§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 9

Aston Villa 1–0 Manchester City

  • Cash 19'

26 October 2025

The match in data

Aston Villa got the better of Manchester City, 1–0, on 26 October 2025, on matchday 9 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Player of the match: Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City), rated 66, thanks above all to 15 final-third passes and 73 passes. Gvardiol produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Lucas Digne, with 71.

66
Player of the match

Josko Gvardiol

Manchester City · 90'

Produced 1.13× and cost 0.40× their position's average

Added
  • 15 final-third passes 2.7×
  • 73 passes 1.5×
  • 5 recoveries 1.4×
Took away
  • 3 duels lost 0.8×
  • 5 misplaced passes 0.7×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Aston Villa
PlayerPositionMinRating
Lucas Digne Defender 86 71
Amadou Onana Midfielder 90 66
Ezri Konsa Defender 90 60
Morgan Rogers Midfielder 90 55
Emiliano Buendía Forward 29 51
Boubacar Kamara Midfielder 90 49
Jadon Sancho Forward 45 46
Ollie Watkins Forward 86 38
Matty Cash Defender 90 37
John McGinn Midfielder 74 33
Pau Torres Defender 90 30
Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Evann Guessand Forward 16 no rating
Ross Barkley Midfielder 16 no rating
Donyell Malen Forward 4 no rating
Ian Maatsen Defender 4 no rating
Manchester City
PlayerPositionMinRating
Josko Gvardiol ★ Defender 90 66
Rúben Dias Defender 90 62
Bernardo Silva Midfielder 61 62
Phil Foden Midfielder 90 59
Jérémy Doku Forward 29 57
Oscar Bobb Forward 61 56
Nico González Midfielder 29 55
Matheus Nunes Defender 90 52
Erling Haaland Forward 90 51
Savinho Forward 84 42
Nico O'Reilly Defender 29 36
Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder 76 28
John Stones Defender 61 22
Gianluigi Donnarumma Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Rayan Cherki Midfielder 14 no rating
Omar Marmoush Forward 6 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.