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1 - The official X page for Stats Perform’s Dutch and Belgian football coverage, brought to you by OptaJohan. Illuminating.

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9282 - Lucas Vennegoor of Hesselink scored his first eredivisie goal, 9282 days after his father Jan scored his last league goal for FC Twente in May 2001.

Footsteps.

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2 – Julian Brandt in all competitions this season:

First 48 chances created – 0 assists
Last 3 chances created – 2 assists

Provider.

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4179 - Wesley Hoedt plays his first eredivisie game for AZ since 15 May 2015, with 4179 days the biggest such gap for a AZ player.

Traveller.

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17 - Abdellah Ouazane (17 years and 283 days) was the youngest Ajax player to score in consecutive matches since Ryan Gravenberch in 2019-2020 (17y, 248d).

Vision.

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1 - Feyenoord are first after ten eredivisie matches in consecutive Eredivisie seasons for the second time ever, after 1971-1972.

Leaders.

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6 - @SCCambuurLwd scored six goals in a single @eredivisie game for the first time in club history.

Sexy.

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18 - After just 18 minutes, this was the earliest @WillemII were 0-3 behind in an @eredivisie home game since 13 May 1962 (within 12 minutes against De Volewijckers).

Shock.

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18 - After just 18 minutes of play against Willem II, @SCCambuurLwd took their fastest 3-0 lead in @eredivisie history.

Rapid.

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36y255d - Adrie Koster will manage Willem II tonight, 36 years and 255 days after his first-ever game in charge in the @eredivisie, the biggest gap ever between a manager's first and most recent match in the competition.

Nestor.

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4 - @VVVVenlo's Éanna Clancy has scored more goals than any other central defender for a Dutch side in all competitions this season (4).

Striker?

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3 - Since the start of 2017, Anthony van den Hurk scored more perfect hattricks than any other player in the @1e_Divisie (2 - left-footed, right-footed, headed goal).

Perfectionist.

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2 - All Jong AZ players to ever score two goals from outside the box in a single @1e_Divisie game:

Jasper Hartog against Helmond Sport tonight ☄️☄️
Jasper Hartog against ADO Den Haag in January 2026

Comets.

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😮‍💨 51. GOAAALLLL!!!!

Jong AZ staat weer op voorsprong! Jasper Hartog dribbelt op en haalt van grote afstand verwoestend uit. De bal gaat als een raket de rechterbenedenhoek in!

#JongAZ #TheFutureIsOurs | 3-2

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3 - Tyrone Owusu is the first @telstar1963nv player to find the net in three consecutive @eredivisie games since Co Stout in April 1977 (4 in a row).

Bold.

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9:04 - @fcvolendam's Henk Veerman scored his sixth hattrick in the @1e_Divisie, with just 9 minutes and 4 seconds between his first and his third goal against Jong FC Utrecht tonight.

Propelled.

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4 - Kévin Monzialo is the first @mijnfcdenbosch player on record (since 2015/16) to assist four consecutive @1e_Divisie goals for the club.

Dragon.

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6 - Charles-Andreas Brym is the first @NACnl player to find the net in six consecutive league games since Sjoerd Ars in 2016.

Triggered.

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5 - Søren Tengstedt is the first @GAEagles player in history to find the net in each of his first five home games of a single @eredivisie campaign.

Søaring.

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79% - Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań have won 11 of the last 14 Polish league titles between them, with the two rivals going head-to-head this Sunday in the defining match of the Ekstraklasa weekend.

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Clash.

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4 - Tonight was just the fifth time in history that four different Dutch sides recorded a victory in European football on the same day.

Coefficients.

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87 - Tolu Arokodare's 1-0 in the 87th minute was the latest @AFCAjax scored the opening goal in a European game since 23 October 2018, when Noussair Mazraoui scored in the 92nd minute against Benfica.

Tea-time.