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Eredivisie Matchday 5 Sat 5 Sep

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Home Willem II
Full-time 0:3
Away Excelsior

Garden 8′Meissen 34′Yegoian 85′

Player of the match Irakli Yegoian 8.7

GolVolt ratingSkip it 0.7/10 more watchable than 7% of Eredivisie matches Settled by 34′. How we rate

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 8' Garden, 0:1
  1. 3 of 6

    Excelsior turned that many shots on target into goals with only 41% of the ball.

  2. 45% → 95%

    Excelsior: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 83.

  3. 7 → 4

    Excelsior climb 3 places in the table. Willem II: 15 → 17.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 0:1, from 43% to 67% (Excelsior).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+2' · 0:3Willem II 1%draw 4%Excelsior 95%

Key stats

59% Possession 41%
1.10 xG (expected goals) 1.66
16 Shots 12
2 On target 6
7 Corners 6
71 Dangerous attacks 49
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Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Settled by 34′.

  • Dramaweight 50% Settled by 34′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.1 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Nobody stood out. Heroes: 3.3 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.3 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 3.1 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Skip it

GolVolt rating 0.7more watchable than 7% of Eredivisie matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

3 goals4 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal: David Gardenleft foot · assist: Yegoian0:1
  2. 34' Goal: Rick Meissenheader · assist: Janssen0:2
  3. Half-time · 0:2
  4. 46' 2 substitutionsDekker for LemmensVilhena for Gürbüz
  5. 51' Kasper Boogaardyellow card · foul
  6. 63' SubstitutionVerheydt for Boogaard
  7. 64' SubstitutionTimas for Sliti
  8. 65' Substitutionvan Vianen for Moreira
  9. 71' SubstitutionGroen for Thorsteinsson
  10. 81' Jaden Sloryyellow card · foul
  11. 82' Willem IIyellow card
  12. 82' SubstitutionCairo for Garden
  13. 82' SubstitutionObi for Slory
  14. 85' Goal: Irakli Yegoianright foot · assist: van Gassel0:3
  15. 87' Nesto Groenyellow card · foul
  16. Full-time · 0:3

Match stats

Shooting

1.10 xG (expected goals) 1.66
16 Shots 12
2 On target 6
7 Off target 3

Play

59% Possession 41%
7 Corners 6
504 Passes 362
83% Pass accuracy 77%
126 Attacks 99
71 Dangerous attacks 49

Defence

12 Tackles 7
9 Interceptions 5
3 Saves 2

Discipline

9 Fouls 11
1 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-2-3-1 –5-4-1

Willem II

Excelsior

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Willem II

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Match sheet

Stadium
Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · Excelsior Irakli Yegoian 8.72
  2. 2. place · Excelsior Rick Meissen 8.02
  3. 3. place · Excelsior Casper Widell 7.94

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Absences

Willem II · 5 out

  • Amine Lachkar Injured

    since 7 Aug 2025 · return date unknown · 53 matches missed · Groin Injury

  • Anass Zarrouk Injured

    since 28 Mar · return date unknown · 19 matches missed · Surgery

  • Armin Culum Injured

    since 4 Jul · return date unknown · 7 matches missed · Foot Injury

  • Jari Schuurman Injured

    since 11 Dec 2025 · return date unknown · 33 matches missed · Back Injury

  • Thomas Didillon-Hödl Injured

    since 9 Aug · return date unknown · 2 matches missed · Hamstring Injury

Excelsior · 1 out

  • Noah Naujoks Injured

    since 14 Aug · return date unknown · 2 matches missed · Minor Knock

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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