Aston Villa 1–4 Chelsea
- Luiz 2'
- Pedro 35'
- Pedro 45+6'
- Palmer 55'
- Pedro 64'
4 March 2026
The match in data
Chelsea got the better of Aston Villa, 4–1, on 4 March 2026, on matchday 29 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Chelsea came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 2'.
Player of the match: Reece James (Chelsea), rated 76, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 3 interceptions. James produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Ross Barkley, with 74.
João Pedro scored a hat-trick.
Reece James
Chelsea · 90'
Produced 1.14× and cost 0.19× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.3×
- 3 interceptions 2.8×
- 61 passes 1.3×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Barkley | Midfielder | 27 | 74 |
| Douglas Luiz | Midfielder | 63 | 68 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 63 | 68 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 27 | 62 |
| Tyrone Mings | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Leon Bailey | Forward | 63 | 54 |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 44 | 50 |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 71 | 49 |
| Alysson | Forward | 27 | 35 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 24 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 46 | 15 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Tammy Abraham | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reece James ★ | Defender | 90 | 76 |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 75 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 85 | 73 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 79 | 70 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 85 | 63 |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 75 | 52 |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Trevoh Chalobah | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Jorrel Hato | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Wesley Fofana | Defender | 79 | 40 |
| Filip Jørgensen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Roméo Lavia | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Andrey Santos | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Liam Delap | Forward | 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.