Eredivisie 2026/27, matchday 2: every number from the 9 matches

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GoalSoon · built 05 September 2026, 09:53 UTC · every figure is our own count from our own database

37 goals in 9 matches — 4.11 a game, against 3.17 across all 309 matches of 2025/26. 2 home wins, 3 draws, 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.
Telstar 1–3 Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	1.40–2.14	7–16	1–9	61%
Utrecht 2–2 AZ Alkmaar	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Willem II 1–4 Nijmegen	0–1	1.43–2.99	9–21	2–10	32%
Excelsior 1–2 PSV	0–1	0.32–2.21	5–20	2–8	41%
Sittard 3–1 Cambuur	2–1	1.35–2.53	17–19	7–7	36%
Den Haag 1–4 Groningen	0–3	1.01–3.20	10–17	4–14	55%
Twente 3–1 Zwolle	1–1	0.56–0.35	8–2	4–1	72%
Feyenoord 2–2 G.A. Eagles	2–0	1.54–0.06	13–3	4–1	51%
Ajax 2–2 Heerenveen	2–1	1.49–0.85	13–9	3–6	59%

The heaviest match was Willem II 1–4 Nijmegen with 5 goals. 9 of 9 matches had both clubs scoring, 9 went over 2.5 goals, and 0 clubs failed to score. 16 goals came before half-time and 21 after it; 3 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 1 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 6, the latest in minute 81. 0 of the 14 goals were penalties and 1 were own goals; the round produced 5 yellow cards and 0 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 14 of the 37 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

Telstar 1–3 Sparta Rotterdam 2026-08-14 18:00 UTC · half-time 0–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

BUKO Stadion

Goals

6' Marvin Young Sparta Rotterdam assist Nokkvi Thorisson
53' Nokkvi Thorisson Sparta Rotterdam assist Shunsuke Mito

Cards

🟨 55' Abdelnour Soualhia Telstar
🟨 57' Lushendry Martes Sparta Rotterdam

Best rated

9.0 Ronald Koeman Jr Telstar · 6 saves, 1/1 duels
8.6 Marvin Young Sparta Rotterdam · 1 goal, 1 shots, 7/10 duels
8.2 Nokkvi Thorisson Sparta Rotterdam · 1 goal, 1 assist, 4 shots, 5/15 duels

Telstar · Sparta Rotterdam

1.40	xG	2.14
0.26	xG first half	1.28
7	Shots	16
1	On target	9
4	Shots in the box	13
2	Blocked	3
7	Corners	5
61%	Possession	39%
509	Passes	325
424	Passes completed	254
6	Saves	0
13	Fouls	17
1	Offsides	0
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Utrecht 2–2 AZ Alkmaar 2026-08-15 12:30 UTC · half-time None–None

Goals

none

Utrecht · AZ Alkmaar

no match statistics

source: events only

Willem II 1–4 Nijmegen 2026-08-15 14:30 UTC · half-time 0–1

Koning Willem II Stadion

Goals

none

Best rated

8.3 Tjaronn Chery Nijmegen · 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 2/5 duels
8.3 Karst de Leeuw Willem II · 6 saves
8.2 Clement Bischoff Nijmegen · 1 assist, 6/10 duels

Willem II · Nijmegen

1.43	xG	2.99
0.33	xG first half	0.52
9	Shots	21
2	On target	10
7	Shots in the box	12
5	Blocked	5
1	Corners	2
32%	Possession	68%
279	Passes	591
174	Passes completed	500
6	Saves	1
10	Fouls	14
0	Offsides	3
1	Yellow cards	0

source: full match archive

Excelsior 1–2 PSV 2026-08-15 18:00 UTC · half-time 0–1

Stadion Woudestein

Goals

none

Best rated

8.0 Joey Veerman PSV · 1/1 duels
7.9 Casper Widell Excelsior · 1 goal, 1 shots, 3/6 duels
7.7 Irakli Yegoian Excelsior · 1 assist, 1 shots, 8/14 duels

Excelsior · PSV

0.32	xG	2.21
0.11	xG first half	0.28
5	Shots	20
2	On target	8
3	Shots in the box	16
1	Blocked	5
1	Corners	7
41%	Possession	59%
427	Passes	607
339	Passes completed	529
6	Saves	1
9	Fouls	3
1	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	0

source: full match archive

Sittard 3–1 Cambuur 2026-08-15 19:00 UTC · half-time 2–1

Fortuna Sittard Stadion

Goals

none

Best rated

9.0 Mattijs Branderhorst Sittard · 6 saves
8.3 Rafik El Arguioui Cambuur · 1 goal, 1 shots, 6/9 duels
8.0 Lequincio Zeefuik Sittard · 1 goal, 4 shots, 9/20 duels

