Excelsior 1–2 FC Utrecht
- Sliti 77'
- Stepanov 36'
- de Wit 90+2'
13 September 2026
The match in data
FC Utrecht beat Excelsior 2–1 on 13 September 2026, on matchday 6 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Matisse Didden (FC Utrecht), rated 66, thanks above all to 9 recoveries and 5 aerials won. Didden produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Excelsior, the highest-rated player was Jan Plug, with 66.
Matisse Didden
FC Utrecht · 90'
Produced 1.15× and cost 0.42× their position's average
- 9 recoveries 2.3×
- 5 aerials won 3.2×
- 6 final-third passes 0.9×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.1×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casper Widell | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Jan Plug | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Aymen Sliti | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Simon Janssen | Defender | 20 | 64 |
| Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson | Midfielder | 80 | 54 |
| Lennard Hartjes | Midfielder | 85 | 50 |
| Eric da Silva Moreira | Defender | 70 | 50 |
| Mario Domínguez | Forward | 20 | 50 |
| David Garden | Forward | 70 | 49 |
| Valentin Sulzbacher | Midfielder | 20 | 48 |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Kasey Bos | Defender | 70 | 30 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Guilliano Cairo | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marius Broholm | Forward | 28 | 68 |
| Matisse Didden ★ | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Artem Stepanov | Forward | 62 | 61 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Davy van den Berg | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Ángel Alarcón | Forward | 62 | 52 |
| Adrian Blake | Forward | 62 | 49 |
| Siebe Horemans | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Nikolas Panagiotou | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Yoann Cathline | Forward | 28 | 43 |
| Sem van Duijn | Forward | 28 | 33 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Niklas Vesterlund | Defender | 81 | 30 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Joris van Overeem | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Jakov Medic | Defender | 1 | 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.