Aston Villa 2–1 Burnley
- Malen 25'
- Malen 63'
- Ugochukwu 78'
5 October 2025
The match in data
Aston Villa got the better of Burnley, 2–1, on 5 October 2025, on matchday 7 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Pau Torres (Aston Villa), rated 71, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 7 recoveries. Torres produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Burnley, the highest-rated player was Florentino, with 70.
Donyell Malen scored twice.
Pau Torres
Aston Villa · 90'
Produced 1.22× and cost 0.33× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.6×
- 7 recoveries 1.9×
- 63 passes 1.3×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
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 | 71 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 84 | 62 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 23 | 56 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 84 | 38 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 67 | 35 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 23 | 26 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 67 | 22 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Ross Barkley | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 6 | no rating |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florentino | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Josh Cullen | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Josh Laurent | Midfielder | 82 | 60 |
| Lyle Foster | Forward | 69 | 49 |
| Jaidon Anthony | Forward | 59 | 48 |
| Axel Tuanzebe | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Maxime Estève | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Loum Tchaouna | Forward | 59 | 47 |
| Armando Broja | Forward | 31 | 44 |
| Lesley Ugochukwu | Midfielder | 21 | 43 |
| Quilindschy Hartman | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Kyle Walker | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Jacob Bruun Larsen | Forward | 31 | 26 |
| Martin Dúbravka | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Zian Flemming | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Joe Worrall | Defender | 1 | 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.