Ajax 1–2 FC Utrecht
- Weghorst 84'
- Vesterlund 81'
- van der Hoorn 90+6'
10 May 2026
The match in data
FC Utrecht beat Ajax 2–1 on 10 May 2026, on matchday 33 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Souffian El Karouani (FC Utrecht), rated 72, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 7 duels won. El Karouani produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Ajax, the highest-rated player was Wout Weghorst, with 80.
Souffian El Karouani
FC Utrecht · 90'
Produced 1.38× and cost 0.36× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.2×
- 7 duels won 1.5×
- 3 tackles 1.6×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wout Weghorst | Forward | 33 | 80 |
| Youri Baas | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Steven Berghuis | Forward | 73 | 58 |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 73 | 56 |
| Anton Gaaei | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Kasper Dolberg | Forward | 57 | 52 |
| Josip Sutalo | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Lucas Rosa | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Davy Klaassen | Midfielder | 32 | 45 |
| Jorthy Mokio | Midfielder | 83 | 44 |
| Mika Godts | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Oscar Gloukh | Midfielder | 58 | 36 |
| Maarten Paes | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Rayane Bounida | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Sean Steur | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Oliver Edvardsen | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Viergever | Defender | 24 | 86 |
| Souffian El Karouani ★ | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Gjivai Zechiël | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Niklas Vesterlund | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Mike van der Hoorn | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Sébastien Haller | Forward | 75 | 49 |
| Alonzo Engwanda | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Adrian Blake | Forward | 24 | 40 |
| Jesper Karlsson | Forward | 66 | 35 |
| Mike Eerdhuijzen | Defender | 66 | 34 |
| Yoann Cathline | Forward | 90 | 26 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| David Min | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Siebe Horemans | Defender | 1 | 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.