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- 45′Utrecht, yellow card:Simulation
- Half-time
- 53′Utrecht, goal:1–0assist
- 60′Willem II, goal:1–1assist
- 68′Utrecht, substitution:off
- 68′Utrecht, substitution:off
- 72′Willem II, substitution:off
- 72′Willem II, substitution:off
- 75′Utrecht, goal:2–1assist
- 80′Utrecht, yellow card:Foul
- 81′Willem II, substitution:off
- 81′Willem II, substitution:off
- 82′Utrecht, substitution:off
- 82′Utrecht, substitution:off
- 88′Willem II, substitution:off
- 90′Utrecht, goal:3–1assist
- 90+3′Utrecht, substitution:off
- Full-time3 – 1
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Cathline double lifts Utrecht to 3-1 win over Willem II
Utrecht beat Willem II 3-1 at Stadion Galgenwaard on Eredivisie matchday 8, with Yoann Cathline scoring twice after a goalless first half. The victory lifted the hosts from 15th to 12th, while the visitors stayed 18th on two points from eight games.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The breakthrough arrived in the 53rd minute, when Cathline finished from Dani de Wit's assist to make it 1-0. Willem II responded within seven minutes: Jaden Slory equalised in the 60th minute with Vito van Crooij providing the final pass, and the contest was level again at 1-1.
Utrecht regained the lead in the 75th minute as Cathline scored his second, set up by Oualid Agougil. The result was sealed deep into stoppage time, Ángel Alarcón converting in the 90+2 minute after a pass from Adrian Blake to make it 3-1.
Utrecht had the greater share of the ball, 58 per cent to 42, and dominated the shot count by 24 to 9. Their eight points from eight games came after a run of one win in their previous five league outings, while Willem II had gone winless in theirs.
Cathline scored two goals and earned the highest rating of any player on the pitch, 9.24. Agougil, with an assist, and Alarcón, with a late goal, completed the leading trio of Utrecht performers.
Utrecht had 24 shots to Willem II's 9, a gap that reflected how much of the match was played in the visitors' half.
Utrecht beat Willem II 3–1 (half-time 0–0).
Utrecht met Willem II in the Eredivisie (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Sunday, 11 October 2026, 10:15 UTC at Stadion Galgenwaard. Referee: Jannick van der Laan.
Team pages: Utrecht · Willem II · Eredivisie
Key moments
- 53' Goal: Yoann Cathline (assist: Dani de Wit) — 1–0
- 60' Goal: Jaden Slory (assist: Vito van Crooij) — 1–1
- 75' Goal: Yoann Cathline (assist: Oualid Agougil) — 2–1
- 90' Goal: Ángel Alarcón (assist: Adrian Blake) — 3–1
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Utrecht (3-4-3)
Willem II (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Utrecht 70%, the draw 18%, Willem II 12%. It finished Utrecht 3–1 Willem II.
Utrecht's rating gap decides it — Utrecht are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Utrecht's 70%. The draw at 18% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Utrecht at 70%?
Utrecht sit 219 points higher on our strength rating — 1546 to 1328. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge at home won 66.8% of 6,567 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 68–20–12.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 70% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 18% and Willem II at 12%.
Why is the draw only 18%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 20.0%. These teams' recent games average 4.1 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,880. The goals environment takes 1.7 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Utrecht come into this after a busy window — 11 arrivals and 16 departures over the summer. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Utrecht are 1 game into a new manager (A. Correia), appointed 21 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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