Brentford 0–1 Manchester City
- Haaland 9'
5 October 2025
The match in data
A 1–0 win for Manchester City against Brentford on 5 October 2025, on matchday 7 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City), rated 63, thanks above all to 68 passes and 4 completed dribbles. Reijnders produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Brentford, the highest-rated player was Jordan Henderson, with 49.
Tijjani Reijnders
Manchester City · 76'
Produced 1.07× and cost 0.42× their position's average
- 68 passes 1.8×
- 4 completed dribbles 4.0×
- 5 final-third passes 1.1×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 0.18 xG not converted 2.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Henderson | Midfielder | 74 | 49 |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 22 | 46 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | Midfielder | 68 | 42 |
| Dango Ouattara | Forward | 22 | 42 |
| Sepp van den Berg | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Igor Thiago | Forward | 68 | 41 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | 38 |
| Nathan Collins | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Yegor Yarmolyuk | Midfielder | 73 | 30 |
| Michael Kayode | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 90 | 21 |
| Frank Onyeka | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Vitaly Janelt | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Fábio Carvalho | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Rodri | Midfielder | 22 | 66 |
| Tijjani Reijnders ★ | Midfielder | 76 | 63 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Oscar Bobb | Forward | 76 | 58 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | 49 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 68 | 42 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Savinho | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 14 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Brentford player played the most passes into the final third?
Jordan Henderson, with 12 final-third passes. Next: Aaron Hickey 5, Mikkel Damsgaard 5.
Henderson dictated Brentford's attacking progression with 12 passes into the final third against Manchester City. Hickey and Damsgaard trailed far behind with 5 each.
Which Manchester City player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Oscar Bobb, with 3 key passes. Next: Nico O'Reilly 2, Phil Foden 2.
Bobb led Manchester City in chance creation against Brentford with 3 key passes. O'Reilly and Foden followed closely with 2 key passes each.
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.
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