Aston Villa 4–3 Sunderland
- Watkins 2'
- Watkins 36'
- Rogers 46'
- Abraham 90+3'
- Rigg 9'
- Hume 86'
- Isidor 87'
19 April 2026
The match in data
A 4–3 win for Aston Villa against Sunderland on 19 April 2026, on matchday 33 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), rated 70, thanks above all to 1.36 xG and 2 goals. Watkins produced 2.4 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.9 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Sunderland, the highest-rated player was Luke O'Nien, with 72.
Ollie Watkins scored twice.
Ollie Watkins
Aston Villa · 80'
Produced 2.42× and cost 0.86× their position's average
- 1.36 xG 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 2 big chances created 4.0×
- 2 shots off target 1.6×
- 2 balls lost 1.5×
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 | 78 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Ollie Watkins ★ | Forward | 80 | 70 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 20 | 66 |
| Tyrone Mings | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 80 | 50 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 20 | 43 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 70 | 30 |
| Ross Barkley | Midfielder | 70 | 29 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Tammy Abraham | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke O'Nien | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Chemsdine Talbi | Forward | 27 | 57 |
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Trai Hume | Defender | 27 | 53 |
| Chris Rigg | Midfielder | 63 | 52 |
| Habib Diarra | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Brian Brobbey | Forward | 84 | 46 |
| Dan Ballard | Defender | 27 | 45 |
| Noah Sadiki | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Reinildo Mandava | Defender | 63 | 40 |
| Omar Alderete | Defender | 63 | 38 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Wilson Isidor | 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.