AFC Bournemouth 2–3 Arsenal
- Evanilson 10'
- Kroupi 76'
- Magalhães 16'
- Rice 54'
- Rice 71'
3 January 2026
The match in data
A 3–2 win for Arsenal against AFC Bournemouth on 3 January 2026, on matchday 20 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Arsenal came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 10'.
Player of the match: Martín Zubimendi (Arsenal), rated 66, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 12 recoveries. Zubimendi produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For AFC Bournemouth, the highest-rated player was James Hill, with 57.
Declan Rice scored twice.
Martín Zubimendi
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.22× and cost 0.57× their position's average
- 8 final-third passes 1.4×
- 12 recoveries 2.6×
- 80 passes 1.8×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Hill | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Justin Kluivert | Midfielder | 74 | 55 |
| Marcus Tavernier | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Evanilson | Forward | 74 | 48 |
| Marcos Senesi | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Álex Jiménez | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| David Brooks | Forward | 67 | 37 |
| Alex Scott | Midfielder | 74 | 36 |
| Adrien Truffert | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Amine Adli | Forward | 23 | 30 |
| Djordje Petrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Eli Kroupi | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Enes Ünal | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Lewis Cook | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martín Zubimendi ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 23 | 57 |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 80 | 55 |
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Gabriel Jesus | Forward | 24 | 51 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 67 | 45 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 67 | 37 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 66 | 33 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 23 | 21 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.