Match Report
Before the match
Excelsior's previous five results comprised one draw and four defeats. Their goal totals were 4 scored and 14 conceded, with no wins. Sittard were their latest opponents, away on 25 October: a 1-0 defeat.
Against Sittard in Eredivisie, Excelsior scored zero and conceded one on 25 October; the away from home result was 0-1. Excelsior's away from home game on 16 October (Eredivisie) ended 0-4 against Heerenveen, with zero goals for and four against. On 11 October, Groningen faced Excelsior in Eredivisie: Excelsior lost 1-5 at home, having scored one and conceded five. Eredivisie, 19 September brought an away meeting with Ajax; Excelsior drew 2-2, a return of two goals scored and two conceded. Excelsior hosted Utrecht on 13 September (Eredivisie) and lost 1-2; their goals totalled one, compared with two conceded.
11 points in ten matches put Excelsior 13th in the pre-match results-based Eredivisie standings.
Twente came into the game with three wins, one draw and one defeat from their last five outings, scoring nine goals and conceding five. On 25 October, Twente recorded a 2-0 win visiting AZ.
The 25 October fixture (Eredivisie) paired Twente with AZ. Twente won 2-0 away from home, netting two goals while conceding zero. Playing at home against Utrecht (Eredivisie), Twente finished 1-2 on 18 October. Their score comprised one goal, against two from the opposition. 10 October: Twente drew 1-1 against Sittard away from home in Eredivisie, scoring one goal and allowing one. Against PSV in Eredivisie, Twente scored three and conceded two on 20 September; the at home result was 3-2. Twente's at home game on 12 September (Eredivisie) ended 2-0 against Den Haag, with two goals for and zero against.
Twente: 4th, 20 points, ten matches in the calculated Eredivisie standings at kickoff.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 0-0 draw at Twente on 24 January and a 1-0 home win for Excelsior on 30 August 2025.
After the match
Twente overwhelmed Excelsior 9-0 on 1 November 2026. Wout Weghorst opened the scoring inside the first 12 minutes for Twente, set up by Sondre Ørjasæter, to make it 1-0. Wout Weghorst added to the tally in the 32nd minute for Twente, set up by Sondre Ørjasæter, to make it 2-0. With the 3rd goal, Twente extended the lead through Wout Weghorst in the 33rd minute, set up by Sondre Ørjasæter, to make it 3-0. Thomas van den Belt scored the 4th goal for Twente in the 39th minute as they extended the lead to make it 4-0. Twente extended the lead 46 minutes into the game; the match's 5th goal came through Daan Rots, set up by Sondre Ørjasæter, to make it 5-0. The 6th goal came 49 minutes into the game from Jordy Bawuah for Twente, who extended the lead, set up by Sondre Ørjasæter, to make it 6-0. 62 minutes into the game, Wout Weghorst from the penalty spot supplied goal number 7 as Twente extended the lead to make it 7-0. With the 8th goal, Twente extended the lead through Ramiz Zerrouki from the penalty spot 71 minutes into the game to make it 8-0. Daan Rots scored the 9th goal for Twente late on, in the 82nd minute as they extended the lead, set up by Thomas van den Belt, to make it 9-0. Nesto Groen (5') was sent off. Wout Weghorst (17') and Lennard Hartjes (43') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Twente 226 points stronger than Excelsior. Twente won; current ratings also favour them in this pairing, with a model probability of 60.5%. On current ratings the model puts Twente at around 3.68 gols in this pairing; they scored 9 here. Excelsior's current recorded form ends with 4 consecutive defeats in the 2026/27 Eredivisie. one yellow card and one red card went to Excelsior. The substitution total for Excelsior was three. Twente: one yellow card. five changes were recorded for Twente. Jordy Bawuah scored in minute 49 following entry for Twente in the 46th minute. Twente finished with a clean sheet.