redouan El Yaakoubi (7.0), Serano Seymor (6.4), Nathan Tjoe-A-On (7.0), Julian Baas (6.8), Yassin Ayoub (7.1), Marouan Azarkan (6.8), Kenzo Goudmijn (6.5), Couhaib Driouech (6.5) and Mike van Duinen (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Maxime Awoudja, Reda Kharchouch (6.2), Jacky Donkor, Joshua Eijgenraam, Adrian Fein, Norbert Alblas, Lazaros Lamprou (6.4) and Nathan Markelo.

Substitutions

Excelsior made 4 changes: M. Azarkan for R. Kharchouch (69′), C. Driouech for L. Lamprou (69′), K. Goudmijn for J. Donkor (78′) and N. Tjoe a On for M. Awoudja (84′).

Best player: Stijn van Gassel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Excelsior was the goalkeeper: Stijn van Gassel. His rating is 7.21. He performed 5 saves.

FC Utrecht – Formation

Also FC Utrecht adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Henk Fraser played with: Vasilis Barkas (7.0), Sean Klaiber (7.2), Mark van der Maarel (8.1), Modibo Sagnan (7.1), Django Warmerdam (7.4), Jens Toornstra (6.7), Can Bozdoğan (8.3), Naoki Maeda (6.8), Sander van de Streek (8.0), Amin Younes (6.9) and Bas Dost (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Arthur Zagre (6.4), Djevencio van der Kust, Ruben Kluivert, Othman Boussaid, Daishawn Redan, Luuk Brouwers (7.0), Anastasios Douvikas, Fabian De Keijzer, Hidde ter Avest (7.0), Mike Van der Hoorn, Calvin Raatsie and Moussa Sylla (6.6).

Substitutions

FC Utrecht made 5 changes: J. Toornstra for L. Brouwers (57′), A. Younes for A. Zagre (58′), S. Klaiber for H. ter Avest (68′), N. Maeda for M. Sylla (68′) and S. van de Streek for D. Redan (84′).

Best player: Can Bozdoğan​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Utrecht was Can Bozdoğan even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 34 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Eredivisie.​

• NEC – Feyenoord – 1-1
• Fortuna Sittard – FC Volendam – 2-0
• FC Emmen – SC Heerenveen – 0-0
• Excelsior – FC Utrecht – 0-1
• RKC Waalwijk – Sparta Rotterdam – 2-2