Brentford 1–0 Aston Villa
- Ouattara 12'
23 August 2025
The match in data
A 1–0 win for Brentford against Aston Villa on 23 August 2025, on matchday 2 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Dango Ouattara (Brentford), rated 70, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.65 xG. Ouattara produced 1.9 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
For Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Ian Maatsen, with 67.
Dango Ouattara
Brentford · 84'
Produced 1.88× and cost 0.60× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 0.65 xG 2.5×
- 2 shots on target 2.8×
- 2 failed dribbles 1.4×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dango Ouattara ★ | Forward | 84 | 70 |
| Michael Kayode | Defender | 85 | 61 |
| Nathan Collins | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Yegor Yarmolyuk | Midfielder | 79 | 54 |
| Frank Onyeka | Midfielder | 21 | 54 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 79 | 52 |
| Jordan Henderson | Midfielder | 69 | 50 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Sepp van den Berg | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Igor Thiago | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Rico Henry | Defender | 6 | no rating |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 26 | 67 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 26 | 64 |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 64 | 60 |
| Tyrone Mings | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 74 | 35 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 64 | 31 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 59 | 30 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Evann Guessand | Forward | 15 | 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.