Ajax 2–2 SC Heerenveen
- Klaverboer 7' (o.g.)
- Ouazane 33'
- Trenskow 45'
- Rivera 82'
16 August 2026
The match in data
Ajax and SC Heerenveen drew 2–2 on 16 August 2026, on matchday 2 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Sam Kersten (SC Heerenveen), rated 77, thanks above all to 4 tackles and 7 final-third passes. Kersten produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Ajax, the highest-rated player was Julian Brandt, with 78.
Sam Kersten
SC Heerenveen · 90'
Produced 1.20× and cost 0.19× their position's average
- 4 tackles 2.4×
- 7 final-third passes 1.0×
- 75 passes 1.5×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.5×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Brandt | Midfielder | 25 | 78 |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Davy Klaassen | Midfielder | 73 | 57 |
| Youri Baas | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Steven Berghuis | Forward | 86 | 50 |
| Lucas Rosa | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Oscar Gloukh | Midfielder | 65 | 44 |
| Kasper Dolberg | Forward | 65 | 43 |
| Aaron Bouwman | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Caio Henrique | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Marcos Leonardo | Forward | 25 | 38 |
| Abdellah Ouazane | Midfielder | 87 | 35 |
| Marc ter Stegen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jorthy Mokio | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Oliver Edvardsen | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Tolu Arokodare | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Kersten ★ | Defender | 90 | 77 |
| Jacob Trenskow | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Maas Willemsen | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Maxence Rivera | Forward | 32 | 55 |
| Dirk Proper | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Ringo Meerveld | Midfielder | 73 | 50 |
| Luca Oyen | Forward | 58 | 48 |
| Oliver Braude | Defender | 87 | 43 |
| Marcus Linday | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Dylan Vente | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Vasilios Zagaritis | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Bernt Klaverboer | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Lanroy Machine | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Hristiyan Petrov | Defender | 3 | 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.