Sittard · Cambuur

1.35	xG	2.53
0.63	xG first half	1.24
17	Shots	19
7	On target	7
11	Shots in the box	16
6	Blocked	5
6	Corners	7
36%	Possession	64%
291	Passes	514
206	Passes completed	443
6	Saves	4
10	Fouls	9
3	Offsides	1
0	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Den Haag 1–4 Groningen 2026-08-16 10:15 UTC · half-time 0–3 · 4-4-2 v 4-2-3-1

WerkTalent Stadion

Goals

15' Thom van Bergen Groningen
30' Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson Groningen assist Etienne Vaessen
45+2' David van der Werff Groningen assist Tygo Land
55' Yannick Eduardo Den Haag assist Finn de Bruin
81' Nils Eggens Groningen assist Thom van Bergen

Cards

🟨 83' David van der Werff Groningen

Best rated

9.3 Kilian Nikièma Den Haag · 10 saves
8.9 Thom van Bergen Groningen · 1 goal, 1 assist, 5 shots, 8/16 duels
8.2 David van der Werff Groningen · 1 goal, 3 shots, 3/5 duels

Den Haag · Groningen

1.01	xG	3.20
0.45	xG first half	2.30
10	Shots	17
4	On target	14
5	Shots in the box	14
2	Blocked	2
5	Corners	2
55%	Possession	45%
486	Passes	409
396	Passes completed	315
10	Saves	3
11	Fouls	11
0	Offsides	3
0	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Twente 3–1 Zwolle 2026-08-16 12:30 UTC · half-time 1–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

De Grolsch Veste

Goals

21' Elias Sørensen Zwolle assist Thijs Oosting
38' Daouda Weidmann Twente

Twente · Zwolle

0.56	xG	0.35
0.56	xG first half	0.35
8	Shots	2
4	On target	1
4	Shots in the box	1
0	Blocked	0
2	Corners	1
72%	Possession	28%
318	Passes	122
285	Passes completed	88
0	Saves	3
4	Fouls	4

source: live feed (no player detail yet)

Feyenoord 2–2 G.A. Eagles 2026-08-16 12:30 UTC · half-time 2–0 · 4-3-3 v 4-2-3-1

De Kuip

Goals

32' Gjivai Zechiël Feyenoord assist Ayase Ueda
38' Ayase Ueda Feyenoord assist Anis Hadj Moussa

Feyenoord · G.A. Eagles

1.54	xG	0.06
1.54	xG first half	0.06
13	Shots	3
4	On target	1
9	Shots in the box	1
4	Blocked	0
2	Corners	1
51%	Possession	49%
225	Passes	215
189	Passes completed	171
1	Saves	2
1	Fouls	3
1	Offsides	0

source: live feed (no player detail yet)

Ajax 2–2 Heerenveen 2026-08-16 14:45 UTC · half-time 2–1 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Johan Cruijff Arena

Goals

7' Bernt Klaverboer (og) Ajax
33' Abdellah Ouazane Ajax assist Caio Henrique
45' Jacob Trenskow Heerenveen assist Sam Kersten

Cards

🟨 51' Jacob Trenskow Heerenveen
🟨 57' Youri Regeer Ajax

Ajax · Heerenveen

1.49	xG	0.85
1.30	xG first half	0.85
13	Shots	9
3	On target	6
10	Shots in the box	4
5	Blocked	1
3	Corners	1
59%	Possession	41%
379	Passes	274
344	Passes completed	233
5	Saves	3
5	Fouls	6
1	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	1

source: live feed (no player detail yet)

