Aston Villa 1–0 Bologna
- McGinn 13'
25 September 2025
The match in data
Aston Villa got the better of Bologna, 1–0, on 25 September 2025, in the 2025-26 Europa League (League Stage 1).
Player of the match: Charalampos Lykogiannis (Bologna), rated 70, thanks above all to 7 duels won and 5 final-third passes. Lykogiannis produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Pau Torres, with 55.
Ollie Watkins missed a penalty at 68'.
Charalampos Lykogiannis
Bologna · 90'
Produced 1.36× and cost 0.40× their position's average
- 7 duels won 1.5×
- 5 final-third passes 0.9×
- 3 tackles 1.7×
- 3 duels lost 0.8×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 32 | 53 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 32 | 48 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 75 | 44 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 58 | 37 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 58 | 33 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 18 |
| Marco Bizot | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charalampos Lykogiannis ★ | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Emil Holm | Defender | 20 | 60 |
| Remo Freuler | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Jens Odgaard | Midfielder | 83 | 56 |
| Riccardo Orsolini | Forward | 20 | 56 |
| Jonathan Rowe | Forward | 20 | 55 |
| Jhon Lucumí | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Federico Bernardeschi | Forward | 70 | 52 |
| Lewis Ferguson | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Nicolò Cambiaghi | Forward | 70 | 44 |
| Santiago Castro | Forward | 83 | 40 |
| Martin Vitík | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Nadir Zortea | Defender | 70 | 35 |
| Lukasz Skorupski | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Giovanni Fabbian | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Thijs Dallinga | Forward | 7 | 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.