Match Report
Excelsior comfortably beat Willem II 3-0 on 5 September 2026. David Garden opened the scoring inside the first 8 minutes for Excelsior, set up by Irakli Yegoian, to make it 1-0. Rick Meissen added to the tally in the 34th minute for Excelsior, set up by Simon Janssen, to make it 2-0. Irakli Yegoian added to the tally late on, in the 85th minute for Excelsior, set up by Stijn van Gassel, to make it 3-0. Kasper Boogaard (51'), Jaden Slory (81') and Nesto Groen (87') were booked. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Excelsior only a 23.2% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes.