Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea
- Merino 20'
16 March 2025
The match in data
Arsenal got the better of Chelsea, 1–0, on 16 March 2025, on matchday 29 of the 2024-25 Premier League.
Player of the match: Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea), rated 56, thanks above all to 17 final-third passes and 81 passes. Badiashile produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
For Arsenal, the highest-rated player was Myles Lewis-Skelly, with 54.
Benoît Badiashile
Chelsea · 86'
Produced 1.24× and cost 0.72× their position's average
- 17 final-third passes 3.1×
- 81 passes 1.7×
- 3 tackles 1.7×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.3×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | 48 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 79 | 48 |
| Thomas Partey | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 90 | 28 |
| Ethan Nwaneri | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Kieran Tierney | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benoît Badiashile ★ | Defender | 86 | 56 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 76 | 52 |
| Reece James | Defender | 82 | 51 |
| Wesley Fofana | Defender | 86 | 49 |
| Levi Colwill | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Christopher Nkunku | Forward | 76 | 40 |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Pedro Neto | Forward | 90 | 23 |
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Tyrique George | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Roméo Lavia | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 4 | no rating |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | Defender | 4 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Chelsea player made the most tackles?
Christopher Nkunku, with 4 tackles. Next: Benoît Badiashile 3, Marc Cucurella 2.
In Chelsea's 1–0 defeat, Christopher Nkunku led the team with 4 tackles. Nkunku surpassed defenders Benoît Badiashile and Marc Cucurella, showing unexpected defensive work from the frontline.
Which Arsenal player won the most duels?
Jurriën Timber, with 9 duels won. Next: William Saliba 5, Mikel Merino 5.
Jurriën Timber dominated individual battles with 9 duels won in Arsenal's 1–0 win. Timber nearly doubled the tallies of William Saliba and Mikel Merino, who won 5 duels each.
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.
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