§ Eredivisie · 2026-27 · Matchday 8

Ajax 1–1 NEC Nijmegen

  • Arokodare 7'
  • Chery 19' (pen.)

10 October 2026

The match in data

Ajax and NEC Nijmegen finished level at 1–1 on 10 October 2026, on matchday 8 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.

Player of the match: Sofyan Amrabat (Ajax), rated 55, thanks above all to 10 final-third passes and 66 passes. Amrabat produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.

For NEC Nijmegen, the highest-rated player was Perr Schuurs, with 54.

55
Player of the match

Sofyan Amrabat

Ajax · 90'

Produced 1.19× and cost 0.81× their position's average

Added
  • 10 final-third passes 1.7×
  • 66 passes 1.5×
  • 8 recoveries 1.9×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.4×
  • 5 duels lost 1.3×

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.

Ajax
PlayerPositionMinRating
Viktor Tsygankov Forward 60 60
Simon Adingra Forward 30 58
Sofyan Amrabat ★ Midfielder 90 55
Thilo Kehrer Defender 90 53
Tolu Arokodare Forward 73 50
Jorthy Mokio Midfielder 90 47
Lucas Rosa Defender 73 46
Youri Baas Defender 90 43
Marc ter Stegen Goalkeeper 90 42
Julian Brandt Midfielder 90 41
Abdellah Ouazane Midfielder 30 40
Oscar Gloukh Midfielder 60 37
Owen Wijndal Defender 80 27
Aaron Bouwman Defender 17 no rating
Marcos Leonardo Forward 17 no rating
Davy Klaassen Midfielder 10 no rating
NEC Nijmegen
PlayerPositionMinRating
Perr Schuurs Defender 72 54
Dusan Tadic Forward 90 53
Noé Lebreton Midfielder 90 53
Gonzalo Crettaz Goalkeeper 90 49
Deveron Fonville Defender 90 38
Bryan Linssen Forward 73 34
Gabriel Brás Defender 90 33
Tjaronn Chery Midfielder 82 33
Darko Nejasmic Midfielder 90 31
Tobias Storm Defender 90 31
Kevin Kers Midfielder 82 29
Ahmetcan Kaplan Defender 18 no rating
Mitchel Bakker Defender 17 no rating
Jamiro Monteiro Midfielder 8 no rating
Willum Thór Willumsson Midfielder 8 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which NEC Nijmegen player won the most aerial duels?

Kevin Kers, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Deveron Fonville 2, Perr Schuurs 1.

Kevin Kers commanded the skies for NEC Nijmegen with 4 aerial duels won, doubling Deveron Fonville. That dominance in the air helped secure a 1–1 draw against Ajax.

Which Ajax player won the most aerial duels?

Tolu Arokodare, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Thilo Kehrer 2, Youri Baas 2.

Tolu Arokodare was Ajax's prime aerial target, winning 5 duels to clearly surpass Thilo Kehrer and Youri Baas. That presence in the air stood out in the 1–1 draw.

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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Ajax 1–1 NEC Nijmegen, Eredivisie 2026-27. Player of the match: Sofyan Amrabat, 55
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.