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 66, thanks above all to 4 final-third passes and 2 key passes. Mertens produced 1.0 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 63.
Dylan Mertens
Telstar · 66'
Produced 1.01× and cost 0.31× 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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wouter Goes | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Sven Mijnans | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Mateo Chávez | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Mexx Meerdink | Forward | 70 | 45 |
| Isak Jensen | Forward | 86 | 44 |
| Alexandre Penetra | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Troy Parrott | Forward | 20 | 41 |
| Weslley Patati | Forward | 20 | 41 |
| Matej Sin | Midfielder | 70 | 40 |
| Kees Smit | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Denso Kasius | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Ibrahim Sadiq | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Elijah Dijkstra | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Maxim Dekker | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrese Noslin | Midfielder | 80 | 67 |
| Dylan Mertens ★ | Midfielder | 66 | 66 |
| Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Ronald Koeman Jr. | Goalkeeper | 90 | 58 |
| Kay Tejan | Forward | 90 | 55 |
| Jeff Hardeveld | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Neville Ogidi Nwankwo | Defender | 31 | 51 |
| Rojendro Oudsten | Forward | 24 | 47 |
| Nils Rossen | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Milan Zonneveld | Forward | 25 | 38 |
| Patrick Brouwer | Midfielder | 80 | 34 |
| Guus Offerhaus | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| Soufiane Hetli | Forward | 65 | 25 |
| Devon Koswal | Defender | 59 | 21 |
| Adil Lechkar | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Mohamed Hamdaoui | Forward | 10 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Telstar player won the most aerial duels?
Kay Tejan, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Tyrese Noslin 1, Dylan Mertens 1.
Despite Telstar's 2–1 loss, Kay Tejan commanded the air with 6 aerial duels won. The gap was wide, as Tyrese Noslin and Dylan Mertens recorded just one each.
Which AZ Alkmaar player won the most duels?
Isak Jensen, with 13 duels won. Next: Mateo Chávez 9, Peer Koopmeiners 6.
Isak Jensen led the pitch with 13 duels won in AZ Alkmaar's 2–1 win. Mateo Chávez followed with 9, while Peer Koopmeiners registered 6.
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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