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 62, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 77 passes. Rice produced 1.2 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 62.
Declan Rice
Arsenal · 85'
Produced 1.16× and cost 0.51× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.0×
- 77 passes 1.8×
- 7 recoveries 1.7×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.4×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Barkley | Midfielder | 78 | 62 |
| Nicolas Jackson | Forward | 71 | 55 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 90 | 53 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 90 | 45 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 78 | 44 |
| Zion Suzuki | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 90 | 24 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 90 | 23 |
| George Hemmings | Midfielder | 71 | 23 |
| 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 | 62 |
| Ben White | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 71 | 53 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Gabriel | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | 45 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 90 | 41 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 71 | 35 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 44 | 31 |
| Christos Tzolis | Midfielder | 46 | 18 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 79 | 17 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Aston Villa player completed the most dribbles?
Nicolas Jackson, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Boubacar Kamara 1, Emiliano Buendía 1.
Nicolas Jackson was Aston Villa's primary dribbling outlet, completing 3 dribbles. Boubacar Kamara and Emiliano Buendía each recorded 1.
Which Arsenal player won the most duels?
Bukayo Saka, with 12 duels won. Next: Ben White 6, Riccardo Calafiori 5.
Bukayo Saka dominated the physical battles for Arsenal, winning 12 duels. Saka doubled Ben White's tally of 6, while Riccardo Calafiori won 5.
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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