NEC Nijmegen 5–0 Excelsior
- Proper 14'
- Ogawa 52'
- Ogawa 59'
- Linssen 67'
- Chery 82' (pen.)
9 August 2025
The match in data
A 5–0 win for NEC Nijmegen against Excelsior on 9 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Koki Ogawa (NEC Nijmegen), rated 74, thanks above all to 2 goals and 3 shots on target. Ogawa produced 1.8 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Excelsior, the highest-rated player was Stan Henderikx, with 62.
Koki Ogawa scored twice.
Koki Ogawa
NEC Nijmegen · 77'
Produced 1.79× and cost 0.23× their position's average
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 3 shots on target 3.7×
- 0.66 xG 2.7×
- 1 ball lost 0.8×
- 5 duels lost 0.9×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koki Ogawa ★ | Forward | 77 | 74 |
| Gonzalo Crettaz | Goalkeeper | 90 | 65 |
| Kodai Sano | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Bryan Linssen | Forward | 71 | 58 |
| Tjaronn Chery | Midfielder | 83 | 51 |
| Philippe Sandler | Defender | 77 | 48 |
| Brayann Pereira | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Calvin Verdonk | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Başar Önal | Midfielder | 71 | 37 |
| Dirk Proper | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Sami Ouaissa | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Rober González | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Virgil Misidjan | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Sam de Laat | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Youssef El Kachati | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Vito van Crooij | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Henderikx | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Stijn Middendorp | Midfielder | 71 | 48 |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Noah Naujoks | Midfielder | 71 | 41 |
| Do-young Yoon | Forward | 32 | 40 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Mike van Duinen | Forward | 71 | 38 |
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | Forward | 58 | 36 |
| Adam Carlén | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Gyan de Regt | Forward | 90 | 35 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Tijmen Holla | Goalkeeper | 60 | no rating |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 30 | no rating |
| Jerolldino Bergraaf | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 19 | no rating |
| Zach Booth | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Excelsior player won the most duels?
Adam Carlén, with 9 duels won. Next: Ilias Bronkhorst 7, Noah Naujoks 7.
In a heavy 5–0 defeat at NEC Nijmegen, Adam Carlén won 9 duels for Excelsior, leading Ilias Bronkhorst and Noah Naujoks on 7 each. Battling hard in individual challenges did not prevent a tough scoreline.
Which NEC Nijmegen player played the most passes into the final third?
Calvin Verdonk, with 13 final-third passes. Next: Brayann Pereira 6, Kodai Sano 5.
Calvin Verdonk paced NEC Nijmegen with 13 passes into the final third in the 5–0 win over Excelsior, well ahead of Brayann Pereira (6) and Kodai Sano (5). Clean progression forward kept the attack on the front foot.
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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