Aston Villa 2–1 Arsenal
- Cash 36'
- Buendía 90+5'
- Trossard 52'
6 December 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Aston Villa against Arsenal on 6 December 2025, on matchday 15 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Declan Rice (Arsenal), rated 65, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 7 final-third passes. Rice produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It is their 6th time as player of the match this season.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Amadou Onana, with 61.
Declan Rice
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.56× and cost 0.66× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 7 final-third passes 1.3×
- 10 recoveries 2.2×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 75 | 61 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 87 | 52 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 49 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 75 | 42 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 66 | 42 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 24 | 16 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 86 | 63 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 44 | 61 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Ben White | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | 49 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 79 | 49 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 46 | 36 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 44 | 36 |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 46 | 19 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 4 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Aston Villa player won the most duels?
Ian Maatsen, with 7 duels won. Next: Boubacar Kamara 5, Youri Tielemans 4.
Ian Maatsen led Aston Villa's physical efforts by winning 7 duels in the tight 2–1 victory. Maatsen outpaced central midfielders Boubacar Kamara and Youri Tielemans, who managed 5 and 4 respectively.
Which Arsenal player recovered the most balls?
Declan Rice, with 10 recoveries. Next: Martin Ødegaard 7, Piero Hincapié 6.
Declan Rice recorded 10 ball recoveries during Arsenal's visit to Villa Park. Despite the 2–1 loss, he paced his team ahead of Martin Ødegaard and Piero Hincapié.
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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