Arsenal 3–0 Coventry City
- Havertz 15'
- Saka 23'
- Ødegaard 49'
21 August 2026
The match in data
Arsenal got the better of Coventry City, 3–0, on 21 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal), rated 73, thanks above all to 3 key passes and 56 passes. Ødegaard produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
For Coventry City, the highest-rated player was Matt Grimes, with 69.
Martin Ødegaard
Arsenal · 76'
Produced 1.22× and cost 0.38× their position's average
- 3 key passes 3.2×
- 56 passes 1.5×
- 4 final-third passes 0.8×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 2 shots off target 2.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Ødegaard ★ | Midfielder | 76 | 73 |
| Ben White | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 68 | 71 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 22 | 71 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 90 | 70 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 68 | 62 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 22 | 62 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 81 | 55 |
| Christos Tzolis | Midfielder | 76 | 52 |
| Gabriel | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Grimes | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| Aurèle Amenda | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Bobby Thomas | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Ellis Simms | Forward | 70 | 57 |
| Taiwo Awoniyi | Forward | 20 | 57 |
| Victor Torp | Midfielder | 28 | 56 |
| Jack Rudoni | Midfielder | 20 | 55 |
| Frank Onyeka | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Caleb Yirenkyi | Midfielder | 62 | 48 |
| Brandon Thomas-Asante | Midfielder | 70 | 44 |
| Loum Tchaouna | Forward | 82 | 36 |
| Jay Dasilva | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Milan van Ewijk | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Carl Rushworth | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Gustavo Hamer | 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.