Eredivisie 2026/27, matchday 1: every number from the 9 matches

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25 goals in 9 matches — 2.78 a game, against 3.17 across all 309 matches of 2025/26. 4 home wins, 1 draw, 4 away wins. Results, goals by minute, cards, shots, possession, xG and player ratings — all of it on one page.

Results

Match	HT	xG	Shots	On target	Home poss.	Crowd
Cambuur 0–4 Excelsior	0–3	0.70–3.35	11–18	2–9	46%	14105
Nijmegen 1–2 Telstar	0–0	1.89–1.46	27–8	4–3	71%	12650
G.A. Eagles 4–1 Willem II	0–0	2.35–1.46	20–13	10–1	69%	9288
PSV 2–2 Sittard	0–1	2.30–1.01	21–8	6–6	76%	33400
AZ Alkmaar 2–0 Den Haag	0–0	2.67–0.95	12–10	4–1	54%	—
Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 Feyenoord	0–1	1.01–3.53	10–22	0–6	41%	—
Zwolle 0–2 Ajax	0–0	0.59–1.54	7–26	2–6	31%	—
Groningen 2–1 Utrecht	1–0	1.55–2.27	16–14	5–7	59%	—
Heerenveen 1–0 Twente	0–0	0.39–1.73	7–19	4–3	46%	—

The heaviest match was G.A. Eagles 4–1 Willem II with 5 goals. 4 of 9 matches had both clubs scoring, 5 went over 2.5 goals, and 5 clubs failed to score. 6 goals came before half-time and 19 after it; 3 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 5 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 1, the latest in minute 90+5. 0 of the 23 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 18 yellow cards and 1 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 23 of the 25 goals, so every count in this paragraph is a floor, not a total; the scores and half-time scores above are complete.

Every match, in detail

Cambuur 0–4 Excelsior 2026-08-07 18:00 UTC · half-time 0–3 · 4-3-3 v 4-3-3

Kooi Stadion · 14,105 in · referee A. Lindhout

Goals

17' Irakli Yegoian Excelsior
31' Noah Naujoks Excelsior
42' David Garden Excelsior
69' Noah Naujoks Excelsior
90+2' Ilano Silva Timas Excelsior

Best rated

8.6 Simon Janssen Excelsior · 2 assists, 6/10 duels
8.6 Irakli Yegoian Excelsior · 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 shots, 4/14 duels
8.5 Noah Naujoks Excelsior · 2 goals, 3 shots, 8/20 duels

Cambuur · Excelsior

0.70	xG	3.35
0.20	xG first half	2.15
11	Shots	18
2	On target	9
5	Shots in the box	14
3	Blocked	5
5	Corners	8
46%	Possession	54%
377	Passes	430
316	Passes completed	354
5	Saves	1
6	Fouls	11
1	Offsides	1

source: full match archive

Nijmegen 1–2 Telstar 2026-08-08 14:30 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 3-4-2-1 v 4-2-3-1

Goffertstadion · 12,650 in · referee M. Vos

Goals

1' Patrick Brouwer Telstar
24' Rui Mendes Telstar
83' Kaj Sierhuis Nijmegen

Cards

🟨 57' Brayann Pereira Nijmegen
🟨 68' I. Hansen-Aaroen Nijmegen
🟨 74' Isaiah Ahmed Telstar
🟨 78' Ronald Koeman Jr Telstar

Best rated

8.3 Ronald Koeman Jr Telstar · 3 saves
8.3 Abdelnour Soualhia Telstar · 1 assist, 5/6 duels
7.9 Philippe Sandler Nijmegen · 9/10 duels

Nijmegen · Telstar

1.89	xG	1.46
0.57	xG first half	0.86
27	Shots	8
4	On target	3
17	Shots in the box	8
11	Blocked	2
13	Corners	3
71%	Possession	29%
552	Passes	228
492	Passes completed	160
1	Saves	3
12	Fouls	14
2	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

G.A. Eagles 4–1 Willem II 2026-08-08 16:45 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

