Aston Villa 0–1 Arsenal
- Saka 59'
31 August 2026
The match in data
Arsenal beat Aston Villa 1–0 on 31 August 2026, on matchday 2 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Declan Rice (Arsenal), rated 71, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 77 passes. Rice produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Ross Barkley, with 70.
Declan Rice
Arsenal · 85'
Produced 1.36× and cost 0.51× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.3×
- 77 passes 1.8×
- 7 recoveries 1.6×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Barkley | Midfielder | 78 | 70 |
| Nicolas Jackson | Forward | 71 | 64 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 78 | 59 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 90 | 28 |
| George Hemmings | Midfielder | 71 | 27 |
| Zion Suzuki | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alysson | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Tammy Abraham | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Aaron Wan-Bissaka | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice ★ | Midfielder | 85 | 71 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 71 | 62 |
| Ben White | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Gabriel | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 71 | 39 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 44 | 35 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 79 | 23 |
| Christos Tzolis | Midfielder | 46 | 23 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 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.