NEC Nijmegen 2–2 Excelsior
- Tahaui 11'
- Lebreton 90+2'
- Garden 43'
- Sulzbacher 73'
8 September 2026
The match in data
A 2–2 draw between NEC Nijmegen and Excelsior on 8 September 2026, on matchday 3 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: David Garden (Excelsior), rated 74, thanks above all to 0.75 xG and 1 goal. Garden produced 1.6 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For NEC Nijmegen, the highest-rated player was Tobias Storm, with 71.
David Garden
Excelsior · 67'
Produced 1.57× and cost 0.31× their position's average
- 0.75 xG 3.5×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 shot on target 1.4×
- 1 shot off target 0.9×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Storm | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Perr Schuurs | Defender | 44 | 70 |
| Bram Nuytinck | Defender | 46 | 69 |
| Jamiro Monteiro | Midfielder | 46 | 68 |
| Kevin Kers | Forward | 27 | 60 |
| Noé Lebreton | Midfielder | 27 | 56 |
| Philippe Sandler | Defender | 44 | 50 |
| Isak Hansen-Aarøen | Forward | 63 | 45 |
| Gabriel Brás | Defender | 87 | 39 |
| Adam Tahaui | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Dusan Tadic | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Dennis Geiger | Midfielder | 63 | 37 |
| Ayodele Thomas | Midfielder | 90 | 29 |
| Nikolas Polster | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Clement Bischoff | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Garden ★ | Forward | 67 | 74 |
| Eric da Silva Moreira | Midfielder | 71 | 68 |
| Jan Plug | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Nesto Groen | Forward | 23 | 62 |
| Ilano Silva Timas | Forward | 81 | 55 |
| Aymen Sliti | Forward | 23 | 54 |
| Kasey Bos | Forward | 44 | 53 |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson | Forward | 67 | 48 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Lennard Hartjes | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Simon Janssen | Defender | 46 | 32 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Valentin Sulzbacher | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | Forward | 9 | 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.