De Adelaarshorst · 9,288 in · referee R. Hensgens

Goals

13' Devin Haen Willem II
30' Søren Tengstedt G.A. Eagles
61' Melle Meulensteen G.A. Eagles
63' Erik Flataker G.A. Eagles
69' Julius Dirksen G.A. Eagles

Cards

🟨 19' Dean James G.A. Eagles
🟨 34' Julius Dirksen G.A. Eagles

Best rated

8.6 Melle Meulensteen G.A. Eagles · 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 3/5 duels
8.3 Mathis Suray G.A. Eagles · 2 assists, 1 shots, 4/7 duels
8.3 Søren Tengstedt G.A. Eagles · 1 goal, 3 shots, 14/15 duels

G.A. Eagles · Willem II

2.35	xG	1.46
1.10	xG first half	0.77
20	Shots	13
10	On target	1
14	Shots in the box	8
3	Blocked	4
6	Corners	2
69%	Possession	31%
579	Passes	260
508	Passes completed	197
0	Saves	6
6	Fouls	14
1	Offsides	0
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

PSV 2–2 Sittard 2026-08-08 18:00 UTC · half-time 0–1

Philips Stadion · 33,400 in · referee A. Bos

Goals

42' Ole Romeny Sittard
55' Ryan Flamingo PSV

Cards

🟨 33' Lequincio Zeefuik Sittard

Best rated

8.9 Noah Fernandez PSV · 1 goal, 1 shots, 7/9 duels
8.2 Ole Romeny Sittard · 1 goal, 3 shots, 5/6 duels
7.9 Mauro Júnior PSV · 1 shots, 8/12 duels

PSV · Sittard

2.30	xG	1.01
0.68	xG first half	0.71
21	Shots	8
6	On target	6
16	Shots in the box	4
7	Blocked	0
9	Corners	0
76%	Possession	24%
758	Passes	249
667	Passes completed	165
4	Saves	4
9	Fouls	6
0	Offsides	4
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

AZ Alkmaar 2–0 Den Haag 2026-08-08 19:00 UTC · half-time 0–0

AFAS Stadion · referee E. Blank

Goals

61' Ro-Zangelo Daal AZ Alkmaar

Best rated

9.3 Ro-Zangelo Daal AZ Alkmaar · 1 goal, 1 shots, 2/5 duels
7.9 Kees Smit AZ Alkmaar · 1 assist, 3/7 duels
7.5 Lewis Schouten AZ Alkmaar · 1 shots, 4/7 duels

AZ Alkmaar · Den Haag

2.67	xG	0.95
0.74	xG first half	0.26
12	Shots	10
4	On target	1
10	Shots in the box	7
3	Blocked	3
9	Corners	7
54%	Possession	46%
471	Passes	406
387	Passes completed	328
1	Saves	2
9	Fouls	14
4	Offsides	1
0	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 Feyenoord 2026-08-09 10:15 UTC · half-time 0–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel

Goals

35' Luciano Valente Feyenoord assist Gjivai Zechiël

Cards

🟨 39' Casper Terho Sparta Rotterdam
🟨 58' Charles Vanhoutte Feyenoord

Best rated

8.3 Luciano Valente Feyenoord · 1 goal, 3 shots, 2/3 duels
8.3 Gjivai Zechiël Feyenoord · 1 assist, 1 shots, 5/8 duels
7.9 Bas Kuipers Sparta Rotterdam · 3/3 duels

Sparta Rotterdam · Feyenoord

1.01	xG	3.53
0.16	xG first half	2.93
10	Shots	22
0	On target	6
8	Shots in the box	17
1	Blocked	6
5	Corners	10
41%	Possession	59%
336	Passes	503
258	Passes completed	446
6	Saves	1
11	Fouls	8
5	Offsides	2
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Zwolle 0–2 Ajax 2026-08-09 12:30 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-3-3 v 4-3-3

Goals

76' Jorthy Mokio Ajax assist Tolu Arokodare
90+5' Julian Brandt Ajax assist Mika Godts

Cards

🟨 33' Abdellah Ouazane Ajax
🟥 57' Sherel Constancio Floranus Zwolle
🟨 86' Davy Klaassen Ajax
🟨 88' Gabriel Reiziger Zwolle
🟨 89' Koen Kostons Zwolle

