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 66, 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 71.
Noah Naujoks scored twice.
Kenneth Taylor
Ajax · 90'
Produced 1.36× and cost 0.45× 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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Taylor ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Youri Baas | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Josip Sutalo | Defender | 84 | 57 |
| Kasper Dolberg | Forward | 33 | 55 |
| Mika Godts | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Oscar Gloukh | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Anton Gaaei | Defender | 57 | 39 |
| Gerald Alders | Defender | 76 | 36 |
| Remko Pasveer | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Oliver Edvardsen | Forward | 76 | 34 |
| Wout Weghorst | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| 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 | 71 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 84 | 68 |
| Lennard Hartjes | Midfielder | 52 | 58 |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | 50 |
| Stefan Mitrović | Forward | 24 | 49 |
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Gyan de Regt | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Noah Naujoks | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Jerolldino Bergraaf | Forward | 66 | 39 |
| Mike van Duinen | Forward | 24 | 36 |
| Nolan Martens | Defender | 84 | 30 |
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | Forward | 66 | 24 |
| Lewis Schouten | Defender | 6 | no rating |
| Simon Janssen | Defender | 6 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Eredivisie match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Ajax 1–2 Excelsior. The side that created more danger did not win.
Ajax compiled 631 passes, 15 shots, and 2.13 xG, but suffered a 1–2 home defeat to Excelsior. The visitors made the absolute most of 8 shots and 0.56 xG.
Which Excelsior player won the most aerial duels?
Ilias Bronkhorst, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Rick Meissen 2, Lennard Hartjes 1.
In Excelsior's 1–2 win at Ajax, Ilias Bronkhorst dominated the air by winning 6 aerial duels. Rick Meissen was next with 2.
Which Ajax player completed the most dribbles?
Mika Godts, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Youri Regeer 1, Kenneth Taylor 1.
Mika Godts led Ajax's 1v1 play with 3 successful dribbles in the 1–2 loss to Excelsior. Youri Regeer and Kenneth Taylor recorded just 1 each.
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.
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