Ajax 3–1 PEC Zwolle
- Klaassen 18'
- Godts 37'
- Godts 86'
- de Rooij 69'
13 September 2025
The match in data
Ajax beat PEC Zwolle 3–1 on 13 September 2025, on matchday 5 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Ko Itakura (Ajax), rated 70, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 4 interceptions. Itakura produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For PEC Zwolle, the highest-rated player was Kaj de Rooij, with 74.
Mika Godts scored twice.
Ko Itakura
Ajax · 67'
Produced 1.28× and cost 0.38× their position's average
- 8 final-third passes 1.9×
- 4 interceptions 4.0×
- 64 passes 1.9×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.8×
- 2 duels lost 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mika Godts | Forward | 87 | 70 |
| Ko Itakura ★ | Defender | 67 | 70 |
| Kenneth Taylor | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Steven Berghuis | Forward | 67 | 65 |
| James McConnell | Midfielder | 23 | 65 |
| Oliver Edvardsen | Forward | 23 | 56 |
| Davy Klaassen | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Anton Gaaei | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Wout Weghorst | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Youri Baas | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Owen Wijndal | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Josip Sutalo | Defender | 23 | 45 |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 67 | 42 |
| Oscar Gloukh | Midfielder | 23 | 33 |
| Vitezslav Jaros | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jorthy Mokio | Midfielder | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaj de Rooij | Forward | 90 | 74 |
| Jan Faberski | Forward | 23 | 67 |
| Anselmo García MacNulty | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Dylan Mbayo | Forward | 90 | 58 |
| Koen Kostons | Forward | 79 | 54 |
| Thijs Oosting | Midfielder | 79 | 54 |
| Jamiro Monteiro | Midfielder | 46 | 50 |
| Simon Graves | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Sherel Floranus | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Olivier Aertssen | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Ryan Thomas | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Zico Buurmeester | Midfielder | 44 | 38 |
| Tom de Graaff | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Gabriël Reiziger | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Shola Shoretire | Forward | 11 | 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.