Brentford 3–0 Sunderland
- Thiago 30'
- Thiago 65'
- Yarmolyuk 73'
7 January 2026
The match in data
Brentford beat Sunderland 3–0 on 7 January 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Igor Thiago (Brentford), rated 77, thanks above all to 1.64 xG and 4 shots on target. Thiago produced 2.7 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Sunderland, the highest-rated player was Granit Xhaka, with 71.
Igor Thiago scored twice.
Enzo Le Fée missed a penalty at 60'.
Igor Thiago
Brentford · 82'
Produced 2.67× and cost 0.51× their position's average
- 1.64 xG 4.0×
- 4 shots on target 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 2 shots off target 1.6×
- 7 duels lost 1.1×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Thiago ★ | Forward | 82 | 77 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | Midfielder | 29 | 69 |
| Yegor Yarmolyuk | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Rico Henry | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Vitaly Janelt | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Nathan Collins | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 76 | 55 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Michael Kayode | Defender | 82 | 53 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | Midfielder | 61 | 44 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jordan Henderson | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Reiss Nelson | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 90 | 71 |
| Dan Ballard | Defender | 79 | 70 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Simon Adingra | Forward | 52 | 67 |
| Chris Rigg | Midfielder | 52 | 54 |
| Romaine Mundle | Forward | 38 | 54 |
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Omar Alderete | Defender | 83 | 43 |
| Lutsharel Geertruida | Defender | 79 | 43 |
| Trai Hume | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Eliezer Mayenda | Forward | 38 | 39 |
| Brian Brobbey | Forward | 90 | 31 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Dan Neil | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Dennis Cirkin | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Luke O'Nien | Defender | 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.