Borussia Dortmund 3–2 Villarreal
- Veiga 53' (o.g.)
- Guirassy 80'
- Guirassy 85' (pen.)
- Mouriño 66'
- Guirassy 90+3' (o.g.)
8 September 2026
The match in data
A 3–2 win for Borussia Dortmund against Villarreal on 8 September 2026, in the 2026-27 Champions League (League Stage 1).
Player of the match: Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), rated 59, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 4 key passes. Sabitzer produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 1.1 times the cost.
For Villarreal, the highest-rated player was Alex Freeman, with 71.
Serhou Guirassy scored twice.
Marcel Sabitzer
Borussia Dortmund · 75'
Produced 1.57× and cost 1.10× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 4 key passes 3.7×
- 5 final-third passes 1.0×
- 2 failed dribbles 3.3×
- 1 ball lost 1.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Sabitzer ★ | Midfielder | 75 | 59 |
| Serhou Guirassy | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Waldemar Anton | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Felix Nmecha | Midfielder | 75 | 52 |
| Joane Gadou | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Daniel Svensson | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Konstantinos Karetsas | Forward | 27 | 44 |
| Joey Veerman | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Maximilian Beier | Forward | 82 | 37 |
| Ethan Nwaneri | Midfielder | 55 | 36 |
| Julian Ryerson | Defender | 90 | 18 |
| Gregor Kobel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Fábio Silva | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Jobe Bellingham | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Carney Chukwuemeka | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Kauã Prates | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Freeman | Defender | 44 | 71 |
| Pau Navarro | Defender | 83 | 60 |
| Santi Comesaña | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Tajon Buchanan | Forward | 75 | 59 |
| Santiago Mouriño | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Georges Mikautadze | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Pape Gueye | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Nicolas Pépé | Forward | 31 | 43 |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Nathan Saliba | Midfielder | 59 | 37 |
| Sergi Cardona | Defender | 46 | 34 |
| Alberto Moleiro | Forward | 31 | 33 |
| Tani Oluwaseyi | Forward | 59 | 30 |
| Péter Gulácsi | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alassane Diatta | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Gerard Moreno | Forward | 7 | 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.