Dutch Eredivisie

Excelsior vs Fortuna Sittard, 2023-24 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

· Dutch Eredivisie
Excelsior
  • 30': Nikolas Agrafiotis
  • 73': Oscar Uddenas
FT
2 - 2
Fortuna Sittard
  • 68': Deroy Duarte
  • 78': Mouhamed Belkheir

About

Excelsior are hosting Fortuna Sittard at Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Arthur Zagre (Excelsior) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 4': Foul by Loreintz Rosier (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 5': Foul by Redouan El Yaakoubi (Excelsior).
  • 5': Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Siebe Horemans.
  • 9': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Siebe Horemans.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ivo Pinto with a cross.
  • 17': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Stijn van Gassel.
  • 21': Foul by Rodrigo Guth (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 21': Nikolas Agrafiotis (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Arthur Zagre.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Deroy Duarte.
  • 26': Mitchell Dijks (Fortuna Sittard) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Dimitrios Siovas (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 30': Goal! Excelsior 1, Fortuna Sittard 0. Nikolas Agrafiotis (Excelsior) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 32': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Arthur Zagre.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Dimitrios Siovas (Fortuna Sittard) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Alen Halilovic with a cross following a corner.
  • 33': Foul by Mitchell Dijks (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 33': Siebe Horemans (Excelsior) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Deroy Duarte.
  • 38': Foul by Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 38': Redouan El Yaakoubi (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Arthur Zagre (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Foul by Ivo Pinto (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 42': Offside, Fortuna Sittard. Ivo Pinto tries a through ball, but Tijjani Noslin is caught offside.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Siebe Horemans (Excelsior) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Derensili Sanches Fernandes.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Noah Naujoks (Excelsior) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Siebe Horemans.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Nikolas Agrafiotis (Excelsior) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Noah Naujoks.
  • 44': Delay in match because of an injury Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': Deroy Duarte (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Julian Baas (Excelsior).
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Excelsior 1, Fortuna Sittard 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Excelsior 1, Fortuna Sittard 0.
  • 49': Foul by Siebe Horemans (Excelsior).
  • 49': Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Corner, Fortuna Sittard. Conceded by Serano Seymor.
  • 52': Attempt saved. Dimitrios Siovas (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Alen Halilovic with a cross.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Iñigo Córdoba (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 54': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Menaour Belkheir replaces Oguzhan Özyakup.
  • 54': Substitution, Excelsior. Sven Nieuwpoort replaces Serano Seymor.
  • 59': Arthur Zagre (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 60': Attempt missed. Loreintz Rosier (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tijjani Noslin.
  • 64': Foul by Rodrigo Guth (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 64': Lazaros Lamprou (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 64': Rodrigo Guth (Fortuna Sittard) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Julian Baas (Excelsior) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 66': Attempt saved. Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Deroy Duarte.
  • 68': Goal! Excelsior 1, Fortuna Sittard 1. Deroy Duarte (Fortuna Sittard) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Mitchell Dijks (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Noah Naujoks (Excelsior).
  • 70': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Remy Vita replaces Mitchell Dijks.
  • 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 71': Substitution, Excelsior. Richie Omorowa replaces Nikolas Agrafiotis.
  • 71': Substitution, Excelsior. Cisse Sandra replaces Noah Naujoks because of an injury.
  • 71': Substitution, Excelsior. Oscar Uddenäs replaces Lazaros Lamprou.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Richie Omorowa (Excelsior) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Derensili Sanches Fernandes with a cross.
  • 73': Goal! Excelsior 2, Fortuna Sittard 1. Oscar Uddenäs (Excelsior) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Richie Omorowa.
  • 76': Foul by Julian Baas (Excelsior).
  • 76': Remy Vita (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Julian Baas (Excelsior) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Remy Vita (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iñigo Córdoba.
  • 78': Goal! Excelsior 2, Fortuna Sittard 2. Menaour Belkheir (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  • 79': Delay in match because of an injury Ivo Pinto (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Julian Baas (Excelsior) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 85': Attempt saved. Cisse Sandra (Excelsior) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Siebe Horemans.
  • 86': Substitution, Excelsior. Troy Parrott replaces Derensili Sanches Fernandes.
  • 88': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Kaj Sierhuis replaces Alen Halilovic.
  • 88': Substitution, Fortuna Sittard. Arianit Ferati replaces Iñigo Córdoba.
  • 89': Foul by Ivo Pinto (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 89': Richie Omorowa (Excelsior) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Deroy Duarte (Fortuna Sittard).
  • 90'+4': Julian Baas (Excelsior) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Menaour Belkheir (Fortuna Sittard) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Siebe Horemans (Excelsior).
  • 90'+5': Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Tijjani Noslin (Fortuna Sittard) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kaj Sierhuis with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Excelsior 2, Fortuna Sittard 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Excelsior 2, Fortuna Sittard 2.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 5
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 0
3 Saves 3
55.2 Possession 44.8
13 SHOTS 9
5 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
347 Accurate Passes 266
451 Passes 373
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
6 Accurate Crosses 1
25 Crosses 14
0.2 Cross % 0.1
52 Long Balls 96
29 Accurate Long Balls 41
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 1
10 Effective Tackles 16
18 Tackles 28
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
10 Interceptions 13
22 Effective Clearances 18
22 Clearances 18

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Stadion Woudestein
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 4,139

Eredivisie Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 NEC Nijmegen 3 +11 9
2 PSV Eindhoven 3 +9 9
3 Ajax Amsterdam 3 +4 7
4 Feyenoord Rotterdam 2 +3 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

EXC Excelsior (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Stijn van Gassel (GK)
34 Serano Seymor
5 Casper Widell
12 Arthur Zagre
2 Siebe Horemans
4 Redouan El Yaakoubi
33 Julian Baas Yellow Card
15 Noah Naujoks
19 Nikolas Agrafiotis
7 Lazaros Lamprou
30 Sanches Fernandes
Excelsior Substitutes:
Norbert Alblas, Sven Nieuwpoort, Oscar Uddenas, Mimeirhel Benita, Richie Omorowa, Cisse Sandra, Troy Parrott, Pascal Kuiper, Ian Smeulers.

FOR Fortuna Sittard (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
31 Ivor Pandur (GK)
33 Dimitrios Siovas
14 Rodrigo Guth Yellow Card
35 Mitchell Dijks Yellow Card
12 Ivo Pinto
10 Alen Halilovic
6 Deroy Duarte
32 Loreintz Rosier
77 Tijjani Noslin
15 Oguzhan Özyakup
7 Iñigo Córdoba
Fortuna Sittard Substitutes:
Tom Hendriks, Sadik Fofana, Mouhamed Belkheir, Nathangelo Markelo, Luuk Koopmans, Kaj Sierhuis, Arianit Ferati, Remy Vita, Stipe Radic, Milan Robberechts.

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