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Groningen	A	Den Haag	4–1	3.20	17	14	14	2	45%	409	3	11	1
Nijmegen	A	Willem II	4–1	2.99	21	10	12	2	68%	591	1	14	0
Sittard	H	Cambuur	3–1	1.35	17	7	11	6	36%	291	6	10	0
Sparta Rotterdam	A	Telstar	3–1	2.14	16	9	13	5	39%	325	0	17	1
Twente	H	Zwolle	3–1	0.56	8	4	4	2	72%	318	0	4	0
PSV	A	Excelsior	2–1	2.21	20	8	16	7	59%	607	1	3	0
AZ Alkmaar	A	Utrecht	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Ajax	H	Heerenveen	2–2	1.49	13	3	10	3	59%	379	5	5	1
Feyenoord	H	G.A. Eagles	2–2	1.54	13	4	9	2	51%	225	1	1	0
G.A. Eagles	A	Feyenoord	2–2	0.06	3	1	1	1	49%	215	2	3	0
Heerenveen	A	Ajax	2–2	0.85	9	6	4	1	41%	274	3	6	1
Utrecht	H	AZ Alkmaar	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Excelsior	H	PSV	1–2	0.32	5	2	3	1	41%	427	6	9	1
Cambuur	A	Sittard	1–3	2.53	19	7	16	7	64%	514	4	9	2
Telstar	H	Sparta Rotterdam	1–3	1.40	7	1	4	7	61%	509	6	13	1
Zwolle	A	Twente	1–3	0.35	2	1	1	1	28%	122	3	4	0
Den Haag	H	Groningen	1–4	1.01	10	4	5	5	55%	486	10	11	0
Willem II	H	Nijmegen	1–4	1.43	9	2	7	1	32%	279	6	10	1

Twente had the most of the ball (72 per cent); Nijmegen took the most shots (21).

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
Twente	Zwolle	3	0.56	+2.44	1	0.35	-0.65
G.A. Eagles	Feyenoord	2	0.06	+1.94	2	1.54	-0.46
Sittard	Cambuur	3	1.35	+1.65	1	2.53	+1.53
Heerenveen	Ajax	2	0.85	+1.15	2	1.49	-0.51
Nijmegen	Willem II	4	2.99	+1.01	1	1.43	+0.43
Sparta Rotterdam	Telstar	3	2.14	+0.86	1	1.40	+0.40
Groningen	Den Haag	4	3.20	+0.80	1	1.01	+0.01
Excelsior	PSV	1	0.32	+0.68	2	2.21	+0.21
Zwolle	Twente	1	0.35	+0.65	3	0.56	-2.44
Ajax	Heerenveen	2	1.49	+0.51	2	0.85	-1.15
Feyenoord	G.A. Eagles	2	1.54	+0.46	2	0.06	-1.94
Den Haag	Groningen	1	1.01	-0.01	4	3.20	-0.80
PSV	Excelsior	2	2.21	-0.21	1	0.32	-0.68
Telstar	Sparta Rotterdam	1	1.40	-0.40	3	2.14	-0.86
Willem II	Nijmegen	1	1.43	-0.43	4	2.99	-1.01
Cambuur	Sittard	1	2.53	-1.53	3	1.35	-1.65

Twente scored 2.44 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Cambuur scored 1.53 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 (Telstar–Sparta Rotterdam -0.01, Willem II–Nijmegen -0.03, Excelsior–PSV +0.01, 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

