NEC Nijmegen vs Excelsior prediction | 8 Sep 2026 | xGtoday


NEC Nijmegen
Ranking: #172 overall, #7 in Netherlands

66.6 → 68.0 (+1.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 10 May Groningen (A) 67.5 -0.5
2-1 17 May Go Ahead (H) 68.0 +0.5
1-2 08 Aug Telstar (H) 67.8 -0.2
1-4 15 Aug Willem II (A) 68.3 +0.5
1-3 29 Aug Zwolle (A) 68.0 -0.3
Excelsior
Ranking: #361 overall, #11 in Netherlands

57.8 → 60.8 (+3.0 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 10 May Volendam (H) 59.8 -0.4
2-3 17 May Sparta R'dam (A) 59.8 0.0
0-4 07 Aug Cambuur (A) 61.0 +1.2
1-2 15 Aug PSV (H) 60.8 -0.2
2-1 29 Aug Sparta R'dam (H) 60.8 0.0

NEC Nijmegen vs Excelsior: by the numbers

Excelsior trail NEC Nijmegen by 189 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 4 in Netherlands.

Over their last 10 matches Excelsior have moved +3.0 rating points, against +1.4 for NEC Nijmegen.

Excelsior lost 0.2 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 4 Apr 2026.

NEC Nijmegen first climbed to joint #159 in our European rankings on 15 Aug 2026.

Excelsior first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 63.9 on 11 Aug 2018.