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1 - The official Bluesky page for Stats Perform’s Dutch and Belgian football coverage, brought to you by OptaJohan. Illuminating.
4 - For the first time ever, four Premier League players have found the net in one single game for the Netherlands. Première.
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
4 - For the first time ever, four Premier League players have found the net in one single game for the Netherlands. Première.
3 - Frenkie de Jong assisted three goals in the UEFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers, only Memphis Depay assisted more for the Netherlands (4 - Denzel Dumfries and Cody Gakpo also 3 assists). Providing.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
3 - Frenkie de Jong assisted three goals in the UEFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers, only Memphis Depay assisted more for the Netherlands (4 - Denzel Dumfries and Cody Gakpo also 3 assists). Providing.
18y213d - Thijs Muller (18 years and 213 days) is the youngest FC Eindhoven player to find the net in two consecutive league games since Serhat Koç in January 2009 (18 years and 189 days). Highlight.
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
18y213d - Thijs Muller (18 years and 213 days) is the youngest FC Eindhoven player to find the net in two consecutive league games since Serhat Koç in January 2009 (18 years and 189 days). Highlight.
6 - Only Marco van Basten (7 in 1990) ever scored more away goals for the Netherlands over a single calendar year than Memphis Depay in 2025 (6 - along with Faas Wilkes in 1946). Walking.
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
6 - Only Marco van Basten (7 in 1990) ever scored more away goals for the Netherlands over a single calendar year than Memphis Depay in 2025 (6 - along with Faas Wilkes in 1946). Walking.
0 - For just the first time since 9 September 2018, The Netherlands start a competitive game without a player from the Serie A in the starting line-up. Omertà.
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
0 - For just the first time since 9 September 2018, The Netherlands start a competitive game without a player from the Serie A in the starting line-up. Omertà.
1 - Devin Haen is the first Willem II player to feature for Jong Oranje since Terrell Ondaan in March 2014. Debut.
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
1 - Devin Haen is the first Willem II player to feature for Jong Oranje since Terrell Ondaan in March 2014. Debut.
0.76 - Most non-penalty Expected Goals per 90 minutes among all players with 2000+ minutes in the Top 5 European competitions in 2025 (all competitions):
0.78 - Erling Haaland
0.76 - Gonçalo Ramos
0.76 - Emanuel Emegha 📞
0.75 - Ousmane Dembélé
0.71 - Ferran Torres
Call-up.
0.78 - Erling Haaland
0.76 - Gonçalo Ramos
0.76 - Emanuel Emegha 📞
0.75 - Ousmane Dembélé
0.71 - Ferran Torres
Call-up.
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
0.76 - Most non-penalty Expected Goals per 90 minutes among all players with 2000+ minutes in the Top 5 European competitions in 2025 (all competitions):
0.78 - Erling Haaland
0.76 - Gonçalo Ramos
0.76 - Emanuel Emegha 📞
0.75 - Ousmane Dembélé
0.71 - Ferran Torres
Call-up.
0.78 - Erling Haaland
0.76 - Gonçalo Ramos
0.76 - Emanuel Emegha 📞
0.75 - Ousmane Dembélé
0.71 - Ferran Torres
Call-up.
14 - Only four players (Arnold Bruggink, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Danny Koevermans & Robin Nelisse) have scored more Eredivisie goals after coming on as a sub than Paul Gladon (with 2 others). Crowbar.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
14 - Only four players (Arnold Bruggink, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Danny Koevermans & Robin Nelisse) have scored more Eredivisie goals after coming on as a sub than Paul Gladon (with 2 others). Crowbar.
48 - Tonight's UEFA Europa League match between VfB Stuttgart and Feyenoord saw a total of 48 fouls, the most in a European main stage game over the last eight seasons. Whistleblowing.
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
48 - Tonight's UEFA Europa League match between VfB Stuttgart and Feyenoord saw a total of 48 fouls, the most in a European main stage game over the last eight seasons. Whistleblowing.
14y339d - Miguel Rodríguez scored FC Utrecht's first goal in a main stage European tournament since 2 December 2010 (Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Frank Demouge against Napoli in the UEFA Europa League), 14 years and 339 days ago. Occasion.
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
14y339d - Miguel Rodríguez scored FC Utrecht's first goal in a main stage European tournament since 2 December 2010 (Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Frank Demouge against Napoli in the UEFA Europa League), 14 years and 339 days ago. Occasion.
8 – Ajax have conceded eight penalties in their last eight matches, as many as in their previous 123 games in all competitions combined. Clumsy.
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
8 – Ajax have conceded eight penalties in their last eight matches, as many as in their previous 123 games in all competitions combined. Clumsy.
3 – Ajax attempted three shots or fewer in the first half of each of their four Champions League matches this season (2 against Galatasaray), as many times as in their previous 47 UCL matches combined. Stalled.
