NEC Nijmegen 1–3 FC Utrecht
- Nejasmic 59'
- Alarcón 5'
- Zechiël 45'
- Cathline 49'
11 February 2026
The match in data
A 3–1 win for FC Utrecht against NEC Nijmegen on 11 February 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Gjivai Zechiël (FC Utrecht), rated 64, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 1 goal. Zechiël produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For NEC Nijmegen, the highest-rated player was Deveron Fonville, with 65.
Gjivai Zechiël
FC Utrecht · 90'
Produced 1.40× and cost 0.59× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 7 recoveries 1.5×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.8×
- 2 times dribbled past 2.3×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deveron Fonville | Defender | 31 | 65 |
| Darko Nejasmic | Midfielder | 59 | 61 |
| Philippe Sandler | Defender | 59 | 55 |
| Kodai Sano | Midfielder | 90 | 53 |
| Eli Dasa | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Tjaronn Chery | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Noé Lebreton | Midfielder | 73 | 40 |
| Ahmetcan Kaplan | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Başar Önal | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Bryan Linssen | Forward | 82 | 34 |
| Sami Ouaissa | Midfielder | 60 | 34 |
| Danilo | Forward | 30 | 34 |
| Gonzalo Crettaz | Goalkeeper | 90 | 30 |
| Youssef El Kachati | Forward | 31 | 20 |
| Koki Ogawa | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Willum Thór Willumsson | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gjivai Zechiël ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Yoann Cathline | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Artem Stepanov | Forward | 56 | 60 |
| Ángel Alarcón | Forward | 82 | 58 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 |
| Jesper Karlsson | Forward | 34 | 52 |
| Matisse Didden | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Nick Viergever | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Souffian El Karouani | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Niklas Vesterlund | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Alonzo Engwanda | Midfielder | 90 | 29 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 90 | 29 |
| Mike van der Hoorn | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Adrian Blake | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Oualid Agougil | Defender | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which NEC Nijmegen player recovered the most balls?
Ahmetcan Kaplan, with 10 recoveries. Next: Philippe Sandler 7, Darko Nejasmic 7.
Ahmetcan Kaplan recorded 10 ball recoveries in the 1–3 loss to FC Utrecht, ahead of Philippe Sandler and Darko Nejasmic (7 each). Despite the defeat, Kaplan showed relentless defensive activity.
Which FC Utrecht player completed the most dribbles?
Ángel Alarcón, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Yoann Cathline 1, Souffian El Karouani 1.
Ángel Alarcón completed 3 dribbles in the 1–3 victory against NEC Nijmegen, surpassing Yoann Cathline (1) and Souffian El Karouani (1). Alarcón's individual skill provided a key spark in attack.
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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