Best rated

8.2 Aaron Bouwman Ajax · 1 shots, 8/12 duels
7.9 Jasper Schendelaar Zwolle · 4 saves
7.9 Youri Baas Ajax · 8/12 duels

Zwolle · Ajax

0.59	xG	1.54
0.49	xG first half	0.57
7	Shots	26
2	On target	6
4	Shots in the box	13
3	Blocked	12
2	Corners	10
31%	Possession	69%
237	Passes	549
170	Passes completed	482
4	Saves	2
12	Fouls	10
2	Yellow cards	2
1	Red cards	0

source: full match archive

Groningen 2–1 Utrecht 2026-08-09 12:30 UTC · half-time 1–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 3-4-2-1

Euroborg

Goals

8' Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson Groningen
48' Thom van Bergen Groningen
79' Adrian Blake Utrecht assist Davy van den Berg

Cards

🟨 84' Dani De Wit Utrecht
🟨 88' Joris van Overeem Utrecht

Best rated

8.7 Etienne Vaessen Groningen · 6 saves
8.6 David van der Werff Groningen · 9/14 duels
7.9 Adrian Blake Utrecht · 1 goal, 2 shots, 2/3 duels

Groningen · Utrecht

1.55	xG	2.27
1.04	xG first half	0.56
16	Shots	14
5	On target	7
10	Shots in the box	12
7	Blocked	0
5	Corners	1
59%	Possession	41%
444	Passes	306
360	Passes completed	225
6	Saves	3
12	Fouls	17
1	Offsides	4
0	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Heerenveen 1–0 Twente 2026-08-09 14:45 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Abe Lenstra Stadion

Goals

52' Luca Oyen Heerenveen assist Jacob Trenskow

Cards

🟨 75' Dirk Wanner Proper Heerenveen
🟨 90+1' Luca Oyen Heerenveen
🟨 90+6' Daan Rots Twente

Best rated

7.9 Luca Oyen Heerenveen · 1 goal, 1 shots, 5/9 duels
7.9 Maas Willemsen Heerenveen · 2/4 duels
7.5 Bernt Klaverboer Heerenveen · 3 saves

Heerenveen · Twente

0.39	xG	1.73
0.16	xG first half	0.71
7	Shots	19
4	On target	3
4	Shots in the box	15
2	Blocked	5
4	Corners	8
46%	Possession	54%
474	Passes	533
394	Passes completed	459
3	Saves	3
7	Fouls	7
2	Offsides	2
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Excelsior	A	Cambuur	4–0	3.35	18	9	14	8	54%	430	1	11	0
G.A. Eagles	H	Willem II	4–1	2.35	20	10	14	6	69%	579	0	6	2
AZ Alkmaar	H	Den Haag	2–0	2.67	12	4	10	9	54%	471	1	9	0
Ajax	A	Zwolle	2–0	1.54	26	6	13	10	69%	549	2	10	2
Groningen	H	Utrecht	2–1	1.55	16	5	10	5	59%	444	6	12	0
Telstar	A	Nijmegen	2–1	1.46	8	3	8	3	29%	228	3	14	2
Feyenoord	A	Sparta Rotterdam	1–0	3.53	22	6	17	10	59%	503	1	8	1
Heerenveen	H	Twente	1–0	0.39	7	4	4	4	46%	474	3	7	2
PSV	H	Sittard	2–2	2.30	21	6	16	9	76%	758	4	9	1
Sittard	A	PSV	2–2	1.01	8	6	4	0	24%	249	4	6	1
Nijmegen	H	Telstar	1–2	1.89	27	4	17	13	71%	552	1	12	2
Utrecht	A	Groningen	1–2	2.27	14	7	12	1	41%	306	3	17	2
Sparta Rotterdam	H	Feyenoord	0–1	1.01	10	0	8	5	41%	336	6	11	2
Twente	A	Heerenveen	0–1	1.73	19	3	15	8	54%	533	3	7	1
Den Haag	A	AZ Alkmaar	0–2	0.95	10	1	7	7	46%	406	2	14	1
Zwolle	H	Ajax	0–2	0.59	7	2	4	2	31%	237	4	12	2
Willem II	A	G.A. Eagles	1–4	1.46	13	1	8	2	31%	260	6	14	1
Cambuur	H	Excelsior	0–4	0.70	11	2	5	5	46%	377	5	6	0

PSV had the most of the ball (76 per cent); Nijmegen took the most shots (27).

