§ Eredivisie · 2025-26 · Matchday 31

Excelsior 5–0 FC Utrecht

  • Naujoks 11'
  • Fernandes 36'
  • Fernandes 55'
  • Yegoian 69'
  • Hartjes 90+3'
  • Didden 31'

26 April 2026

The match in data

Excelsior beat FC Utrecht 5–0 on 26 April 2026, on matchday 31 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.

Player of the match: Derensili Sanches Fernandes (Excelsior), rated 69, thanks above all to 0.76 xG and 2 goals. Fernandes produced 2.9 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For FC Utrecht, the highest-rated player was Gjivai Zechiël, with 51.

Derensili Sanches Fernandes scored twice.

Matisse Didden was sent off at 31'.

69
Player of the match

Derensili Sanches Fernandes

Excelsior · 76'

Produced 2.86× and cost 0.84× their position's average

Added
  • 0.76 xG 3.1×
  • 2 goals 4.0×
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
Took away
  • 2 shots off target, worth 0.38 2.6×
  • 1 ball lost 0.8×

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.

Excelsior
PlayerPositionMinRating
Derensili Sanches Fernandes ★ Forward 76 69
Casper Widell Defender 90 56
Noah Naujoks Midfielder 85 53
Emil Hansson Forward 63 53
Stijn van Gassel Goalkeeper 90 50
Gyan de Regt Forward 90 49
Szymon Wlodarczyk Forward 27 49
Arthur Zagré Defender 90 48
Lennard Hartjes Midfielder 90 48
Lewis Schouten Defender 90 39
Rick Meissen Defender 85 39
Irakli Yegoian Midfielder 76 38
Adam Carlén Midfielder 14 no rating
Ilias Bronkhorst Defender 14 no rating
Giulliano Cairo Midfielder 5 no rating
Simon Janssen Defender 5 no rating
FC Utrecht
PlayerPositionMinRating
Gjivai Zechiël Midfielder 72 51
Siebe Horemans Defender 49 51
Souffian El Karouani Defender 46 51
Alonzo Engwanda Midfielder 90 49
Yoann Cathline Forward 80 49
Mike van der Hoorn Defender 90 48
Niklas Vesterlund Defender 90 48
Dani de Wit Midfielder 90 43
Ángel Alarcón Forward 80 38
Emeka Adiele Defender 44 31
Artem Stepanov Forward 41 31
Matisse Didden Defender 31 29
Vasilios Barkas Goalkeeper 90 26
Can Bozdogan Midfielder 18 no rating
David Min Forward 10 no rating
Jesper Karlsson Forward 10 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Excelsior player won the most aerial duels?

Lewis Schouten, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Casper Widell 2, Noah Naujoks 1.

In Excelsior's 5–0 victory, Lewis Schouten commanded the aerial battle with 4 duels won. Schouten ranked above Casper Widell with 2 and Noah Naujoks with 1.

Which FC Utrecht player won the most aerial duels?

Dani de Wit, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Mike van der Hoorn 3, Niklas Vesterlund 2.

Despite conceding five goals, Dani de Wit dominated in the air with 6 duels won for FC Utrecht. De Wit doubled the tally of Mike van der Hoorn on 3, while Niklas Vesterlund won 2.

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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Excelsior 5–0 FC Utrecht, Eredivisie 2025-26. Player of the match: Derensili Sanches Fernandes, 69
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.