NAC Breda 1–1 FC Utrecht
- Paula 20'
- de Wit 26'
14 December 2025
The match in data
A 1–1 draw between NAC Breda and FC Utrecht on 14 December 2025, on matchday 16 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Max Balard (NAC Breda), rated 55, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 62 passes. Balard produced 1.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For FC Utrecht, the highest-rated player was Gjivai Zechiël, with 55.
Max Balard
NAC Breda · 90'
Produced 1.27× and cost 0.85× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.0×
- 62 passes 1.6×
- 2 key passes 1.6×
- 2 balls lost 2.1×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Nassoh | Midfielder | 23 | 80 |
| Sydney van Hooijdonk | Forward | 23 | 59 |
| Max Balard ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Rio Hillen | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Daniel Bielica | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 |
| Clint Leemans | Midfielder | 67 | 52 |
| Denis Odoi | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Juho Talvitie | Forward | 83 | 48 |
| Cherrion Valerius | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Lewis Holtby | Midfielder | 67 | 42 |
| Kamal Sowah | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Brahim Ghalidi | Forward | 23 | 36 |
| Boy Kemper | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Raul Paula | Midfielder | 67 | 30 |
| Moussa Soumano | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gjivai Zechiël | Midfielder | 68 | 55 |
| Mike van der Hoorn | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | 51 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 68 | 48 |
| Miguel Rodríguez | Forward | 68 | 45 |
| Alonzo Engwanda | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Can Bozdogan | Midfielder | 22 | 43 |
| Souffian El Karouani | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Victor Jensen | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Yoann Cathline | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Niklas Vesterlund | Defender | 81 | 40 |
| Nick Viergever | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Adrian Blake | Forward | 22 | 31 |
| Sébastien Haller | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Emirhan Demircan | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Siebe Horemans | Defender | 9 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which NAC Breda player made the most tackles?
Boy Kemper, with 4 tackles. Next: Max Balard 2, Rio Hillen 2.
In the 1–1 draw with FC Utrecht, Boy Kemper led NAC Breda with 4 tackles, doubling the tallies of Max Balard and Rio Hillen (2 each). That defensive resistance helped preserve the point.
Which FC Utrecht player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Souffian El Karouani, with 4 key passes. Next: Gjivai Zechiël 2, Victor Jensen 1.
Souffian El Karouani drove FC Utrecht's playmaking with 4 key passes in the 1–1 draw at NAC Breda. El Karouani stood clear of Gjivai Zechiël with 2 and Victor Jensen with 1.
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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