Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 Feyenoord
- Valente 35'
9 August 2026
The match in data
Feyenoord beat Sparta Rotterdam 1–0 on 9 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Thijs Kraaijeveld (Feyenoord), rated 85, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 56 passes. Kraaijeveld produced 1.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
For Sparta Rotterdam, the highest-rated player was Bas Kuipers, with 72.
Thijs Kraaijeveld
Feyenoord · 72'
Produced 1.26× and cost 0.06× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.3×
- 56 passes 1.6×
- 3 interceptions 4.0×
- 1 misplaced pass 0.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bas Kuipers | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Robin van Cruijsen | Midfielder | 33 | 64 |
| Nick Verschuren | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Alwande Roaldsøy | Midfielder | 28 | 44 |
| Milan Zonneveld | Forward | 28 | 44 |
| Shunsuke Mito | Forward | 77 | 43 |
| Bruno Martins Indi | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Ayoni Santos | Midfielder | 77 | 33 |
| Lushendry Martes | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Marvin Young | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Jens Toornstra | Midfielder | 62 | 30 |
| Nökkvi Thórisson | Forward | 62 | 25 |
| Casper Terho | Midfielder | 57 | 24 |
| Filip Bednarek | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Joel Ideho | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Mitchell van Bergen | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thijs Kraaijeveld ★ | Midfielder | 72 | 85 |
| Luciano Valente | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Jeremiah St. Juste | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Mika Mármol | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Anis Hadj Moussa | Forward | 82 | 57 |
| Gjivai Zechiël | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Gaoussou Diarra | Midfielder | 71 | 54 |
| Ayase Ueda | Forward | 71 | 50 |
| Charles Vanhoutte | Midfielder | 85 | 46 |
| Givairo Read | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Tjark Ernst | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jivayno Zinhagel | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Nacho Ferri | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Tijme Wessels | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Shaqueel van Persie | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Oussama Targhalline | Midfielder | 5 | 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.