Arsenal 2–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Eze 36'
- Rice 63'
17 March 2026
The match in data
Arsenal got the better of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 2–0, on 17 March 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (Round of 16).
Player of the match: Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal), rated 75, thanks above all to 9 duels won and 4 tackles. Magalhães produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the highest-rated player was Montrell Culbreath, with 80.
Gabriel Magalhães
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.07× and cost 0.18× their position's average
- 9 duels won 2.0×
- 4 tackles 2.3×
- 3 aerials won 1.8×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.4×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Magalhães ★ | Defender | 90 | 75 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 69 | 72 |
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 68 | 66 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 90 | 59 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 21 | 53 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 21 | 52 |
| Christian Nørgaard | Midfielder | 22 | 50 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 69 | 46 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| Ben White | Defender | 69 | 42 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 21 | 26 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrell Culbreath | Forward | 30 | 80 |
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 90 | 74 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 30 | 61 |
| Exequiel Palacios | Midfielder | 70 | 60 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 20 | 51 |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 60 | 48 |
| Robert Andrich | Midfielder | 83 | 46 |
| Martin Terrier | Forward | 60 | 46 |
| Christian Kofane | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Janis Blaswich | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ezequiel Fernández | Midfielder | 7 | 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.