FC Midtjylland 2–0 Fredrikstad
- Sørensen 9'
- Paulinho 17'
14 August 2025
The match in data
FC Midtjylland beat Fredrikstad 2–0 on 14 August 2025, in the 2025-26 Europa League (3rd Qualifying Round).
Player of the match: Aral Şimşir (FC Midtjylland), rated 59, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 8 final-third passes. Şimşir produced 1.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.9 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Fredrikstad, the highest-rated player was Emil Holten, with 64.
Aral Şimşir
FC Midtjylland · 90'
Produced 1.26× and cost 0.90× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 8 final-third passes 1.4×
- 2 key passes 1.8×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
- 2 times dribbled past 2.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Erlić | Defender | 58 | 62 |
| Aral Şimşir ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Mads Bech Sørensen | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Mikel Gogorza | Forward | 78 | 57 |
| Han-beom Lee | Defender | 32 | 57 |
| Denil Castillo | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Pedro Bravo | Midfielder | 75 | 45 |
| Paulinho | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Adam Gabriel | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Adam Buksa | Forward | 58 | 39 |
| Franculino | Forward | 59 | 31 |
| Valdemar Byskov | Midfielder | 32 | 30 |
| Edward Chilufya | Forward | 31 | 19 |
| Elías Ólafsson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Dani Silva | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Darío Osorio | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Holten | Forward | 44 | 64 |
| Stian Stray Molde | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Leonard Owusu | Midfielder | 78 | 52 |
| Ulrik Fredriksen | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Patrick Metcalfe | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Solomon Owusu | Defender | 70 | 42 |
| Maxwell Woledzi | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Daniel Eid | Defender | 20 | 39 |
| Rocco Shein | Midfielder | 44 | 35 |
| Oskar Öhlenschlaeger | Midfielder | 58 | 34 |
| Sondre Sørløkk | Forward | 33 | 32 |
| Simen Rafn | Defender | 46 | 30 |
| Henrik Langaas Skogvold | Forward | 90 | 27 |
| Jóannes Bjartalid | Midfielder | 46 | 26 |
| Martin Børsheim | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Eirik Julius Granaas | Midfielder | 12 | 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.