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 64, thanks above all to 2 big chances created and 7 final-third passes. Sano produced 1.7 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 Sydney van Hooijdonk, with 61.
Kodai Sano
NEC Nijmegen · 90'
Produced 1.71× and cost 0.94× 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: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brayann Pereira | Defender | 84 | 71 |
| Kodai Sano ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Dirk Proper | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Koki Ogawa | Forward | 71 | 58 |
| Bryan Linssen | Forward | 71 | 53 |
| Virgil Misidjan | Midfielder | 32 | 52 |
| Sami Ouaissa | Midfielder | 58 | 48 |
| Başar Önal | Midfielder | 84 | 45 |
| Calvin Verdonk | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Tjaronn Chery | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Philippe Sandler | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Gonzalo Crettaz | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney van Hooijdonk | Forward | 90 | 61 |
| Rio Hillen | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Kamal Sowah | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Lewis Holtby | Midfielder | 79 | 45 |
| Mohamed Nassoh | Midfielder | 84 | 44 |
| Cherrion Valerius | Defender | 66 | 42 |
| Enes Mahmutovic | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Boy Kemper | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Max Balard | Midfielder | 79 | 35 |
| Juho Talvitie | Forward | 79 | 32 |
| Boyd Lucassen | Defender | 24 | 16 |
| Daniel Bielica | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Clint Leemans | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Dion Versluis | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Jayden Candelaria | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Raul Paula | Midfielder | 6 | 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.