§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 19

Arsenal 4–1 Aston Villa

  • Magalhães 48'
  • Zubimendi 52'
  • Trossard 69'
  • Jesus 78'
  • Watkins 90+4'

30 December 2025

The match in data

Arsenal got the better of Aston Villa, 4–1, on 30 December 2025, on matchday 19 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Player of the match: Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), rated 74, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.63 xG. Trossard produced 2.1 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Lucas Digne, with 59.

74
Player of the match

Leandro Trossard

Arsenal · 90'

Produced 2.11× and cost 0.53× their position's average

Added
  • 1 goal 4.0×
  • 0.63 xG 2.3×
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
Took away
  • 2 shots off target 1.5×
  • 1 ball lost 0.7×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Arsenal
PlayerPositionMinRating
Leandro Trossard ★ Forward 90 74
Martín Zubimendi Midfielder 90 68
Mikel Merino Midfielder 73 66
Martin Ødegaard Midfielder 90 63
William Saliba Defender 90 50
Gabriel Magalhães Defender 77 42
Bukayo Saka Forward 83 38
Jurriën Timber Defender 83 36
Piero Hincapié Defender 90 32
Viktor Gyökeres Forward 77 22
David Raya Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Christian Nørgaard Midfielder 17 no rating
Gabriel Jesus Forward 13 no rating
Myles Lewis-Skelly Midfielder 13 no rating
Ben White Defender 7 no rating
Noni Madueke Forward 7 no rating
Aston Villa
PlayerPositionMinRating
Ezri Konsa Defender 90 59
Lucas Digne Defender 90 59
John McGinn Midfielder 44 55
Emiliano Buendía Forward 61 54
Ollie Watkins Forward 90 52
Youri Tielemans Midfielder 82 52
Amadou Onana Midfielder 46 52
Victor Lindelöf Defender 90 47
Jadon Sancho Forward 61 44
Lamare Bogarde Midfielder 90 42
Morgan Rogers Midfielder 82 42
Donyell Malen Forward 29 42
Andrés García Defender 29 22
Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper 90 no rating
George Lawrence Hemmings Midfielder 8 no rating
Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba Midfielder 8 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.