Counter-Punch
Excelsior
Excelsior were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.60 xG from 41.0% possession.
- Possession
- 41.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.60
- Opponent xG
- 0.86
Eredivisie · Matchday 5
Willem II
0 – 3
FT
HT 0–2
Excelsior
D. Garden 8'
R. Meissen 34'
I. Yegoian 85'
Eredivisie
Matchday 5Willem II0–3Excelsior
0.86
Expected goals
1.60
8′34′85′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: WI 0.86, EXC 1.60.
Match report
Willem II 0-3 Excelsior
Excelsior were far too strong for Willem II 3-0 at Koning Willem II Stadion in Eredivisie. Garden opened the scoring for Excelsior on 8', Meissen made it 2-0 to Excelsior on 34' and Yegoian made it 3-0 to Excelsior on 85'.
Expected goals finished Willem II 0.86, Excelsior 1.60. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Willem II held 59.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Excelsior graded out for counter-punch — 41.0% possession and 1.60 expected goals. Excelsior graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.60 expected goals.
Irakli Yegoian came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.7 for Excelsior from 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 key pass.
It was a niggly afternoon: 24 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Excelsior conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
59%Possession41%
16Shots13
0.86xG1.60
What the numbers say
5 readsClinical Edge
Excelsior
Excelsior finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.60 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.60
- Overperformance
- +1.40
Passive Possession
Willem II
Willem II controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 59.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.86
- On target
- 2
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.17
Box Occupation
Excelsior
Excelsior kept getting bodies into the area — 77% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 10 of 13
- Share
- 77%
- xG per shot
- 0.12
Timeline
⚽8'
D. Garden — assist: I. Yegoian
⚽34'
R. Meissen — assist: S. Janssen
Half-time
M. Dekker ↑ M. Lemmens ↓
🔄46'
T. Vilhena ↑ E. Gurbuz ↓
🔄46'
Kasper Boogaard
Foul
🟨51'
T. Verheydt ↑ K. Boogaard ↓
🔄63'
🔄64'
I. Silva Timas ↑ A. Sliti ↓
🔄65'
D. van Vianen ↑ E. da Silva Moreira ↓
🔄70'
N. Groen ↑ A. Thorsteinsson ↓
Jaden Slory
Foul
🟨81'
C. Obi ↑ J. Slory ↓
🔄82'
🔄82'
G. Cairo ↑ D. Garden ↓
⚽85'
I. Yegoian — assist: S. van Gassel
🟨87'
Nesto Groen
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueKoning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg
RefereeRobin Hensgens, Netherlands
CompetitionEredivisie
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished