Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 FC Utrecht
- Kitolano 25'
- Lauritsen 88' (pen.)
- de Wit 63'
17 August 2025
The match in data
Sparta Rotterdam beat FC Utrecht 2–1 on 17 August 2025, on matchday 2 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Mike van der Hoorn (FC Utrecht), rated 62, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 3 interceptions. van der Hoorn produced 1.5 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
For Sparta Rotterdam, the highest-rated player was Marvin Young, with 62.
Mike van der Hoorn
FC Utrecht · 90'
Produced 1.46× and cost 0.66× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.1×
- 3 interceptions 2.7×
- 4 aerials won 2.2×
- 6 duels lost 1.6×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Young | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Bruno Martins Indi | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Julian Baas | Midfielder | 36 | 57 |
| Ayoub Oufkir | Forward | 69 | 48 |
| Shunsuke Mito | Forward | 21 | 48 |
| Patrick van Aanholt | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Saïd Bakari | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Tobias Lauritsen | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Joshua Kitolano | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Jens Toornstra | Midfielder | 54 | 39 |
| Pelle Clement | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Sayfallah Ltaief | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Joël Drommel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Nökkvi Thórisson | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Teo Quintero | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Viergever | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Mike van der Hoorn ★ | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Victor Jensen | Midfielder | 72 | 52 |
| Siebe Horemans | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Miliano Jonathans | Forward | 44 | 45 |
| Alonzo Engwanda | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Souffian El Karouani | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Gjivai Zechiël | Midfielder | 78 | 42 |
| Miguel Rodríguez | Forward | 46 | 37 |
| Adrian Blake | Forward | 72 | 28 |
| Michael Brouwer | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Davy van den Berg | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Derry Murkin | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Can Bozdogan | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Emirhan Demircan | Forward | 1 | 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.