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
3 – Ajax attempted three shots or fewer in the first half of each of their four Champions League matches this season (2 against Galatasaray), as many times as in their previous 47 UCL matches combined. Stalled.
74.1 - With seven @eredivisie.nl matchdays to go until the winter break, PSV have the lightest schedule according to the Opta Power Rankings, with an opponent average rating of 74.1. Momentum.
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
74.1 - With seven @eredivisie.nl matchdays to go until the winter break, PSV have the lightest schedule according to the Opta Power Rankings, with an opponent average rating of 74.1. Momentum.
248 - Sherida Spitse has played her 248th and last match for the Oranje Leeuwinnen, at least 76 more than any other player in history. Legend.
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
248 - Sherida Spitse has played her 248th and last match for the Oranje Leeuwinnen, at least 76 more than any other player in history. Legend.
10 - For the first time in club history, N.E.C. found the net at least once in each of their first ten Eredivisie games of the season. Philosophy.
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
10 - For the first time in club history, N.E.C. found the net at least once in each of their first ten Eredivisie games of the season. Philosophy.
19y294d - Ayoub Oufkir (19 years and 294 days) is the youngest Sparta Rotterdam player to assist a goal in consecutive Eredivisie matches since Kevin Strootman in December 2008 (18 years and 311 days). Provider.
October 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
19y294d - Ayoub Oufkir (19 years and 294 days) is the youngest Sparta Rotterdam player to assist a goal in consecutive Eredivisie matches since Kevin Strootman in December 2008 (18 years and 311 days). Provider.
2 - Oliver Braude is the first sc Heerenveen defender with two assists in a single eredivisie game since Denzel Dumfries in August 2017. Draufgänger.
October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
2 - Oliver Braude is the first sc Heerenveen defender with two assists in a single eredivisie game since Denzel Dumfries in August 2017. Draufgänger.
63 - There were 63 shots in De Graafschap – Jong PSV, the highest tally in any match in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie or Eredivisie over the last eight seasons. Entertainment.
October 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
63 - There were 63 shots in De Graafschap – Jong PSV, the highest tally in any match in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie or Eredivisie over the last eight seasons. Entertainment.
0 - sc Heerenveen – NAC Breda is the first Eredivisie game to see a goal despite seeing no shots on target in the first half since Feyenoord – Ajax in December 2021. Zeroes.
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
0 - sc Heerenveen – NAC Breda is the first Eredivisie game to see a goal despite seeing no shots on target in the first half since Feyenoord – Ajax in December 2021. Zeroes.
0 - John Heitinga is the first person in UEFA Champions League history to lose his first three games with a club both as a player and as a manager, losing his first five as a player with Ajax in 2003-04 and his first three with them as a manager in 2025-26. Mismatch.
October 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
0 - John Heitinga is the first person in UEFA Champions League history to lose his first three games with a club both as a player and as a manager, losing his first five as a player with Ajax in 2003-04 and his first three with them as a manager in 2025-26. Mismatch.
49.4% - Ajax played 83 passes, completed 41 passes and recorded a passing accuracy of just 49.4 percent in the opposition half tonight, in all three cases their worst performance in all competitions on record (since 2014-15). Invisible.
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
49.4% - Ajax played 83 passes, completed 41 passes and recorded a passing accuracy of just 49.4 percent in the opposition half tonight, in all three cases their worst performance in all competitions on record (since 2014-15). Invisible.
6 - Ajax lost six consecutive European games for the second time in club history, after previously doing so in 1988-1989 (also 6), in a run that however included the Cup Winner's Cup semi-final and final. Records.
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
6 - Ajax lost six consecutive European games for the second time in club history, after previously doing so in 1988-1989 (also 6), in a run that however included the Cup Winner's Cup semi-final and final. Records.
4 - Ajax conceded four goals in the first half of a European match for the second time in club history, after previously doing so against Vasas in February 1958. Drowning.
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
4 - Ajax conceded four goals in the first half of a European match for the second time in club history, after previously doing so against Vasas in February 1958. Drowning.
41y348d - Ajax' Remko Pasveer (41 years and 348 days) is the third-oldest player to ever feature in the UEFA Champions League, after Marco Ballotta for Lazio in 2007 (43 years and 252 days) and Gianluigi Buffon for Juventus in 2020 (42 years and 315 days). Evergreen.
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
41y348d - Ajax' Remko Pasveer (41 years and 348 days) is the third-oldest player to ever feature in the UEFA Champions League, after Marco Ballotta for Lazio in 2007 (43 years and 252 days) and Gianluigi Buffon for Juventus in 2020 (42 years and 315 days). Evergreen.
46 - There were 46 passes in the build up to Dennis Man's second goal for PSV against Napoli last night, the most on record prior to a goal in the UEFA Champions League (since 2003-04). Team.
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
46 - There were 46 passes in the build up to Dennis Man's second goal for PSV against Napoli last night, the most on record prior to a goal in the UEFA Champions League (since 2003-04). Team.