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10.7 - Stijn van Gassel, who played his 100th Eredivisie game for Excelsior, prevented 10.7 goals based on Opta's Expected Goals on Target model this season (46 goals conceded ex. own goals from 56.7 xGoT against), with only Jari De Busser doing better this campaign (+12.6). 💯.

2 & 6 - Anis Hadj Moussa scored twice and created six chances against PEC Zwolle, becoming the first Feyenoord player with those numbers in a single Eredivisie game since Steven Berghuis in October 2020. Multifunctional.

1 - Ernest Faber won just one of his 20 Eredivisie games in charge of Heracles Almelo this season (D3 L16), becoming the fourth manager to ever coach a specific side for at least 20 games in a season without winning more than once. Grave.

4 - AZ player Sven Mijnans scored four goals within the first ten minutes of play this season, more than any other player this Eredivisie campaign. Early.

56.3% - The average passing accuracy after the 86th minute in sc Heerenveen - Ajax was just 56.3 percent, after both teams completed an average of 87.7 percent of their passes in the first 85 minutes of play. Floodgates.

1 - Ronald Koeman is the first goalkeeper to find the net in the Eredivisie since Martin Hansen in August 2015 and the first to score from the penalty spot since Wim de Ron in May 1999. Genetics.

3 - N.E.C. finished the Eredivisie 2025-26 in third place, with 59 points, 77 goals and a goal difference of +24, in each case their best-ever performance in any of their 45 seasons in the competition. BDE.

274 - Ron Jans won an Eredivisie game for the 274th time in his career, surpassing Bert Jacobs (273) as the manager with the most-ever victories in the competition. Winner.

+19 - Champions PSV finished this Eredivisie campaign with a 19-point lead over the number two, the biggest such gap in competition history. Overwhelming.

18" - Willem II's Amine Et-Taïbi scored just 18 seconds after coming on as a substitute against Almere City FC. Supersub.

1 - One month today, the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Mexico City 🇲🇽 📈 In anticipation, and using an unrivalled historical database, Opta has built the ultimate World Cup player based on 60 years of data. 📖 Read here: theanalyst.com/articles/fifa-… & watch below. Creation.

4/5 - With his 20 years and 329 days, Marley Dors is the youngest Almere City FC player with four goals from his first five starts for the club since Opta collects this data (2010-11). Eager.

0 – For the first time since 2016–17, no Dutch player will play in any of the semi-final matches of the UEFA Champions League. Absent.

0:33 - After just 33 seconds, PSV scored their earliest Eredivisie goal ever against Ajax. Erehaag.

Bruno Fernandes is closing in on one of the Premier League's standout assist seasons – but how does he actually define an assist? @ManUtd's skipper sat down with @OptaAnalyst's Matt Furniss to break down his 2025/26 numbers, powered by #Opta data. ➡️ bit.ly/4eXjzGi

00:21 - Ismaïla Sarr's goal for Crystal Palace against Shakhtar Donetsk after 21 seconds is the earliest scored in UEFA Conference League history. Rapid.

16y41d - Ilai Grootfaam is the youngest player to ever feature for Feyenoord in the Eredivisie (16 years and 41 days). Illustrious.

20 - Kees Smit (20 years, 89 days) is the youngest player with a goal and assist in a single KNVB Cup Final since Mido in 2002. Silverware.

17 - Mees de Wit was directly involved in 17 goals for @AZAlkmaar in all competitions this season (6 goals, 11 assists); AZ's 1-0 in the final was De Wit's first ever goal in the KNVB Cup. Talisman.

55 days to go - Wesley Sneijder had 55 shots at the FIFA World Cup, the most of any Netherlands player since 1966, scoring with six of those 55 attempts. Only Johnny Rep (7) has scored more times for the Dutch in World Cup history. Sniper. #OptaWorldCupCountdown