SC Heerenveen 2–1 Excelsior
- Vente 89' (pen.)
- Kersten 90+4'
- Yegoian 11'
4 October 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for SC Heerenveen against Excelsior on 4 October 2025, on matchday 8 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
SC Heerenveen came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 11'.
Player of the match: Maas Willemsen (SC Heerenveen), rated 76, thanks above all to 16 final-third passes and 12 recoveries. Willemsen produced 1.8 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Excelsior, the highest-rated player was Stefan Mitrović, with 56.
Maas Willemsen
SC Heerenveen · 90'
Produced 1.77× and cost 0.34× their position's average
- 16 final-third passes 2.8×
- 12 recoveries 2.9×
- 10 duels won 2.1×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.1×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maas Willemsen ★ | Defender | 90 | 76 |
| Marcus Linday | Midfielder | 87 | 68 |
| Joris van Overeem | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Ringo Meerveld | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Vasilios Zagaritis | Defender | 87 | 61 |
| Jacob Trenskow | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Oliver Braude | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Luuk Brouwers | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Bernt Klaverboer | Goalkeeper | 90 | 44 |
| Dylan Vente | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Maxence Rivera | Forward | 72 | 39 |
| Vaclav Sejk | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Hristiyan Petrov | Defender | 3 | no rating |
| Sam Kersten | Defender | 3 | no rating |
| Mats Egbring | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan Mitrović | Forward | 31 | 56 |
| Mike van Duinen | Forward | 31 | 54 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | Forward | 59 | 43 |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | 38 |
| Szymon Wlodarczyk | Forward | 59 | 38 |
| Adam Carlén | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Gyan de Regt | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Noah Naujoks | Midfielder | 71 | 31 |
| Chris-Kévin Nadje | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which SC Heerenveen player played the most passes into the final third?
Joris van Overeem, with 27 final-third passes. Next: Maas Willemsen 16, Vasilios Zagaritis 10.
Joris van Overeem drove SC Heerenveen's attack with 27 passes into the final third in the 2–1 victory. Maas Willemsen registered 16, followed by Vasilios Zagaritis with 10.
Which Excelsior player made the most interceptions?
Rick Meissen, with 3 interceptions. Next: Noah Naujoks 2, Ilias Bronkhorst 1.
In the 2–1 defeat to SC Heerenveen, Rick Meissen topped Excelsior's defensive efforts with 3 interceptions. Noah Naujoks followed with 2, while Ilias Bronkhorst made 1.
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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