Excelsior 0–2 NEC Nijmegen
- Linssen 30'
- Önal 71'
4 April 2026
The match in data
NEC Nijmegen got the better of Excelsior, 2–0, on 4 April 2026, on matchday 29 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Darko Nejasmic (NEC Nijmegen), rated 62, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 1 big chance created. Nejasmic produced 1.5 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.
For Excelsior, the highest-rated player was Irakli Yegoian, with 66.
Darko Nejasmic
NEC Nijmegen · 90'
Produced 1.54× and cost 0.78× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.2×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 53 passes 1.3×
- 11 misplaced passes 1.6×
- 1 ball lost 1.1×
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.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 30 | 66 |
| Emil Hansson | Forward | 60 | 62 |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Lewis Schouten | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Gyan de Regt | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 76 | 38 |
| Noah Naujoks | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Lennard Hartjes | Midfielder | 76 | 25 |
| Mike van Duinen | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Simon Janssen | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Adam Carlén | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Szymon Wlodarczyk | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darko Nejasmic ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Bryan Linssen | Forward | 81 | 62 |
| Gonzalo Crettaz | Goalkeeper | 90 | 58 |
| Başar Önal | Midfielder | 80 | 56 |
| Philippe Sandler | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Noé Lebreton | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Sami Ouaissa | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Eli Dasa | Defender | 81 | 48 |
| Kodai Sano | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Deveron Fonville | Defender | 85 | 32 |
| Tjaronn Chery | Midfielder | 90 | 27 |
| Dirk Proper | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Brayann Pereira | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Danilo | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Ahmetcan Kaplan | Defender | 5 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Excelsior player won the most duels?
Derensili Sanches Fernandes, with 8 duels won. Next: Noah Naujoks 6, Rick Meissen 5.
Sanches Fernandes led Excelsior's physical battles with 8 duels won in their 0–2 home defeat to NEC Nijmegen. Naujoks won 6 and Meissen added 5.
Which NEC Nijmegen player won the most duels?
Başar Önal, with 9 duels won. Next: Noé Lebreton 6, Darko Nejasmic 5.
In NEC Nijmegen's 0–2 away win at Excelsior, Önal set the tone by winning 9 duels. Lebreton followed with 6 and Nejasmic recorded 5.
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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