Heracles Almelo 1–2 AZ Alkmaar
- Mirani 29'
- Penetra 9'
- Meerdink 77'
14 September 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for AZ Alkmaar against Heracles Almelo on 14 September 2025, on matchday 5 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Jordy Clasie (AZ Alkmaar), rated 69, thanks above all to 13 final-third passes and 1 big chance created. Clasie produced 2.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Heracles Almelo, the highest-rated player was Damon Mirani, with 69.
Jordy Clasie
AZ Alkmaar · 90'
Produced 2.08× and cost 0.72× their position's average
- 13 final-third passes 2.4×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 4 key passes 3.1×
- 9 misplaced passes 1.3×
- 1 ball lost 1.1×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Mirani | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Jizz Hornkamp | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Sem Scheperman | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Bryan Limbombe | Forward | 83 | 50 |
| Thomas Bruns | Midfielder | 70 | 50 |
| Tristan van Gilst | Forward | 20 | 46 |
| Ajdin Hrustic | Midfielder | 83 | 44 |
| Yvandro Borges Sanches | Forward | 70 | 43 |
| Ivan Mesik | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Mario Engels | Forward | 20 | 38 |
| Fabian de Keijzer | Goalkeeper | 90 | 36 |
| Mimeirhel Benita | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Djevencio van der Kust | Defender | 84 | 29 |
| Jan Zamburek | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Luka Kulenovic | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Walid Ould-Chikh | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordy Clasie ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| Kees Smit | Midfielder | 84 | 56 |
| Isak Jensen | Forward | 21 | 55 |
| Alexandre Penetra | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Mexx Meerdink | Forward | 85 | 50 |
| Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | Goalkeeper | 90 | 46 |
| Ro-Zangelo Daal | Forward | 69 | 46 |
| Wouter Goes | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Weslley Patati | Forward | 69 | 43 |
| Ibrahim Sadiq | Forward | 21 | 40 |
| Sven Mijnans | Midfielder | 79 | 35 |
| Mees de Wit | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Denso Kasius | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Matej Sin | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Lequincio Zeefuik | Forward | 5 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Heracles Almelo player won the most aerial duels?
Jizz Hornkamp, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Damon Mirani 3, Thomas Bruns 2.
Hornkamp led Heracles Almelo in the air with 5 aerial duels won, ahead of Mirani (3) and Bruns (2). That aerial dominance was not enough to prevent a 1–2 defeat against AZ Alkmaar.
Which AZ Alkmaar player won the most duels?
Ro-Zangelo Daal, with 8 duels won. Next: Denso Kasius 7, Kees Smit 6.
Daal topped AZ Alkmaar's duel count with 8 won in their 1–2 win at Heracles Almelo. Kasius followed closely with 7, while Smit registered 6 to round out the visitors' most contested battles.
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.
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