§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 6

Aston Villa 3–1 Fulham

  • Watkins 37'
  • McGinn 49'
  • Buendía 51'
  • Jiménez 3'

28 September 2025

The match in data

Aston Villa beat Fulham 3–1 on 28 September 2025, on matchday 6 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Aston Villa came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 3'.

Player of the match: Calvin Bassey (Fulham), rated 64, thanks above all to 10 final-third passes and 7 recoveries. Bassey produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Ollie Watkins, with 59.

64
Player of the match

Calvin Bassey

Fulham · 90'

Produced 1.20× and cost 0.41× their position's average

Added
  • 10 final-third passes 1.8×
  • 7 recoveries 1.9×
  • 70 passes 1.5×
Took away
  • 10 misplaced passes 1.5×
  • 1 duel lost 0.3×

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.

Aston Villa
PlayerPositionMinRating
Ollie Watkins Forward 90 59
Emiliano Buendía Forward 44 58
Ezri Konsa Defender 90 56
John McGinn Midfielder 72 51
Pau Torres Defender 58 50
Morgan Rogers Midfielder 90 49
Harvey Elliott Midfielder 46 48
Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper 90 47
Lucas Digne Defender 90 45
Evann Guessand Forward 83 41
Lamare Bogarde Midfielder 82 41
Tyrone Mings Defender 32 40
Matty Cash Defender 90 36
Boubacar Kamara Midfielder 18 no rating
Victor Lindelöf Defender 8 no rating
Donyell Malen Forward 7 no rating
Fulham
PlayerPositionMinRating
Saša Lukić Midfielder 90 65
Calvin Bassey ★ Defender 90 64
Timothy Castagne Defender 90 64
Harry Wilson Forward 80 56
Adama Traoré Forward 79 56
Joachim Andersen Defender 90 51
Josh King Midfielder 65 46
Sander Berge Midfielder 90 43
Emile Smith Rowe Midfielder 25 41
Kevin Forward 25 40
Alex Iwobi Forward 65 38
Ryan Sessegnon Defender 80 36
Bernd Leno Goalkeeper 90 32
Raúl Jiménez Forward 11 no rating
Antonee Robinson Defender 10 no rating
Samuel Chukwueze Forward 10 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Fulham player completed the most dribbles?

Josh King, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Calvin Bassey 1, Harry Wilson 1.

In Fulham's 3–1 away defeat, Josh King stood out as their most elusive player with 3 completed dribbles. That topped Calvin Bassey and Harry Wilson, who completed one apiece.

Which Aston Villa player won the most duels?

Evann Guessand, with 7 duels won. Next: Matty Cash 5, John McGinn 3.

Evann Guessand set the physical tone in Aston Villa's 3–1 win by coming out on top in 7 duels. That paced the team ahead of Matty Cash with 5 and John McGinn with 3.

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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Aston Villa 3–1 Fulham, Premier League 2025-26. Player of the match: Calvin Bassey, 64
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.