§ Eredivisie · 2026-27 · Matchday 5

Willem II 0–3 Excelsior

  • Garden 8'
  • Meissen 34'
  • Yegoian 85'

5 September 2026

The match in data

A 3–0 win for Excelsior against Willem II on 5 September 2026, on matchday 5 of the 2026-27 Eredivisie.

Player of the match: Stijn van Gassel (Excelsior), rated 64, thanks above all to 0.79 goals prevented (2 shots on target worth 0.74; conceded 0) and 5 crosses claimed. van Gassel produced 2.7 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Willem II, the highest-rated player was Maxim Dekker, with 68.

64
Player of the match

Stijn van Gassel

Excelsior · 90'

Produced 2.67× and cost 0.00× their position's average

Added
  • 0.79 goals prevented (2 shots on target worth 0.74; conceded 0) 2.4×
  • 5 crosses claimed 4.0×
  • 15 recoveries 1.5×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Willem II
PlayerPositionMinRating
Maxim Dekker Defender 44 68
Nathan Tjoe-A-On Defender 90 62
Kasper Boogaard Midfielder 63 57
Calvin Twigt Midfielder 90 54
Tonny Vilhena Midfielder 44 52
Mats Lemmens Defender 46 51
Uriël van Aalst Midfielder 90 50
Maxime Delanghe Goalkeeper 90 46
Hidde ter Avest Defender 90 45
Finn Stam Defender 90 43
Eser Gürbüz Midfielder 46 43
Jaden Slory Forward 82 36
Thomas Verheydt Forward 27 31
Devin Haen Forward 90 28
Chido Obi Forward 8 no rating
Excelsior
PlayerPositionMinRating
Stijn van Gassel ★ Goalkeeper 90 64
Ilano Silva Timas Forward 26 61
Daniel van Vianen Midfielder 25 61
Casper Widell Defender 90 59
Irakli Yegoian Midfielder 90 59
Rick Meissen Defender 90 51
David Garden Forward 82 50
Jan Plug Defender 90 47
Simon Janssen Defender 90 44
Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson Forward 71 42
Eric da Silva Moreira Defender 65 42
Lennard Hartjes Midfielder 90 34
Aymen Sliti Forward 64 33
Nesto Groen Forward 19 no rating
Guilliano Cairo Midfielder 8 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Excelsior player won the most duels?

Casper Widell, with 16 duels won. Next: Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson 6, Rick Meissen 4.

Casper Widell put up a dominant physical display, winning 16 duels for Excelsior. That comfortably outstripped Ágúst Orri Thorsteinsson's 6 and Rick Meissen's 4.

Which Willem II player completed the most dribbles?

Nathan Tjoe-A-On, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Calvin Twigt 2, Uriël van Aalst 2.

Nathan Tjoe-A-On completed 3 dribbles for Willem II in the 0–3 defeat. That led the team over Calvin Twigt and Uriël van Aalst, who completed 2 each.

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.

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Willem II 0–3 Excelsior, Eredivisie 2026-27. Player of the match: Stijn van Gassel, 64
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.