Heerenveen vs Excelsior Highlights - October 16, 2026

Excelsior travel to Abe Lenstra Stadion in Heerenveen to face Heerenveen on October 16, 2026.

This one is a Eredivisie tie.

Heerenveen sit in position 10 of the table with 9 points after 8 matches. Their season so far: won 2, drawn 3, lost 3.

That leaves a goal difference of 0. Across the last five they have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 2.

On Aug 30 they shared a 2-2 draw at Willem II. A 2-3 home defeat to AZ Alkmaar came on Sep 6.

A 0-0 home draw with Telstar followed on Sep 13. On Sep 19 they took a 4-0 win at Sparta Rotterdam.

On Oct 9 they went down 0-2 at PSV Eindhoven. That run brought 8 goals for and 7 against.

Of that run, 2 were played at home. The defence held firm 2 times across those games.

Excelsior go into the match in position 9, on 11 points from 8 matches. They have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3 so far.

Their goal difference stands at +2. In their last five outings they have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 2.

They won 3-0 away at Willem II on Sep 5. They drew 2-2 away at NEC Nijmegen on Sep 8.

They lost 1-2 at home to FC Utrecht on Sep 13. On Sep 19 they shared a 2-2 draw at Ajax Amsterdam.

A 1-5 home defeat to FC Groningen came on Oct 11. They have scored 9 and conceded 11 across that run.

2 of those five came at home. That makes it 2 without defeat.

Heerenveen have leaned on Jacob Trenskow, who has found the net 3 times. For assists Heerenveen look to Levi Smans, on 3.

Irakli Yegoian has scored 3 times for Excelsior this season. Irakli Yegoian tops the Excelsior assist chart with 5.

In the table Excelsior sit above Heerenveen. Live score, stats and lineups appear on this page once the match starts.