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Excelsior and Utrecht offer a matchup in which a broader Utrecht advantage meets a powerful counterexample. Utrecht won 4–1 on 24 August 2025, and the teams drew 1–1 on 27 January 2024, but Excelsior answered with a 5–0 home victory on 26 April 2026. That contrast makes the fixture difficult to reduce to hierarchy alone: Utrecht carry the stronger profile, while Excelsior have shown how sharply the balance can turn.
Past matches, Excelsior vs Utrecht
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Excelsior
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16G
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24M
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9F
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23M
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28F
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11F
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15D
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21F
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18M
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22D
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6M
Utrecht Substitutes
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F
39
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F
10
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G
33
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D
32
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D
18
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D
6
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D
21
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G
22
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F
17
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M
8
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F
80
Match events
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36'⚽Artem Stepanov Normal Goal
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62'Marius Broholm Ángel Alarcón
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62'Yoann Cathline Artem Stepanov
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62'S. van Duijn Adrian Blake
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70'Mario Domínguez Franco David Garden
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70'Simon Janssen Kasey Bos
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70'Valentin Sulzbacher Eric da Silva Moreira
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71'Valentin Sulzbacher Yellow Card
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77'⚽Aymen sliti Normal Goal (Asst: Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson)
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80'Alireza Jahanbakhsh Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson
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81'Joris van Overeem Niklas Vesterlund
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85'Giulliano Cairo Lennard Hartjes
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85'Mario Domínguez Franco Yellow Card
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90' +2⚽Dani De Wit Normal Goal
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90' +4Jakov Medic Arthur Zagre
Stats for this game
Matchup Excelsior VS Utrecht
Utrecht set the broader benchmark
The historical shape leans toward Utrecht, whose results across the pairing have more often produced the decisive outcome. Their 4–1 home win on 24 August 2025 is a clear example of that advantage, while the 1–0 result on 25 January 2023 shows a more controlled margin. These scores support Utrecht as the side with the stronger overall profile, without suggesting that every meeting follows the same script.
Excelsior’s emphatic answer
Excelsior’s 5–0 victory on 26 April 2026 is the essential counterpoint. It was preceded by two draws in which neither side separated itself: a 1–1 at Excelsior on 27 January 2024 and a 2–2 at Utrecht on 12 November 2023. Together, those results make the matchup more nuanced than its wider balance might imply. Future editions will test whether Excelsior can reproduce that level of disruption or whether Utrecht can restore a clearer margin. The enduring interest lies in that tension between established advantage and a result that decisively challenged it.
Past head to head stats
Excelsior VS Utrecht
Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time
Points per match over time
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 20 games
Excelsior VS Utrecht
Head-to-Head History
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