AZ Alkmaar 3–0 FC Groningen
- Mijnans 9'
- Poku 30'
- Meerdink 48'
11 May 2025
The match in data
AZ Alkmaar beat FC Groningen 3–0 on 11 May 2025, on matchday 32 of the 2024-25 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Ernest Poku (AZ Alkmaar), rated 84, thanks above all to 4 shots on target and 1 goal. Poku produced 1.7 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For FC Groningen, the highest-rated player was Thijmen Blokzijl, with 70.
Ernest Poku
AZ Alkmaar · 84'
Produced 1.70× and cost 0.07× their position's average
- 4 shots on target 4.0×
- 1 goal 3.5×
- 3 completed dribbles 3.0×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.5×
- 2 duels 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Poku ★ | Forward | 84 | 84 |
| Mexx Meerdink | Forward | 68 | 69 |
| Sven Mijnans | Midfielder | 68 | 65 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Kees Smit | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Ibrahim Sadiq | Forward | 22 | 52 |
| Alexandre Penetra | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Zico Buurmeester | Midfielder | 22 | 48 |
| David Møller Wolfe | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Ruben van Bommel | Forward | 68 | 40 |
| Maxim Dekker | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Denso Kasius | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jayden Addai | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Mayckel Lahdo | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Mees de Wit | Defender | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thijmen Blokzijl | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Jorg Schreuders | Forward | 90 | 65 |
| Leandro Bacuna | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Hjalmar Ekdal | Defender | 71 | 55 |
| Stije Resink | Midfielder | 87 | 54 |
| Luciano Valente | Midfielder | 71 | 49 |
| Wouter Prins | Defender | 44 | 49 |
| Dave Kwakman | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Thom van Bergen | Forward | 71 | 37 |
| Marvin Peersman | Defender | 46 | 29 |
| Marco Rente | Defender | 90 | 21 |
| Etienne Vaessen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Brynjólfur Willumsson | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Finn Stam | Defender | 19 | no rating |
| Romano Postema | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Tika de Jonge | Midfielder | 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.