Go Ahead Eagles 4–1 Willem II
- Tengstedt 30'
- Meulensteen 61'
- Flataker 63'
- Dirksen 69'
- Haen 13'
8 August 2026
The match in data
Go Ahead Eagles beat Willem II 4–1 on 8 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Go Ahead Eagles came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 13'.
Player of the match: Melle Meulensteen (Go Ahead Eagles), rated 74, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 8 final-third passes. Meulensteen produced 1.7 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Willem II, the highest-rated player was Devin Haen, with 69.
Melle Meulensteen
Go Ahead Eagles · 75'
Produced 1.73× and cost 0.51× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 8 final-third passes 1.6×
- 54 passes 1.5×
- 1 failed dribble 1.8×
- 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melle Meulensteen ★ | Midfielder | 75 | 74 |
| Evert Linthorst | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Erik Flataker | Forward | 28 | 64 |
| Søren Tengstedt | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Julius Dirksen | Defender | 75 | 61 |
| Mathis Suray | Forward | 83 | 60 |
| Alfons Sampsted | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Victor Edvardsen | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Joris Kramer | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Dean James | Defender | 75 | 40 |
| Stefán Ingi Sigurdarson | Forward | 62 | 39 |
| Kjetil Haug | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Calvin Twigt | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Giovanni van Zwam | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Thibo Baeten | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Richonell Margaret | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Haen | Forward | 90 | 69 |
| Finn Stam | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Nathan Tjoe-A-On | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Alessandro Ciranni | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Jaden Slory | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Kasper Boogaard | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Per van Loon | Defender | 68 | 36 |
| Eser Gürbüz | Midfielder | 76 | 35 |
| Amine Et-Taïbi | Defender | 22 | 31 |
| Justin Hoogma | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Uriël van Aalst | Midfielder | 90 | 23 |
| Thomas Didillon-Hödl | Goalkeeper | 68 | no rating |
| Wouter van der Steen | Goalkeeper | 22 | no rating |
| Mats Lemmens | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Ismael Mouhoul | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Julian van Esdonk | Midfielder | 1 | 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.