§ Eredivisie · 2025-26 · Matchday 14

Excelsior 1–0 NAC Breda

  • Naujoks 23' (pen.)

29 November 2025

The match in data

A 1–0 win for Excelsior against NAC Breda on 29 November 2025, on matchday 14 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.

Player of the match: Cherrion Valerius (NAC Breda), rated 60, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 8 duels won. Valerius produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.

For Excelsior, the highest-rated player was Casper Widell, with 57.

60
Player of the match

Cherrion Valerius

NAC Breda · 90'

Produced 1.23× and cost 0.53× their position's average

Added
  • 11 final-third passes 1.9×
  • 8 duels won 1.7×
  • 4 tackles 2.2×
Took away
  • 10 misplaced passes 1.4×
  • 2 duels lost 0.5×

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
Casper Widell Defender 90 57
Ilias Bronkhorst Defender 90 54
Nolan Martens Defender 74 54
Lennard Hartjes Midfielder 56 46
Stijn van Gassel Goalkeeper 90 45
Gyan de Regt Forward 90 44
Rick Meissen Defender 90 43
Noah Naujoks Midfielder 90 40
Irakli Yegoian Midfielder 90 34
Jerolldino Bergraaf Forward 74 32
Adam Carlén Midfielder 34 30
Derensili Sanches Fernandes Forward 74 28
Arthur Zagré Defender 16 no rating
Mike van Duinen Forward 16 no rating
Stefan Mitrović Forward 16 no rating
NAC Breda
PlayerPositionMinRating
Cherrion Valerius ★ Defender 90 60
Rio Hillen Defender 90 54
Denis Odoi Defender 90 52
Max Balard Midfielder 90 51
Raul Paula Midfielder 30 51
Kamal Sowah Midfielder 89 48
Boy Kemper Defender 90 47
Charles-Andreas Brym Forward 60 43
Juho Talvitie Forward 30 42
Daniel Bielica Goalkeeper 90 40
Boyd Lucassen Defender 60 40
Moussa Soumano Forward 30 40
Mohamed Nassoh Midfielder 90 39
Sydney van Hooijdonk Forward 60 31
Clint Leemans Midfielder 1 no rating
Dion Versluis Forward 1 no rating

Did you know?

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

Which Excelsior player played the most passes into the final third?

Ilias Bronkhorst, with 11 final-third passes. Next: Noah Naujoks 9, Nolan Martens 6.

Bronkhorst drove Excelsior's progression with 11 passes into the final third in the 1–0 win over NAC Breda. Naujoks provided 9 and Martens had 6.

Which NAC Breda player made the most tackles?

Cherrion Valerius, with 4 tackles. Next: Kamal Sowah 2, Max Balard 2.

Valerius topped NAC Breda's defensive efforts with 4 tackles in the 1–0 loss at Excelsior. He doubled the tallies of Sowah and Balard, who had 2 each.

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 1–0 NAC Breda, Eredivisie 2025-26. Player of the match: Cherrion Valerius, 60
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.