AZ Alkmaar 2–1 Telstar
- Meerdink 15' (pen.)
- Sin 45+2'
- Noslin 61'
5 October 2025
The match in data
AZ Alkmaar beat Telstar 2–1 on 5 October 2025, on matchday 8 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Dylan Mertens (Telstar), rated 73, thanks above all to 4 final-third passes and 2 key passes. Mertens produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For AZ Alkmaar, the highest-rated player was Wouter Goes, with 67.
Dylan Mertens
Telstar · 66'
Produced 1.10× and cost 0.32× their position's average
- 4 final-third passes 1.0×
- 2 key passes 2.1×
- 5 tackles 3.4×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.8×
- 2 duels lost 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wouter Goes | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Alexandre Penetra | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Sven Mijnans | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Mexx Meerdink | Forward | 70 | 52 |
| Mateo Chávez | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Isak Jensen | Forward | 86 | 49 |
| Troy Parrott | Forward | 20 | 45 |
| Weslley Patati | Forward | 20 | 45 |
| Kees Smit | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Matej Sin | Midfielder | 70 | 39 |
| Denso Kasius | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ibrahim Sadiq | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Elijah Dijkstra | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Maxim Dekker | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Mertens ★ | Midfielder | 66 | 73 |
| Tyrese Noslin | Midfielder | 80 | 72 |
| Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| Rojendro Oudsten | Forward | 24 | 61 |
| Jeff Hardeveld | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Neville Ogidi Nwankwo | Defender | 31 | 56 |
| Kay Tejan | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Nils Rossen | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Milan Zonneveld | Forward | 25 | 43 |
| Patrick Brouwer | Midfielder | 80 | 35 |
| Guus Offerhaus | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| Soufiane Hetli | Forward | 65 | 25 |
| Devon Koswal | Defender | 59 | 23 |
| Ronald Koeman Jr. | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Adil Lechkar | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Mohamed Hamdaoui | Forward | 10 | 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.