Ajax 2–0 FC Groningen
- Godts 28'
- Bouwman 60'
2 December 2025
The match in data
Ajax beat FC Groningen 2–0 on 2 December 2025, on matchday 14 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Kenneth Taylor (Ajax), rated 73, thanks above all to 13 final-third passes and 1 big chance created. Taylor produced 1.9 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For FC Groningen, the highest-rated player was Tika de Jonge, with 73.
Kenneth Taylor
Ajax · 90'
Produced 1.94× and cost 0.69× their position's average
- 13 final-third passes 2.4×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 60 passes 1.5×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.0×
- 1 failed dribble 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Rosa | Defender | 20 | 76 |
| Kenneth Taylor ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 73 |
| Mika Godts | Forward | 86 | 64 |
| Ko Itakura | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Davy Klaassen | Midfielder | 80 | 59 |
| Aaron Bouwman | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Oscar Gloukh | Midfielder | 73 | 48 |
| Owen Wijndal | Defender | 70 | 48 |
| Wout Weghorst | Forward | 86 | 45 |
| Youri Baas | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Vitezslav Jaros | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Sean Steur | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Kian Fitz-Jim | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Rayane Bounida | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Kasper Dolberg | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Pharell Nash | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tika de Jonge | Midfielder | 46 | 73 |
| Dies Janse | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Stije Resink | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Tygo Land | Midfielder | 44 | 60 |
| Marvin Peersman | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Thom van Bergen | Forward | 81 | 51 |
| Jorg Schreuders | Forward | 81 | 50 |
| Marco Rente | Defender | 70 | 49 |
| Brynjólfur Willumsson | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Younes Taha | Forward | 70 | 45 |
| David van der Werff | Forward | 20 | 43 |
| Thijmen Blokzijl | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Tyrique Mercera | Defender | 20 | 34 |
| Etienne Vaessen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Mats Seuntjens | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Nils Eggens | Forward | 9 | 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.