NIJMEGEN. Excelsior found a way to snatch a draw against NEC with a late goal from L. Lamprou scored in the (88′) after NEC got a lead with a goal from L. Dimata (59′). NEC was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)

The match was played at the Stadion De Goffert stadium in Nijmegen on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Sander van der Eijk with the collaboration of Richard Polman and Don Frijn. The 4th official was Marc Nagtegaal. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

NEC had a superior ball possession 59% while Excelsior was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

NEC was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 10 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough NEC to win the match​.

NEC shot 18 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Excelsior shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

NEC received 2 yellow cards (I. Marquez and O. Tannane). On the other side, Excelsior received 3 yellow cards (S. Seymor, J. Baas and M. van Duinen).

Standings

After playing this encounter, NEC will have 10 points like Excelsior to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Excelsior will have 10 points like NEC to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Eredivisie, NEC will host RKC Waalwijk on the 13th of November with a 15-7 head to head statistic in favor of NEC (3 draws).

Excelsior will play away agasint Feyenoord on the 13th of November with a 15-4 head to head in favor of Feyenoord (0 draws).

NEC – Formation

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

The manager Rogier Meijer decided to play with the following team: Jasper Cillessen (7.3), Bart van Rooij (6.6), Iván Márquez (7.4), Calvin Verdonk (7.0), Souffian El Karouani (7.3), Dirk Proper (6.7), Lasse Schøne (7.1), Elayis Tavsan (6.6), Oussama Tannane (7.7), Magnus Mattsson (6.9) and Landry Dimata (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Terry Sanniez, Mikkel Duelund, Robin Roefs, Pedro Marques (6.6), Nils Rossen, Mattijs Branderhorst, Ilias Bronkhorst and Ibrahim Cissoko.

Substitutions

NEC made 2 changes: L. Dimata for P. Marques (80′) and D. Proper for M. Duelund (84′).

Best player: Oussama Tannane​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for NEC was Oussama Tannane.

His rating is (7.7) with 44 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 9 crosses.

Excelsior – Formation

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

Marinus Dijkhuizen played with: Stijn van Gassel (7.4), Siebe Horemans (6.9), Redouan El Yaakoubi (7.1), Serano Seymor (6.8), Nathan Tjoe-A-On (6.7), Julian Baas (6.7), Yassin Ayoub (6.6), Marouan Azarkan (6.1), Kenzo Goudmijn (6.9), Couhaib Driouech (6.2) and Mike van Duinen (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Nathan Markelo, Jacky Donkor (6.8), Lazaros Lamprou (7.4), Joshua Eijgenraam (6.4), Reda Kharchouch (6.6), Norbert Alblas, Maxime Awoudja (6.2) and Adrian Fein.

Substitutions

Excelsior made 5 changes: Y. Ayoub for J. Eijgenraam (29′), M. Azarkan for L. Lamprou (46′), C. Driouech for R. Kharchouch (71′), S. Seymor for M. Awoudja (81′) and K. Goudmijn for J. Donkor (81′).

Best player: Stijn van Gassel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Excelsior was the goalkeeper: Stijn van Gassel. His rating is 7.44. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Sparta Rotterdam – FC Emmen – 3-1
• NEC – Excelsior – 1-1
• FC Volendam – Ajax – 2-4