FC Groningen 3–0 AZ Alkmaar
- Peersman 36' (pen.)
- van Bergen 58'
- Land 76'
22 March 2026
The match in data
FC Groningen beat AZ Alkmaar 3–0 on 22 March 2026, on matchday 28 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Thijmen Blokzijl (FC Groningen), rated 76, thanks above all to 10 final-third passes and 5 recoveries. Blokzijl produced 1.0 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 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 AZ Alkmaar, the highest-rated player was Billy van Duijl, with 72.
Thijmen Blokzijl
FC Groningen · 90'
Produced 1.04× and cost 0.15× their position's average
- 10 final-third passes 1.7×
- 5 recoveries 1.2×
- 5 duels won 1.0×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thijmen Blokzijl ★ | Defender | 90 | 76 |
| Marco Rente | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Tygo Land | Midfielder | 88 | 60 |
| Dies Janse | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Thom van Bergen | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Tika de Jonge | Midfielder | 57 | 55 |
| Jorg Schreuders | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| David van der Werff | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Younes Taha | Forward | 88 | 30 |
| Marvin Peersman | Defender | 77 | 28 |
| Brynjólfur Willumsson | Forward | 33 | 26 |
| Hidde Jurjus | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Wouter Prins | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Rui Mendes | Forward | 2 | no rating |
| Tyrique Mercera | Defender | 2 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy van Duijl | Defender | 44 | 72 |
| Ro-Zangelo Daal | Forward | 90 | 68 |
| Sven Mijnans | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Wouter Goes | Defender | 66 | 66 |
| Isak Jensen | Forward | 67 | 55 |
| Alexandre Penetra | Defender | 46 | 51 |
| Kees Smit | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Mees de Wit | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Elijah Dijkstra | Defender | 44 | 46 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 82 | 42 |
| Mexx Meerdink | Forward | 24 | 39 |
| Ibrahim Sadiq | Forward | 23 | 37 |
| Denso Kasius | Defender | 46 | 36 |
| Troy Parrott | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Jeroen Zoet | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Rion Ichihara | Defender | 8 | 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.