NEC Nijmegen 3–0 NAC Breda
- Chery 8' (pen.)
- Önal 47'
- van Crooij 78'
24 August 2025
The match in data
NEC Nijmegen beat NAC Breda 3–0 on 24 August 2025, on matchday 3 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Kodai Sano (NEC Nijmegen), rated 60, thanks above all to 2 big chances created and 7 final-third passes. Sano produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.9 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For NAC Breda, the highest-rated player was Rio Hillen, with 56.
Kodai Sano
NEC Nijmegen · 90'
Produced 1.57× and cost 0.90× their position's average
- 2 big chances created 4.0×
- 7 final-third passes 1.3×
- 11 recoveries 2.4×
- 1 ball lost 1.1×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brayann Pereira | Defender | 84 | 64 |
| Kodai Sano ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Dirk Proper | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Koki Ogawa | Forward | 71 | 51 |
| Gonzalo Crettaz | Goalkeeper | 90 | 49 |
| Virgil Misidjan | Midfielder | 32 | 49 |
| Başar Önal | Midfielder | 84 | 47 |
| Calvin Verdonk | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Sami Ouaissa | Midfielder | 58 | 42 |
| Tjaronn Chery | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Bryan Linssen | Forward | 71 | 40 |
| Philippe Sandler | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Kento Shiogai | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Vito van Crooij | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Rober González | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Yousri Sbai | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Hillen | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Daniel Bielica | Goalkeeper | 90 | 49 |
| Sydney van Hooijdonk | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Kamal Sowah | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Lewis Holtby | Midfielder | 79 | 43 |
| Mohamed Nassoh | Midfielder | 84 | 40 |
| Cherrion Valerius | Defender | 66 | 39 |
| Boy Kemper | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Enes Mahmutovic | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Max Balard | Midfielder | 79 | 32 |
| Juho Talvitie | Forward | 79 | 29 |
| Boyd Lucassen | Defender | 24 | 12 |
| Clint Leemans | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Dion Versluis | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Jayden Candelaria | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Raul Paula | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which NEC Nijmegen player won the most aerial duels?
Başar Önal, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Koki Ogawa 3, Calvin Verdonk 2.
Başar Önal dominated in the air with 5 aerial duels won during the 3–0 win over NAC Breda. Koki Ogawa recorded 3 and Calvin Verdonk 2, showcasing Önal's aerial presence for NEC Nijmegen.
Which NAC Breda player won the most duels?
Sydney van Hooijdonk, with 10 duels won. Next: Kamal Sowah 6, Boy Kemper 5.
Despite the 3–0 defeat, Sydney van Hooijdonk won 10 duels for NAC Breda, followed by Kamal Sowah with 6 and Boy Kemper with 5. Van Hooijdonk fought hard regardless of the final scoreline.
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.
Share this match
