Excelsior 0–1 Go Ahead Eagles
- Tengstedt 55'
1 March 2026
The match in data
Go Ahead Eagles beat Excelsior 1–0 on 1 March 2026, on matchday 25 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Rick Meissen (Excelsior), rated 72, thanks above all to 13 final-third passes and 69 passes. Meissen produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Go Ahead Eagles, the highest-rated player was Joris Kramer, with 58.
Rick Meissen
Excelsior · 89'
Produced 1.27× and cost 0.30× their position's average
- 13 final-third passes 2.3×
- 69 passes 1.5×
- 2 interceptions 1.8×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gyan de Regt | Forward | 68 | 73 |
| Rick Meissen ★ | Defender | 89 | 72 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 79 | 61 |
| Jerolldino Bergraaf | Forward | 22 | 59 |
| Lewis Schouten | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Noah Naujoks | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Miliano Jonathans | Forward | 22 | 43 |
| Lennard Hartjes | Midfielder | 68 | 39 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Mike van Duinen | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Stan Henderikx | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Szymon Wlodarczyk | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joris Kramer | Defender | 46 | 58 |
| Julius Dirksen | Defender | 85 | 57 |
| Richonell Margaret | Forward | 76 | 54 |
| Jakob Breum | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Melle Meulensteen | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Alfons Sampsted | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Giovanni van Zwam | Defender | 44 | 43 |
| Mathis Suray | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Victor Edvardsen | Forward | 86 | 39 |
| Jaden Slory | Forward | 32 | 37 |
| Søren Tengstedt | Midfielder | 58 | 35 |
| Aske Adelgaard | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Jari De Busser | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Dean James | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Evert Linthorst | Midfielder | 4 | 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.