AZ Alkmaar 5–2 Go Ahead Eagles
- Kwakman 7'
- Daal 35'
- Schouten 49'
- Chávez 68'
- Daal 86'
- Edvardsen 22'
- Suray 90+3'
29 August 2026
The match in data
AZ Alkmaar beat Go Ahead Eagles 5–2 on 29 August 2026, on matchday 4 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Ro-Zangelo Daal (AZ Alkmaar), rated 73, thanks above all to 4 shots on target and 2 goals. Daal produced 2.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Go Ahead Eagles, the highest-rated player was Mathis Suray, with 68.
Ro-Zangelo Daal scored twice.
Ro-Zangelo Daal
AZ Alkmaar · 90'
Produced 2.48× and cost 0.47× their position's average
- 4 shots on target 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 5 completed dribbles 4.0×
- 2 balls lost 1.8×
- 9 misplaced passes 1.6×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ro-Zangelo Daal ★ | Forward | 90 | 73 |
| Calvin Stengs | Midfielder | 26 | 67 |
| Elijah Dijkstra | Defender | 77 | 65 |
| Lewis Schouten | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Dave Kwakman | Midfielder | 64 | 62 |
| Weslley Patati | Forward | 64 | 61 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Wouter Goes | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Mateo Chávez | Defender | 83 | 45 |
| Mexx Meerdink | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Jari De Busser | Goalkeeper | 90 | 37 |
| Jordy Clasie | Midfielder | 26 | 32 |
| Kees Smit | Midfielder | 77 | 31 |
| Ayoub Oufkir | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Seiya Maikuma | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Mees de Wit | Defender | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathis Suray | Forward | 90 | 68 |
| Victor Edvardsen | Forward | 59 | 58 |
| Alfons Sampsted | Defender | 59 | 55 |
| Dean James | Defender | 77 | 54 |
| Julius Dirksen | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Joris Kramer | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Melle Meulensteen | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Evert Linthorst | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Richonell Margaret | Forward | 31 | 42 |
| Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson | Forward | 44 | 36 |
| Erik Flataker | Forward | 46 | 35 |
| Thibo Baeten | Forward | 21 | 34 |
| Eus Waayers | Defender | 31 | 31 |
| Kjetil Haug | Goalkeeper | 90 | 29 |
| Søren Tengstedt | Midfielder | 69 | 18 |
| Oskar Sivertsen | Forward | 13 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which AZ Alkmaar player won the most aerial duels?
Mexx Meerdink, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Wouter Goes 3, Peer Koopmeiners 2.
Mexx Meerdink led the aerial battle for AZ Alkmaar in their 5–2 win over Go Ahead Eagles by winning 4 aerial duels. Wouter Goes followed with 3, while Peer Koopmeiners registered 2.
Which Go Ahead Eagles player recovered the most balls?
Evert Linthorst, with 8 recoveries. Next: Dean James 3, Søren Tengstedt 3.
Despite conceding five goals in a 5–2 defeat to AZ Alkmaar, Evert Linthorst worked hard for Go Ahead Eagles with 8 recoveries. Dean James and Søren Tengstedt trailed with 3 each.
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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