Heracles vs Excelsior 2025-26 Dutch Eredivisie, Regular Season

23': Sem Scheperman

1st Half: 35'
1 - 0

Introduction

Heracles Almelo are hosting Excelsior at Erve Asito, Almelo, Netherlands, starting on . The match is a part of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Match Commentary

14': Jannes Wieckhoff (Heracles Almelo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Goal! Heracles Almelo 1, Excelsior 0. Sem Scheperman (Heracles Almelo) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.

Game Information

Competition: Dutch Eredivisie

Venue: Erve Asito
Location: Almelo, Netherlands

Dutch Eredivisie Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+43	PSV Eindhoven	27	68	3
+21	Feyenoord Rotterdam	27	52	7
+22	NEC Nijmegen	27	49	6
+18	Ajax Amsterdam	27	47	4

Full Table

Statistics

EXC		HER
6	Fouls	8
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
0	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	0
52.1	POSSESSION	47.9
2	SHOTS	5
0	ON GOAL	1
0.0	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
127	Accurate Passes	110
160	Passes	144
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
0	Accurate Crosses	2
4	Crosses	7
0.0	Cross %	0.3
28	Long Balls	24
13	Accurate Long Balls	11
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	0
1	Effective Tackles	5
2	Tackles	5
0.5	Tackle %	1.0
3	Interceptions	3
7	Effective Clearances	5
7	Clearances	5

Line-Ups

Heracles Almelo (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Remko Pasveer (GK)
18	Alec Van Hoorenbeeck
4	Damon Mirani
24	Ivan Mesik
3	Jannes Wieckhoff
70	Ajdin Hrustic
20	Rhys Bozinovski
32	Sem Scheperman
25	Lequincio Zeefuik
9	Naci Ünüvar
14	Erik Ahlstrand

Substitutes:

Thomas Bruns, Tristan Van Gilst, Walid Ould-Chikh, Djevencio van der Kust, Mimeirhel Benita, Bryan Limbombe, Mario Engels, Timo Jansink, Sava-Arangel Cestic, Jan Zamburek, Robin Mantel, Tarik Hamamiogl.

Excelsior (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Stijn van Gassel (GK)
14	Lewis Schouten
4	Casper Widell
20	Lennard Hartjes
12	Arthur Zagre
2	Ilias Bronkhorst
23	Irakli Yegoian
10	Noah Naujoks
11	Gyan De Regt
30	Sanches Fernandes
33	Jerolldino Armantrading

Substitutes:

Stan Hendrikx, Szymon Wlodarczyk, Guilliano Cairo, Adam Carlén, Rick Meissen, Tijmen Holla, Simon Janssen, Emil Hansson, Mike van Duinen, Mathijs Tielemans.

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