Ajax 1–2 Excelsior
- Dolberg 59'
- Naujoks 37'
- Naujoks 46'
22 November 2025
The match in data
Excelsior beat Ajax 2–1 on 22 November 2025, on matchday 13 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Kenneth Taylor (Ajax), rated 72, thanks above all to 16 final-third passes and 64 passes. Taylor produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
For Excelsior, the highest-rated player was Adam Carlén, with 80.
Noah Naujoks scored twice.
Kenneth Taylor
Ajax · 90'
Produced 1.42× and cost 0.50× their position's average
- 16 final-third passes 2.9×
- 64 passes 1.6×
- 3 key passes 2.3×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.8×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.1×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Taylor ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 72 |
| Youri Baas | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Kasper Dolberg | Forward | 33 | 64 |
| Josip Sutalo | Defender | 84 | 61 |
| Mika Godts | Forward | 90 | 58 |
| Oscar Gloukh | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Oliver Edvardsen | Forward | 76 | 43 |
| Anton Gaaei | Defender | 57 | 42 |
| Gerald Alders | Defender | 76 | 39 |
| Wout Weghorst | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Remko Pasveer | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Owen Wijndal | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Raúl Moro | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Davy Klaassen | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Carlén | Midfielder | 38 | 80 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 84 | 77 |
| Lennard Hartjes | Midfielder | 52 | 65 |
| Stefan Mitrović | Forward | 24 | 56 |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Gyan de Regt | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Jerolldino Bergraaf | Forward | 66 | 42 |
| Noah Naujoks | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | Forward | 66 | 36 |
| Mike van Duinen | Forward | 24 | 36 |
| Nolan Martens | Defender | 84 | 33 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Lewis Schouten | Defender | 6 | no rating |
| Simon Janssen | Defender | 6 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.