Sparta Rotterdam 3–3 FC Utrecht
- Young 45'
- Zonneveld 67'
- Verschuren 90+6'
- Didden 16'
- Stepanov 46'
- Blake 76'
22 August 2026
The match in data
Sparta Rotterdam and FC Utrecht drew 3–3 on 22 August 2026, on matchday 3 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Bas Kuipers (Sparta Rotterdam), rated 78, thanks above all to 13 final-third passes and 5 duels won. Kuipers produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For FC Utrecht, the highest-rated player was Artem Stepanov, with 73.
Bas Kuipers
Sparta Rotterdam · 90'
Produced 1.17× and cost 0.16× their position's average
- 13 final-third passes 1.9×
- 5 duels won 1.2×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Zonneveld | Forward | 28 | 81 |
| Bas Kuipers ★ | Defender | 90 | 78 |
| Nick Verschuren | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Bruno Martins Indi | Defender | 62 | 67 |
| Mitchell van Bergen | Forward | 28 | 66 |
| Shunsuke Mito | Forward | 90 | 65 |
| Marvin Young | Defender | 79 | 57 |
| Julian Baas | Midfielder | 86 | 51 |
| Ayoni Santos | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Nökkvi Thórisson | Forward | 62 | 38 |
| Lushendry Martes | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Robin van Cruijsen | Midfielder | 79 | 27 |
| Filip Bednarek | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Joel Ideho | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Teo Quintero | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Casper Terho | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artem Stepanov | Forward | 73 | 73 |
| Siebe Horemans | Defender | 77 | 64 |
| Yoann Cathline | Forward | 73 | 57 |
| Matisse Didden | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Davy van den Berg | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Arthur Zagré | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Dani de Wit | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Niklas Vesterlund | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Ángel Alarcón | Forward | 62 | 37 |
| Neville Ogidi Nwankwo | Defender | 72 | 26 |
| Kevin Paredes | Midfielder | 28 | 18 |
| Vasilios Barkas | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Per Kloosterboer | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Adrian Blake | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| David Min | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Guus Offerhaus | Defender | 13 | 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.