Athletic Club 0–2 Arsenal
- Martinelli 72'
- Trossard 87'
16 September 2025
The match in data
Arsenal beat Athletic Club 2–0 on 16 September 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 1).
Player of the match: Declan Rice (Arsenal), rated 73, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 10 final-third passes. Rice produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
For Athletic Club, the highest-rated player was Gorka Guruzeta, with 56.
Declan Rice
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.62× and cost 0.56× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 10 final-third passes 1.8×
- 3 key passes 2.7×
- 11 misplaced passes 1.6×
- 2 duels lost 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorka Guruzeta | Forward | 22 | 56 |
| Adama Boiro | Defender | 68 | 52 |
| Mikel Vesga | Midfielder | 81 | 49 |
| Oihan Sancet | Midfielder | 68 | 49 |
| Aitor Paredes | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Iñaki Williams | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Yuri Berchiche | Defender | 22 | 44 |
| Unai Gómez | Midfielder | 20 | 43 |
| Dani Vivian | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Andoni Gorosabel | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Mikel Jauregizar | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Álex Berenguer | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Robert Navarro | Forward | 61 | 27 |
| Unai Simón | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alejandro Rego | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Nico Serrano | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 25 | 86 |
| Declan Rice ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 73 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 71 | 45 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 65 | 39 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Christian Nørgaard | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 1 | 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.