§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 25

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 65, thanks above all to 8 final-third passes and 3 key passes. Rice produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 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 59.

Viktor Gyökeres scored twice.

65
Player of the match

Declan Rice

Arsenal · 90'

Produced 1.22× and cost 0.44× their position's average

Added
  • 8 final-third passes 1.4×
  • 3 key passes 2.7×
  • 63 passes 1.4×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.3×
  • 0.05 xG not converted 0.5×

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.

Arsenal
PlayerPositionMinRating
Martín Zubimendi Midfielder 90 67
Gabriel Martinelli Forward 30 67
Gabriel Magalhães Defender 90 66
Declan Rice ★ Midfielder 90 65
Viktor Gyökeres Forward 30 65
David Raya Goalkeeper 90 50
Eberechi Eze Midfielder 23 47
Gabriel Jesus Forward 60 45
Jurriën Timber Defender 90 44
Riccardo Calafiori Defender 67 42
William Saliba Defender 90 41
Kai Havertz Forward 67 40
Leandro Trossard Forward 89 38
Piero Hincapié Defender 23 38
Noni Madueke Forward 60 35
Christian Nørgaard Midfielder 1 no rating
Sunderland
PlayerPositionMinRating
Nordi Mukiele Defender 90 59
Dan Ballard Defender 90 54
Brian Brobbey Forward 85 51
Omar Alderete Defender 90 49
Habib Diarra Midfielder 90 37
Chemsdine Talbi Forward 64 37
Enzo Le Fée Midfielder 90 32
Romaine Mundle Forward 26 31
Noah Sadiki Midfielder 71 30
Trai Hume Defender 85 26
Robin Roefs Goalkeeper 90 21
Reinildo Mandava Defender 90 19
Lutsharel Geertruida Defender 19 no rating
Nilson Angulo Forward 5 no rating
Wilson Isidor Forward 5 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Arsenal player recovered the most balls?

Declan Rice, with 8 recoveries. Next: Jurriën Timber 6, Leandro Trossard 5.

Rice led Arsenal's defensive effort by recovering 8 loose balls. Timber followed closely with 6, while Trossard contributed 5.

Which Sunderland player made the most tackles?

Nordi Mukiele, with 5 tackles. Next: Dan Ballard 2, Noah Sadiki 2.

Mukiele anchored Sunderland's defensive interventions by completing 5 tackles. That tally comfortably surpassed the 2 recorded by both Ballard and Sadiki.

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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Arsenal 3–0 Sunderland, Premier League 2025-26. Player of the match: Declan Rice, 65
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.