QUICK ANSWER

Is Nathan Aké in the World Cup 2026?

Yes — Nathan Aké is in Netherlands's 26-man World Cup 2026 squad and plays his club football for Man City in the Premier League. Netherlands were knocked out in the Round of 32, so Nathan Aké's World Cup 2026 is over.
KNOCKED OUT
Netherlands were eliminated in the Round of 32.
Nathan Aké's World Cup 2026 is over.
● GROUP STAGE COMPLETE

Is Nathan Aké playing today?

Netherlands have completed their Group F fixtures. Knockout-round opponent depends on other group results — see the live bracket for the projected path.

NETHERLANDS · GROUP F · MAN CITY

Nathan Aké

TOP-100 · #52NETHERLANDSPL · MAN CITY

Nathan Aké carries Netherlands's World Cup hopes through Group F — model projects 5.6 pts-per-90 across the three group-stage fixtures.

ONSIDE AI · MODEL v5

PROJ PPG · MODEL
5.6
vs ALL OUTFIELDS IN TOP-100
0.07.0
HOW FAR DOES AKÉ GO?
ROUND OF 16
34%
QUARTER-FINAL
24%
SEMI-FINAL
11%
FINAL
4.4%
CHAMPION
2.1%

Cumulative probabilities · Updated each match · 60-min refresh

PHOTO · WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

TOURNAMENT STATS · UPDATES EVERY MATCH

Live stat sheet

Matches
pre-debut
Minutes
Goals
0
Assists
0
Clean Sheets
outfield
xG
pre-debut
Proj xP/90
5.6
model
Fantasy pts
0
Onside calc

Stats refresh after every match (60s ISR + football-data 15s upstream cache). xG is approximated until shot-level data ships; clean sheets currently track GKs only.

ONSIDE MODEL · TOURNAMENT IMPACT MAP

Aké's match-by-match expected output

Per-match expected points combine the model's win probability for Netherlands, projected per-90 output, and assumed minutes share. Cells dim as the journey grows uncertain.

Knockout cells dashed to signal contingency · Click any group cell to open the prediction.

ONSIDE RADAR · WC 2026 MODEL

Nathan Aké — the player profile

Netherlands #7 · Man City · PL regular

5-AXIS PROFILE
ATTACK67PLAYMAKING72TACTICAL87PHYSICAL85DEFENDING69
Nathan AkéAverage pro · 75
ONSIDE MODEL · WC 2026 PROJECTION
EXP. GOALS · TMT
0.1
across the tournament
EXP. ASSISTS · TMT
0.1
across the tournament
xG / MATCH
0.02
model expectation
xA / MATCH
0.02
model expectation
MINUTES SHARE
85%
PL regular · high start prob
POSITION
Man City

Ratings synthesised by Onside's model from team rank + position cohort + recent fixtures. Refreshed every 60 minutes.

Nathan Aké's group-stage fixtures

3 MATCHES · MODEL WIN-PROBABILITIES SHOWN

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