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 80, thanks above all to 16 final-third passes and 12 recoveries. Willemsen produced 2.0 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 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 Mike van Duinen, with 64.
Maas Willemsen
SC Heerenveen · 90'
Produced 1.99× and cost 0.36× 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: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maas Willemsen ★ | Defender | 90 | 80 |
| Ringo Meerveld | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| Marcus Linday | Midfielder | 87 | 69 |
| Joris van Overeem | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Vasilios Zagaritis | Defender | 87 | 64 |
| Oliver Braude | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Luuk Brouwers | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Maxence Rivera | Forward | 72 | 40 |
| Jacob Trenskow | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Dylan Vente | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Bernt Klaverboer | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike van Duinen | Forward | 31 | 64 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Casper Widell | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Rick Meissen | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Adam Carlén | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Irakli Yegoian | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Derensili Sanches Fernandes | Forward | 59 | 43 |
| Stefan Mitrović | Forward | 31 | 42 |
| Ilias Bronkhorst | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Szymon Wlodarczyk | Forward | 59 | 37 |
| Noah Naujoks | Midfielder | 71 | 32 |
| Gyan de Regt | Forward | 90 | 30 |
| Stijn van Gassel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Chris-Kévin Nadje | Midfielder | 19 | 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.