Arsenal 3–0 Sunderland
- Zubimendi 42'
- Gyökeres 66'
- Gyökeres 90+3'
7 February 2026
The match in data
Arsenal got the better of Sunderland, 3–0, on 7 February 2026, on matchday 25 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Declan Rice (Arsenal), rated 71, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 3 key passes. Rice produced 1.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 8th time as player of the match this season.
For Sunderland, the highest-rated player was Nordi Mukiele, with 66.
Viktor Gyökeres scored twice.
Declan Rice
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.32× and cost 0.49× their position's average
- 8 final-third passes 1.4×
- 3 key passes 2.7×
- 63 passes 1.4×
- 9 misplaced passes 1.3×
- 0.05 xG not converted 1.5×
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 | 73 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 90 | 72 |
| Declan Rice ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 71 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 30 | 70 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 30 | 68 |
| Gabriel Jesus | Forward | 60 | 54 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 23 | 54 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 67 | 49 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 23 | 48 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 89 | 37 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 60 | 37 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 67 | 36 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Christian Nørgaard | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Dan Ballard | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Brian Brobbey | Forward | 85 | 56 |
| Omar Alderete | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Chemsdine Talbi | Forward | 64 | 44 |
| Romaine Mundle | Forward | 26 | 43 |
| Habib Diarra | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Noah Sadiki | Midfielder | 71 | 34 |
| Trai Hume | Defender | 85 | 29 |
| Reinildo Mandava | Defender | 90 | 21 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Lutsharel Geertruida | Defender | 19 | no rating |
| Nilson Angulo | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Wilson Isidor | Forward | 5 | 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.