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 65, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 4 interceptions. Itakura produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 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 67.
Mika Godts scored twice.
Ko Itakura
Ajax · 67'
Produced 1.15× and cost 0.35× 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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ko Itakura ★ | Defender | 67 | 65 |
| Kenneth Taylor | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Mika Godts | Forward | 87 | 62 |
| Steven Berghuis | Forward | 67 | 57 |
| Davy Klaassen | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| James McConnell | Midfielder | 23 | 54 |
| Youri Baas | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Anton Gaaei | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Vitezslav Jaros | Goalkeeper | 90 | 44 |
| Wout Weghorst | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Josip Sutalo | Defender | 23 | 42 |
| Oliver Edvardsen | Forward | 23 | 42 |
| Owen Wijndal | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 67 | 38 |
| Oscar Gloukh | Midfielder | 23 | 32 |
| Jorthy Mokio | Midfielder | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaj de Rooij | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Jan Faberski | Forward | 23 | 60 |
| Koen Kostons | Forward | 79 | 55 |
| Anselmo García MacNulty | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Thijs Oosting | Midfielder | 79 | 49 |
| Dylan Mbayo | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Simon Graves | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Jamiro Monteiro | Midfielder | 46 | 44 |
| Tom de Graaff | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 |
| Ryan Thomas | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Zico Buurmeester | Midfielder | 44 | 36 |
| Sherel Floranus | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Olivier Aertssen | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Gabriël Reiziger | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Shola Shoretire | Forward | 11 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which PEC Zwolle player recovered the most balls?
Ryan Thomas, with 10 recoveries. Next: Anselmo García MacNulty 4, Simon Graves 4.
Despite the 3–1 defeat against Ajax, Ryan Thomas anchored PEC Zwolle defensively with 10 ball recoveries. Thomas far surpassed Anselmo García MacNulty and Simon Graves, who recorded 4 each.
Which Ajax player won the most aerial duels?
Wout Weghorst, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Ko Itakura 2, Youri Baas 2.
In Ajax's victory, direct play played an effective role. Wout Weghorst led the aerial duels with 4 won, doubling the totals of Ko Itakura and Youri Baas.
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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