FC Utrecht 1–4 AZ Alkmaar
- Stepanov 62'
- Koopmeiners 45+1'
- Patati 47'
- Meerdink 49'
- Oufkir 84'
15 August 2026
The match in data
AZ Alkmaar beat FC Utrecht 4–1 on 15 August 2026, on matchday 2 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Artem Stepanov (FC Utrecht), rated 72, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.47 xG. Stepanov produced 1.1 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
For AZ Alkmaar, the highest-rated player was Mexx Meerdink, with 67.
Artem Stepanov
FC Utrecht · 90'
Produced 1.11× and cost 0.25× their position's average
- 1 goal 3.7×
- 0.47 xG 1.6×
- 1 shot on target 1.1×
- 1 shot off target 0.7×
- 4 duels lost 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artem Stepanov ★ | Forward | 90 | 72 |
| Davy van den Berg | Midfielder | 28 | 64 |
| Adrian Blake | Forward | 28 | 62 |
| Mike Eerdhuijzen | Defender | 46 | 61 |
| Ángel Alarcón | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Niklas Vesterlund | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Matisse Didden | Defender | 44 | 48 |
| Siebe Horemans | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Kevin Paredes | Midfielder | 35 | 41 |
| Yoann Cathline | Forward | 62 | 37 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 55 | 37 |
| Ferdinand Pohl | Midfielder | 62 | 33 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 80 | 24 |
| Guus Offerhaus | Defender | 90 | 23 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Neville Ogidi Nwankwo | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexx Meerdink | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Wouter Goes | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Weslley Patati | Forward | 66 | 63 |
| Dave Kwakman | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 85 | 57 |
| Ro-Zangelo Daal | Forward | 81 | 54 |
| Mateo Chávez | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Kees Smit | Midfielder | 80 | 37 |
| Elijah Dijkstra | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Lewis Schouten | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Calvin Stengs | Midfielder | 24 | 26 |
| Jari De Busser | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Rion Ichihara | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Ayoub Oufkir | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Seiya Maikuma | Defender | 5 | 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.