Aston Villa 0–1 Everton
- Barry 59'
18 January 2026
The match in data
Everton got the better of Aston Villa, 1–0, on 18 January 2026, on matchday 22 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), rated 67, thanks above all to 15 final-third passes and 5 key passes. Tielemans produced 1.5 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Everton, the highest-rated player was James Garner, with 65.
Youri Tielemans
Aston Villa · 90'
Produced 1.52× and cost 0.52× their position's average
- 15 final-third passes 2.7×
- 5 key passes 4.0×
- 66 passes 1.5×
- 9 misplaced passes 1.3×
- 2 duels lost 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youri Tielemans ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 67 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 73 | 40 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 73 | 38 |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 72 | 38 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 26 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 90 | 26 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| George Lawrence Hemmings | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Garner | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Jordan Pickford | Goalkeeper | 90 | 60 |
| Thierno Barry | Forward | 84 | 58 |
| Dwight McNeil | Forward | 90 | 56 |
| Nathan Patterson | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Jake O'Brien | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| James Tarkowski | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Jack Grealish | Forward | 90 | 35 |
| Harrison Armstrong | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Merlin Röhl | Midfielder | 90 | 30 |
| Vitaliy Mykolenko | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Beto | Forward | 6 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Everton player won the most aerial duels?
Thierno Barry, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Nathan Patterson 3, James Tarkowski 3.
Thierno Barry commanded the air in Everton's 1–0 win at Aston Villa, winning 6 aerial duels. Barry doubled the totals of teammates Nathan Patterson and James Tarkowski, who recorded 3 each.
Which Aston Villa player recovered the most balls?
Emiliano Buendía, with 9 recoveries. Next: Matty Cash 6, Youri Tielemans 5.
Despite Aston Villa's 0–1 defeat to Everton, Emiliano Buendía led the team's defensive work with 9 ball recoveries. Buendía clearly outpaced Matty Cash with 6 and Youri Tielemans with 5.
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.
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