Goals against xG

xG is the provider's shot-quality model, not ours; we publish it because it is the same measure across every match here. One matchday is far too small to call anyone lucky — this is a record of what happened, not a verdict.

Club	Opponent	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Conceded	xG faced	Saved against xG
G.A. Eagles	Willem II	4	2.35	+1.65	1	1.46	+0.46
Sittard	PSV	2	1.01	+0.99	2	2.30	+0.30
Excelsior	Cambuur	4	3.35	+0.65	0	0.70	+0.70
Heerenveen	Twente	1	0.39	+0.61	0	1.73	+1.73
Telstar	Nijmegen	2	1.46	+0.54	1	1.89	+0.89
Ajax	Zwolle	2	1.54	+0.46	0	0.59	+0.59
Groningen	Utrecht	2	1.55	+0.45	1	2.27	+1.27
PSV	Sittard	2	2.30	-0.30	2	1.01	-0.99
Willem II	G.A. Eagles	1	1.46	-0.46	4	2.35	-1.65
Zwolle	Ajax	0	0.59	-0.59	2	1.54	-0.46
AZ Alkmaar	Den Haag	2	2.67	-0.67	0	0.95	+0.95
Cambuur	Excelsior	0	0.70	-0.70	4	3.35	-0.65
Nijmegen	Telstar	1	1.89	-0.89	2	1.46	-0.54
Den Haag	AZ Alkmaar	0	0.95	-0.95	2	2.67	+0.67
Sparta Rotterdam	Feyenoord	0	1.01	-1.01	1	3.53	+2.53
Utrecht	Groningen	1	2.27	-1.27	2	1.55	-0.45
Twente	Heerenveen	0	1.73	-1.73	1	0.39	-0.61
Feyenoord	Sparta Rotterdam	1	3.53	-2.53	0	1.01	+1.01

G.A. Eagles scored 1.65 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Feyenoord scored 2.53 fewer. The last column is the same subtraction at the other end: how many goals a club conceded against the xG of the shots it faced.

One column we removed. The feed also carries a field called “goals prevented”, which looks like a goalkeeping measure. In all 9 matches of this round it is identical for both clubs (Cambuur–Excelsior +0.16, Nijmegen–Telstar +0.74, G.A. Eagles–Willem II +0.06, and so on), so it cannot be a per-club number and we do not publish it rather than guess at what it means.

Scorers and assists

20 of the 25 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (9 matches) and from the live event feed otherwise, which records fewer of them — so this is a floor, not a count.