21 of the 37 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (5 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
Ayase Ueda	Feyenoord	1	1
Nokkvi Thorisson	Sparta Rotterdam	1	1
Thom van Bergen	Groningen	1	1
Tjaronn Chery	Nijmegen	1	1
Abdellah Ouazane	Ajax	1	0
Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	1	0
Adam Tahaui	Nijmegen	1	0
Bryan Linssen	Nijmegen	1	0
Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson	Groningen	1	0
Casper Widell	Excelsior	1	0
Daouda Weidmann	Twente	1	0
David van der Werff	Groningen	1	0
Elias Sørensen	Zwolle	1	0
Gjivai Zechiël	Feyenoord	1	0
Jacob Trenskow	Heerenveen	1	0
Kaj Sierhuis	Nijmegen	1	0
Lequincio Zeefuik	Sittard	1	0
Marvin Young	Sparta Rotterdam	1	0
Nils Eggens	Groningen	1	0
Philip Brittijn	Sittard	1	0
Rafik El Arguioui	Cambuur	1	0
Ricardo Pepi	PSV	1	0
Robin van Cruijsen	Sparta Rotterdam	1	0
Ruben van Bommel	PSV	1	0
Shiloh 't Zand	Sittard	1	0
Thomas Verheydt	Willem II	1	0
Yannick Eduardo	Den Haag	1	0
Anis Hadj Moussa	Feyenoord	0	1
Bas Kuipers	Sparta Rotterdam	0	1
Caio Henrique	Ajax	0	1
Clement Bischoff	Nijmegen	0	1
Etienne Vaessen	Groningen	0	1
Finn de Bruin	Den Haag	0	1
Hidde ter Avest	Willem II	0	1
Irakli Yegoian	Excelsior	0	1
Ivo Pinto	Sittard	0	1
Jasper Dahlhaus	Sittard	0	1
Mohamed Ihattaren	Sittard	0	1
Nicky Souren	Cambuur	0	1
Sam Kersten	Heerenveen	0	1
Sergiño Dest	PSV	0	1
Shunsuke Mito	Sparta Rotterdam	0	1
Thijs Oosting	Zwolle	0	1
Tygo Land	Groningen	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 5 matches whose player detail has arrived; 220 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Kilian Nikièma	Den Haag	9.3	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	10
Ronald Koeman Jr	Telstar	9.0	98	0	0	0	1	1/1	0	0	6
Mattijs Branderhorst	Sittard	9.0	97	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	6
Thom van Bergen	Groningen	8.9	90	1	1	5	3	8/16	0	0	0
Marvin Young	Sparta Rotterdam	8.6	98	1	0	1	0	7/10	5	0	0
Tjaronn Chery	Nijmegen	8.3	90	1	1	2	3	2/5	0	0	0
Karst de Leeuw	Willem II	8.3	90	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	6
Rafik El Arguioui	Cambuur	8.3	97	1	0	1	3	6/9	1	0	0
Nokkvi Thorisson	Sparta Rotterdam	8.2	85	1	1	4	3	5/15	0	0	0
Abdelnour Soualhia	Telstar	8.2	98	1	0	1	0	8/15	1	1	0
Clement Bischoff	Nijmegen	8.2	66	0	1	0	4	6/10	0	0	0
David van der Werff	Groningen	8.2	90	1	0	3	2	3/5	0	0	0
Joey Veerman	PSV	8.0	90	0	0	0	3	1/1	1	0	0
Lequincio Zeefuik	Sittard	8.0	90	1	0	4	2	9/20	0	0	0
Thomas Verheydt	Willem II	7.9	21	1	0	1	0	6/8	1	0	0
Casper Widell	Excelsior	7.9	90	1	0	1	0	3/6	1	2	0
Lushendry Martes	Sparta Rotterdam	7.7	98	0	0	0	6	10/19	5	2	0
Irakli Yegoian	Excelsior	7.7	90	0	1	1	1	8/14	4	0	0
Philip Brittijn	Sittard	7.7	97	1	0	2	0	3/6	2	0	0
Shiloh 't Zand	Sittard	7.7	25	1	0	1	1	2/4	1	0	0
Darko Nejašmić	Nijmegen	7.6	65	0	0	2	2	2/3	0	2	0
Sergiño Dest	PSV	7.6	89	0	1	2	1	12/17	3	0	0
Ismaël Baouf	Cambuur	7.6	97	0	0	1	0	4/8	2	2	0
Tika de Jonge	Groningen	7.6	87	0	0	3	1	5/6	2	3	0
Deveron Fonville	Nijmegen	7.5	76	0	0	0	2	4/10	3	3	0

Matchday 2 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 2	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	4.11	3.17	+0.94
Goals in the first half, per match	1.78	1.43	+0.34
Shots per club	11.8	14.1	-2.3
Shots on target per club	5.2	5.2	-0.0
xG per club	1.46	1.54	-0.08
Corners per club	3.3	5.2	-1.9
Passes per club	373	420	-46
Fouls per club	8.1	10.9	-2.8
Yellow cards per club	0.56	1.63	-1.07
Saves per club	3.6	3.6	-0.0
Home wins (share)	0.22	0.45	-0.22
Draws (share)	0.33	0.26	+0.07

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 8 of 9 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 9, player-level detail for 5. Crowds and referees are as published for the 0 matches that carry them . Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 23 of the 37 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; 4 of the 9 matches (Utrecht–AZ Alkmaar, Twente–Zwolle, Feyenoord–G.A. Eagles, Ajax–Heerenveen) have team figures but no player-level detail yet — the archive feed delivers those a day later, so player ratings below cover 5 matches, not 9; attendance is published for 0 of 9 matches, so there is no average to give; the 2025/26 xG baseline is measured on 304 of 309 matches.

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