Aston Villa 3–0 Club Brugge
- Asensio 50'
- Maatsen 57'
- Asensio 61'
- Sabbe 16'
12 March 2025
The match in data
Aston Villa got the better of Club Brugge, 3–0, on 12 March 2025, in the 2024-25 Champions League (Round of 16).
Player of the match: Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge), rated 81, thanks above all to 67 passes and 3 tackles. Mechele produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Pau Torres, with 77.
Marco Asensio scored twice.
Kyriani Sabbe was sent off at 16'.
Brandon Mechele
Club Brugge · 90'
Produced 1.06× and cost 0.07× their position's average
- 67 passes 1.4×
- 3 tackles 1.7×
- 4 final-third passes 0.8×
- 2 misplaced passes 0.3×
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 | 24 | 77 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 24 | 72 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Tyrone Mings | Defender | 66 | 70 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 73 | 56 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Marcus Rashford | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Marco Asensio | Midfielder | 44 | 54 |
| Leon Bailey | Forward | 44 | 52 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 46 | 50 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 66 | 38 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 46 | 27 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Axel Disasi | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Mechele ★ | Defender | 90 | 81 |
| Zaid Romero | Defender | 32 | 72 |
| Ardon Jashari | Midfielder | 58 | 65 |
| Joel Ordóñez | Defender | 58 | 61 |
| Hugo Siquet | Defender | 24 | 57 |
| Michal Skoras | Forward | 32 | 56 |
| Ferran Jutglà | Forward | 58 | 54 |
| Christos Tzolis | Midfielder | 66 | 46 |
| Chemsdine Talbi | Forward | 58 | 44 |
| Hans Vanaken | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Gustaf Nilsson | Forward | 32 | 36 |
| Raphael Onyedika | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Casper Nielsen | Midfielder | 32 | 31 |
| Simon Mignolet | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Kyriani Sabbe | Defender | 16 | 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.