Aston Villa 0–3 Crystal Palace
- Mateta 21' (pen.)
- Guéhi 68'
- Sarr 78'
31 August 2025
The match in data
Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 3–0 on 31 August 2025, on matchday 3 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), rated 63, thanks above all to 20 final-third passes and 81 passes. Tielemans produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.9 times the cost.
For Crystal Palace, the highest-rated player was Chris Richards, with 62.
Youri Tielemans
Aston Villa · 90'
Produced 1.58× and cost 0.93× their position's average
- 20 final-third passes 3.6×
- 81 passes 1.8×
- 5 recoveries 1.1×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youri Tielemans ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 74 | 54 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 84 | 52 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 44 | 51 |
| Tyrone Mings | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 74 | 39 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 46 | 35 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 83 | 28 |
| Marco Bizot | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Bradley Burrowes | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 16 | no rating |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 7 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Richards | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Will Hughes | Midfielder | 71 | 59 |
| Ismaïla Sarr | Forward | 90 | 56 |
| Daichi Kamada | Midfielder | 86 | 56 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | Forward | 85 | 54 |
| Adam Wharton | Midfielder | 56 | 54 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Daniel Muñoz | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Maxence Lacroix | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Jefferson Lerma | Midfielder | 34 | 45 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Dean Henderson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Justin Devenny | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Nathaniel Clyne | Defender | 4 | 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.