Player	Club	Goals	Assists
Noah Naujoks	Excelsior	2	0
Irakli Yegoian	Excelsior	1	1
Melle Meulensteen	G.A. Eagles	1	1
Patrick Brouwer	Telstar	1	1
Adrian Blake	Utrecht	1	0
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson	Groningen	1	0
Calvin Stengs	AZ Alkmaar	1	0
David Garden	Excelsior	1	0
Devin Haen	Willem II	1	0
Erik Flataker	G.A. Eagles	1	0
Jorthy Mokio	Ajax	1	0
Julian Brandt	Ajax	1	0
Julius Dirksen	G.A. Eagles	1	0
Kaj Sierhuis	Nijmegen	1	0
Luca Oyen	Heerenveen	1	0
Luciano Valente	Feyenoord	1	0
Noah Fernandez	PSV	1	0
Ole Romeny	Sittard	1	0
Ro-Zangelo Daal	AZ Alkmaar	1	0
Rui Mendes	Telstar	1	0
Ryan Flamingo	PSV	1	0
Søren Tengstedt	G.A. Eagles	1	0
Thom van Bergen	Groningen	1	0
Édouard Michut	Sittard	1	0
Mathis Suray	G.A. Eagles	0	2
Simon Janssen	Excelsior	0	2
Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	0	1
Alassane Pléa	PSV	0	1
Davy van den Berg	Utrecht	0	1
Dušan Tadić	Nijmegen	0	1
Gjivai Zechiël	Feyenoord	0	1
Gyan de Regt	Excelsior	0	1
Ivan Perišić	PSV	0	1
Jacob Trenskow	Heerenveen	0	1
Kees Smit	AZ Alkmaar	0	1
Mika Godts	Ajax	0	1
Nathan Tjoe-A-On	Willem II	0	1
Tolu Arokodare	Ajax	0	1
Victor Edvardsen	G.A. Eagles	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 9 matches whose player detail has arrived; 396 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Ro-Zangelo Daal	AZ Alkmaar	9.3	81	1	0	1	1	2/5	0	0	0
Noah Fernandez	PSV	8.9	95	1	0	1	0	7/9	4	1	0
Etienne Vaessen	Groningen	8.7	97	0	0	0	2	0/0	0	0	6
Simon Janssen	Excelsior	8.6	81	0	2	0	3	6/10	5	0	0
Irakli Yegoian	Excelsior	8.6	75	1	1	1	4	4/14	3	2	0
Melle Meulensteen	G.A. Eagles	8.6	75	1	1	2	2	3/5	0	0	0
David van der Werff	Groningen	8.6	97	0	0	0	4	9/14	2	1	0
Noah Naujoks	Excelsior	8.5	94	2	0	3	2	8/20	3	1	0
Ronald Koeman Jr	Telstar	8.3	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	3
Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	8.3	90	0	1	0	1	5/6	2	3	0
Mathis Suray	G.A. Eagles	8.3	83	0	2	1	6	4/7	1	0	0
Søren Tengstedt	G.A. Eagles	8.3	90	1	0	3	0	14/15	3	1	0
Luciano Valente	Feyenoord	8.3	90	1	0	3	4	2/3	0	0	0
Gjivai Zechiël	Feyenoord	8.3	90	0	1	1	4	5/8	2	0	0
David Garden	Excelsior	8.2	74	1	0	3	1	9/11	0	0	0
Ole Romeny	Sittard	8.2	95	1	0	3	1	5/6	0	0	0
Aaron Bouwman	Ajax	8.2	90	0	0	1	0	8/12	1	1	0
Stijn van Gassel	Excelsior	7.9	94	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	1
Thijs Jansen	Cambuur	7.9	94	0	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	5
Philippe Sandler	Nijmegen	7.9	26	0	0	0	0	9/10	2	1	0
Julius Dirksen	G.A. Eagles	7.9	75	1	0	1	0	0/1	0	0	0
Devin Haen	Willem II	7.9	90	1	0	3	1	5/8	0	1	0
Mauro Júnior	PSV	7.9	95	0	0	1	1	8/12	2	1	0
Kees Smit	AZ Alkmaar	7.9	72	0	1	0	3	3/7	0	1	0
Bas Kuipers	Sparta Rotterdam	7.9	90	0	0	0	1	3/3	2	1	0

Matchday 1 against the whole of 2025/26

One round is 9 matches and last season was 309. Every difference below is well inside what 9 matches can produce by chance; it is here as a record, not as a trend.

Measure	Matchday 1	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	2.78	3.17	-0.39
Goals in the first half, per match	0.67	1.43	-0.77
Shots per club	14.9	14.1	+0.8
Shots on target per club	4.4	5.2	-0.8
xG per club	1.71	1.54	+0.16
Corners per club	5.9	5.2	+0.7
Passes per club	427	420	+8
Fouls per club	10.3	10.9	-0.6
Yellow cards per club	1.22	1.63	-0.41
Saves per club	3.1	3.6	-0.5
Home wins (share)	0.44	0.45	-0.00
Draws (share)	0.11	0.26	-0.15

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 9 of 9 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 9, player-level detail for 9. Crowds and referees are as published for the 4 matches that carry them (69,443 people in total, 17,361 on average). Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 2 of the 25 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; attendance is published for 4 of 9 matches, so the crowd average is over those 4; the 2025/26 xG baseline is measured on 304 of 309 matches.

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