# Aston Villa 0–1 Arsenal · Ratings and player of the match · 2026-27 Premier League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Aston Villa v Arsenal (0–1), matchday 2, 2026-27 Premier League. Player of the match: Declan Rice (62). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/aston-villa-arsenal-2026-08-31/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Premier League · 2026-27 · Matchday 2 ## [Aston Villa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/aston-villa-15/2026-27/) 0 – 1 [Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/arsenal-19/2026-27/) - 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. 62 Player of the match ### [Declan Rice](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/declan-rice-5273/) Arsenal · 85' Produced **1.16×** and cost **0.51×** their position's average Added - 12 final-third passes 2.0× - 77 passes 1.8× - 7 recoveries 1.7× Took away - 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. **Aston Villa** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Ross Barkley](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ross-barkley-968/) | Midfielder | 78 | 62 | | [Nicolas Jackson](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-jackson-37540621/) | Forward | 71 | 55 | | [Boubacar Kamara](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/boubacar-kamara-97626/) | Midfielder | 90 | 53 | | [Pau Torres](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pau-torres-380970/) | Defender | 90 | 47 | | [Emiliano Buendía](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/emiliano-buendia-186660/) | Forward | 90 | 45 | | [Matty Cash](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/matty-cash-6524/) | Defender | 78 | 44 | | [Zion Suzuki](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/zion-suzuki-5666477/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 | | [Victor Lindelöf](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/victor-lindelof-160206/) | Defender | 90 | 35 | | [John McGinn](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/john-mcginn-172611/) | Midfielder | 90 | 24 | | [Ian Maatsen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ian-maatsen-23311159/) | Defender | 90 | 23 | | [George Hemmings](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/george-hemmings-37629595/) | Midfielder | 71 | 23 | | [Alysson](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alysson-37747533/) | Forward | 19 | no rating | | [Tammy Abraham](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tammy-abraham-3139/) | Forward | 19 | no rating | | [Aaron Wan-Bissaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/aaron-wan-bissaka-5252/) | Defender | 12 | no rating | | [Alejandro Garnacho](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alejandro-garnacho-37316549/) | Forward | 12 | no rating | **Arsenal** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Declan Rice](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/declan-rice-5273/) ★ | Midfielder | 85 | 62 | | [Ben White](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ben-white-3259/) | Defender | 90 | 55 | | [Myles Lewis-Skelly](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/myles-lewis-skelly-37568815/) | Midfielder | 71 | 53 | | [Bukayo Saka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bukayo-saka-16827155/) | Forward | 90 | 52 | | [Gabriel](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gabriel-97811/) | Defender | 90 | 47 | | [David Raya](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/david-raya-3130/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 45 | | [Kai Havertz](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kai-havertz-32612/) | Forward | 90 | 41 | | [Riccardo Calafiori](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/riccardo-calafiori-23278684/) | Defender | 90 | 40 | | [Martin Ødegaard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/martin-degaard-26823/) | Midfielder | 71 | 35 | | [Eberechi Eze](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/eberechi-eze-7643/) | Midfielder | 44 | 31 | | [Christos Tzolis](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/christos-tzolis-24817182/) | Midfielder | 46 | 18 | | [Cristhian Mosquera](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/cristhian-mosquera-37592228/) | Defender | 79 | 17 | | [Bruno Guimarães](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bruno-guimaraes-459145/) | Midfielder | 19 | no rating | | [Mikel Merino](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/mikel-merino-32710/) | Midfielder | 19 | no rating | | [Ezri Konsa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ezri-konsa-7124/) | Defender | 11 | no rating | | [Martín Zubimendi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/martin-zubimendi-530762/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19722192)