Sparta Rotterdam 1–1 NEC Nijmegen
- Indi 64'
- Ogawa 73'
17 February 2026
The match in data
Sparta Rotterdam and NEC Nijmegen finished level at 1–1 on 17 February 2026, on matchday 23 of the 2025-26 Eredivisie.
Player of the match: Marvin Young (Sparta Rotterdam), rated 76, thanks above all to 5 interceptions and 4 aerials won. Young produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For NEC Nijmegen, the highest-rated player was Kodai Sano, with 66.
Marvin Young
Sparta Rotterdam · 90'
Produced 1.33× and cost 0.25× their position's average
- 5 interceptions 4.0×
- 4 aerials won 2.2×
- 5 final-third passes 0.9×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.4×
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 | 76 |
| Shunsuke Mito | Forward | 90 | 70 |
| Bruno Martins Indi | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Lushendry Edward Martes | Defender | 46 | 55 |
| Mitchell van Bergen | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Joshua Kitolano | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Tobias Lauritsen | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Shurandy Sambo | Defender | 44 | 42 |
| Teo Quintero | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Pelle Clement | Midfielder | 84 | 39 |
| Ayoni Santos | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Joël Drommel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Julian Baas | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kodai Sano | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Dirk Proper | Midfielder | 83 | 59 |
| Koki Ogawa | Forward | 22 | 56 |
| Ahmetcan Kaplan | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Willum Thór Willumsson | Forward | 68 | 50 |
| Youssef El Kachati | Forward | 22 | 50 |
| Darko Nejasmic | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Bryan Linssen | Forward | 68 | 40 |
| Brayann Pereira | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Deveron Fonville | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Başar Önal | Midfielder | 68 | 33 |
| Danilo | Forward | 22 | 26 |
| Eli Dasa | Defender | 75 | 21 |
| Gonzalo Crettaz | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Virgil Misidjan | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Tjaronn Chery | Midfielder | 7 | 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.