FC Groningen 2–2 Ajax
- van Bergen 52'
- Valente 90+3'
- Blokzijl 90+9'
- Gaaei 27'
- Weghorst 68'
14 May 2025
The match in data
FC Groningen and Ajax finished level at 2–2 on 14 May 2025, on matchday 33 of the 2024-25 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Thom van Bergen (FC Groningen), rated 71, thanks above all to 0.74 xG and 1 goal. van Bergen produced 1.6 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Ajax, the highest-rated player was Wout Weghorst, with 80.
Luciano Valente was sent off at 90+3'.
Thom van Bergen
FC Groningen · 90'
Produced 1.64× and cost 0.50× their position's average
- 0.74 xG 2.5×
- 1 goal 3.2×
- 2 shots on target 2.3×
- 1 shot off target 0.7×
- 2 balls lost 1.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thom van Bergen ★ | Forward | 90 | 71 |
| Marco Rente | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Thijmen Blokzijl | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Luciano Valente | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Stije Resink | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Leandro Bacuna | Midfielder | 86 | 46 |
| Jorg Schreuders | Forward | 80 | 36 |
| Dave Kwakman | Midfielder | 73 | 36 |
| Wouter Prins | Defender | 73 | 35 |
| Hjalmar Ekdal | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Etienne Vaessen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Brynjólfur Willumsson | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Marvin Peersman | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Mats Seuntjens | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Romano Postema | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wout Weghorst | Forward | 34 | 80 |
| Steven Berghuis | Forward | 26 | 74 |
| Jordan Henderson | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Bertrand Traoré | Forward | 64 | 55 |
| Jorrel Hato | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Josip Sutalo | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Anton Gaaei | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Kenneth Taylor | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Jorthy Mokio | Midfielder | 64 | 42 |
| Davy Klaassen | Midfielder | 34 | 41 |
| Brian Brobbey | Forward | 56 | 40 |
| Owen Wijndal | Defender | 26 | 38 |
| Mika Godts | Forward | 77 | 33 |
| Kian Fitz-Jim | Midfielder | 56 | 33 |
| Remko Pasveer | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 13 | 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.