PEC Zwolle 0–2 Ajax
- Floranus 57'
- Mokio 76'
- Brandt 90+5'
9 August 2026
The match in data
A 2–0 win for Ajax against PEC Zwolle on 9 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Simon Graves (PEC Zwolle), rated 70, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 6 recoveries. Graves produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Ajax, the highest-rated player was Julian Brandt, with 64.
Sherel Floranus was sent off at 57'.
Simon Graves
PEC Zwolle · 90'
Produced 1.09× and cost 0.31× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.0×
- 6 recoveries 1.5×
- 2 interceptions 1.7×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Graves ★ | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Thijs Oosting | Midfielder | 74 | 61 |
| Ryan Thomas | Midfielder | 85 | 54 |
| Dylan Mbayo | Forward | 61 | 54 |
| Sherel Floranus | Defender | 57 | 48 |
| Olivier Aertssen | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Damian van der Haar | Defender | 30 | 40 |
| Tobias Sommer | Midfielder | 85 | 38 |
| Nick Viergever | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Koen Kostons | Forward | 90 | 33 |
| Ibrahim Cissoko | Midfielder | 60 | 32 |
| Gabriël Reiziger | Midfielder | 29 | 27 |
| Jasper Schendelaar | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Tijs Velthuis | Defender | 16 | no rating |
| Elias Sørensen | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Odysseus Velanas | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Brandt | Midfielder | 29 | 64 |
| Davy Klaassen | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Youri Baas | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Aaron Bouwman | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Jorthy Mokio | Midfielder | 29 | 48 |
| Mika Godts | Forward | 29 | 44 |
| Lucas Rosa | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Youri Regeer | Midfielder | 61 | 39 |
| Kasper Dolberg | Forward | 67 | 36 |
| Caio Henrique | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Steven Berghuis | Forward | 61 | 35 |
| Oscar Gloukh | Midfielder | 61 | 34 |
| Abdellah Ouazane | Midfielder | 73 | 32 |
| Marcos Leonardo | Forward | 23 | 22 |
| Marc ter Stegen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Tolu Arokodare | Forward | 17 | 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.