Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 AZ Alkmaar
- Smit 69'
2 November 2025
The match in data
A 1–0 win for AZ Alkmaar against Sparta Rotterdam on 2 November 2025, on matchday 11 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Kees Smit (AZ Alkmaar), rated 63, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 4 key passes. Smit produced 1.5 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.9 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Sparta Rotterdam, the highest-rated player was Joshua Kitolano, with 75.
Troy Parrott missed a penalty at 28'.
Kees Smit
AZ Alkmaar · 80'
Produced 1.50× and cost 0.88× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.8×
- 4 key passes 3.5×
- 52 passes 1.5×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.1×
- 5 duels lost 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Kitolano | Midfielder | 44 | 75 |
| Marvin Young | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Bruno Martins Indi | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Jens Toornstra | Midfielder | 46 | 52 |
| Tobias Lauritsen | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Teo Quintero | Defender | 84 | 46 |
| Lance Duijvestijn | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Mitchell van Bergen | Forward | 89 | 38 |
| Shurandy Sambo | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Pelle Clement | Midfielder | 73 | 31 |
| Ayoub Oufkir | Forward | 84 | 30 |
| Joël Drommel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ayoni Santos | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Jonathan de Guzmán | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Nökkvi Thórisson | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Jelani Seedorf | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kees Smit ★ | Midfielder | 80 | 63 |
| Isak Jensen | Forward | 90 | 60 |
| Peer Koopmeiners | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Alexandre Penetra | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Troy Parrott | Forward | 81 | 57 |
| Sven Mijnans | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Denso Kasius | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Wouter Goes | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Mees de Wit | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Weslley Patati | Forward | 80 | 37 |
| Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Dave Kwakman | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Ibrahim Sadiq | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Lequincio Zeefuik | Forward | 9 | 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.