FC Utrecht 2–0 AZ Alkmaar
- Cathline 9'
- Stepanov 35' (pen.)
1 March 2026
The match in data
FC Utrecht got the better of AZ Alkmaar, 2–0, on 1 March 2026, on matchday 25 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Yoann Cathline (FC Utrecht), rated 50, thanks above all to 1 goal and 2 completed dribbles. Cathline produced 1.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 1.6 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For AZ Alkmaar, the highest-rated player was Mexx Meerdink, with 64.
Yoann Cathline
FC Utrecht · 83'
Produced 1.16× and cost 1.58× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 2 completed dribbles 2.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.2×
- 3 failed dribbles 2.2×
- 3 shots off target 2.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike van der Hoorn | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Nick Viergever | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Souffian El Karouani | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Gjivai Zechiël | Midfielder | 89 | 50 |
| Yoann Cathline ★ | Forward | 83 | 50 |
| Alonzo Engwanda | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Artem Stepanov | Forward | 76 | 43 |
| Ángel Alarcón | Forward | 77 | 39 |
| Matisse Didden | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| David Min | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Miguel Rodríguez | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Jesper Karlsson | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Can Bozdogan | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexx Meerdink | Forward | 46 | 64 |
| Sven Mijnans | Midfielder | 46 | 50 |
| Weslley Patati | Forward | 36 | 50 |
| Kasper Boogaard | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Isak Jensen | Forward | 76 | 44 |
| Kees Smit | Midfielder | 44 | 44 |
| Troy Parrott | Forward | 44 | 44 |
| Alexandre Penetra | Defender | 46 | 43 |
| Mees de Wit | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Wouter Goes | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Billy van Duijl | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Ayoub Oufkir | Forward | 54 | 37 |
| Elijah Dijkstra | Defender | 44 | 28 |
| Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ro-Zangelo Daal | Forward | 14 | 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.