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 77, thanks above all to 0.76 xG and 2 goals. Fernandes produced 2.9 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For FC Utrecht, the highest-rated player was Niklas Vesterlund, with 62.
Derensili Sanches Fernandes scored twice.
Matisse Didden was sent off at 31'.
Derensili Sanches Fernandes
Excelsior · 76'
Produced 2.86× and cost 0.60× their position's average
- 0.76 xG 3.1×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 2 shots off target 1.6×
- 1 ball lost 0.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes ★ | Forward | 76 | 77 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Emil Hansson | Forward | 63 | 56 |
| Gyan de Regt | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Noah Naujoks | Midfielder | 85 | 54 |
| Szymon Wlodarczyk | Forward | 27 | 51 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Lennard Hartjes | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Lewis Schouten | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 85 | 41 |
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 76 | 37 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Adam Carlén | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Giulliano Cairo | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Simon Janssen | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Vesterlund | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Alonzo Engwanda | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Gjivai Zechiël | Midfielder | 72 | 57 |
| Siebe Horemans | Defender | 49 | 55 |
| Souffian El Karouani | Defender | 46 | 55 |
| Artem Stepanov | Forward | 41 | 52 |
| Mike van der Hoorn | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Yoann Cathline | Forward | 80 | 50 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Ángel Alarcón | Forward | 80 | 38 |
| Emeka Adiele | Defender | 44 | 33 |
| Matisse Didden | Defender | 31 | 31 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Can Bozdogan | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| David Min | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Jesper Karlsson | 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.