FC Utrecht 0–1 NEC Nijmegen
- van Crooij 82' (pen.)
15 March 2025
The match in data
NEC Nijmegen got the better of FC Utrecht, 1–0, on 15 March 2025, on matchday 26 of the 2024-25 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Zidane Iqbal (FC Utrecht), rated 80, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 3 completed dribbles. Iqbal produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.2 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 NEC Nijmegen, the highest-rated player was Bram Nuytinck, with 64.
Zidane Iqbal
FC Utrecht · 84'
Produced 1.44× and cost 0.23× their position's average
- 8 final-third passes 1.6×
- 3 completed dribbles 4.0×
- 4 interceptions 4.0×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
- 0.03 xG not converted 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zidane Iqbal ★ | Midfielder | 84 | 80 |
| Adrian Blake | Forward | 30 | 80 |
| Siebe Horemans | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Matisse Didden | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Sébastien Haller | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Paxten Aaronson | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Souffian El Karouani | Defender | 87 | 45 |
| Nick Viergever | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Miguel Rodríguez | Forward | 29 | 40 |
| Oscar Fraulo | Midfielder | 61 | 38 |
| Jens Toornstra | Midfielder | 61 | 31 |
| Noah Ohio | Forward | 60 | 31 |
| Victor Jensen | Midfielder | 29 | 14 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| David Min | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Anthony Descotte | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bram Nuytinck | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Dirk Proper | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Philippe Sandler | Defender | 61 | 60 |
| Vito van Crooij | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Calvin Verdonk | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Sontje Hansen | Forward | 75 | 44 |
| Lars Olden Larsen | Midfielder | 75 | 42 |
| Thomas Ouwejan | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Bryan Linssen | Forward | 75 | 24 |
| Sami Ouaissa | Midfielder | 29 | 24 |
| Lefteris Lyratzis | Defender | 90 | 20 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Başar Önal | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Kento Shiogai | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Mees Hoedemakers | Midfielder | 15 | 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.