Sturm Graz 1–0 Brann
- Kiteishvili 85'
29 January 2026
The match in data
Sturm Graz beat Brann 1–0 on 29 January 2026, in the 2025-26 Europa League (League Stage 8).
Player of the match: Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen (Brann), rated 71, thanks above all to 5 aerials won and 8 duels won. Knudsen produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 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 Sturm Graz, the highest-rated player was Seedy Jatta, with 69.
Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen
Brann · 77'
Produced 1.30× and cost 0.35× their position's average
- 5 aerials won 3.5×
- 8 duels won 2.0×
- 51 passes 1.3×
- 6 misplaced passes 1.0×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedy Jatta | Forward | 24 | 69 |
| Arjan Malic | Defender | 78 | 59 |
| Emanuel Aiwu | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Emir Karic | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Jon Gorenc Stankovic | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Tomi Horvat | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Maurice Malone | Forward | 78 | 38 |
| Tim Oermann | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Otar Kiteishvili | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Luca Weinhandl | Midfielder | 78 | 25 |
| Axel Kayombo | Forward | 66 | 18 |
| Daniil Khudyakov | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Belmin Beganovic | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Filip Rózga | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Jeyland Mitchell | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Niklas Geyrhofer | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredrik Pallesen Knudsen ★ | Defender | 77 | 71 |
| Nana Kwame Boakye | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Markus Haaland | Forward | 81 | 57 |
| Ulrik Mathisen | Forward | 90 | 56 |
| Denzel De Roeve | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Joachim Soltvedt | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Noah Holm | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Felix Horn Myhre | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Thore Pedersen | Midfielder | 82 | 41 |
| Jacob Lungi Sørensen | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Mathias Dyngeland | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| V. Dragsnes | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Bård Finne | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Mads Sande | Midfielder | 8 | 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.