Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Fulham
- O'Riley 55' (pen.)
- Muniz 90+7'
16 August 2025
The match in data
Brighton & Hove Albion and Fulham drew 1–1 on 16 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 77, thanks above all to 14 final-third passes and 81 passes. van Hecke produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Fulham, the highest-rated player was Rodrigo Muniz, with 66.
Jan Paul van Hecke
Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'
Produced 1.21× and cost 0.14× their position's average
- 14 final-third passes 2.5×
- 81 passes 1.7×
- 5 recoveries 1.4×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Paul van Hecke ★ | Defender | 90 | 77 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 21 | 64 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 69 | 55 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 21 | 44 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Matt O'Riley | Midfielder | 88 | 40 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 69 | 37 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 69 | 36 |
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 83 | 31 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 21 | 16 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| James Milner | Midfielder | 2 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Muniz | Forward | 24 | 66 |
| Joachim Andersen | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Kenny Tete | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Alex Iwobi | Forward | 66 | 52 |
| Sander Berge | Midfielder | 66 | 46 |
| Harry Wilson | Forward | 90 | 45 |
| Bernd Leno | Goalkeeper | 90 | 44 |
| Jorge Cuenca | Defender | 84 | 37 |
| Saša Lukić | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Josh King | Midfielder | 77 | 34 |
| Calvin Bassey | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Tom Cairney | Midfielder | 24 | 25 |
| Raúl Jiménez | Forward | 66 | 22 |
| Adama Traoré | Forward | 24 | 16 |
| Emile Smith Rowe | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Timothy Castagne | Defender | 6 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Fulham player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Alex Iwobi, with 3 key passes. Next: Saša Lukić 1, Josh King 1.
In Fulham's 1–1 draw at Brighton & Hove Albion, Alex Iwobi spearheaded the visitors' playmaking with 3 key passes. Saša Lukić and Josh King contributed 1 each.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player played the most passes into the final third?
Jan Paul van Hecke, with 14 final-third passes. Next: Mats Wieffer 6, Lewis Dunk 5.
Jan Paul van Hecke led Brighton & Hove Albion in attacking distribution with 14 passes into the final third. Mats Wieffer followed with 6, while Lewis Dunk recorded 5.
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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