Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur
- Minteh 8'
- Ayari 31'
- Richarlison 43'
- van Hecke 82' (o.g.)
20 September 2025
The match in data
A 2–2 draw between Brighton & Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur on 20 September 2025, on matchday 5 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Joël Veltman (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 78, thanks above all to 7 tackles and 3 interceptions. Veltman produced 1.1 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.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Tottenham Hotspur, the highest-rated player was Micky van de Ven, with 67.
Joël Veltman
Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'
Produced 1.13× and cost 0.15× their position's average
- 7 tackles 4.0×
- 3 interceptions 2.8×
- 8 duels won 1.7×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joël Veltman ★ | Defender | 90 | 78 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 75 | 76 |
| James Milner | Midfielder | 27 | 74 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 75 | 59 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 44 | 57 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 46 | 38 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 85 | 34 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 63 | 24 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Diego Coppola | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micky van de Ven | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Richarlison | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Pedro Porro | Defender | 89 | 57 |
| João Palhinha | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Rodrigo Bentancur | Midfielder | 61 | 56 |
| Cristian Romero | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Mohammed Kudus | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Lucas Bergvall | Midfielder | 89 | 44 |
| Destiny Udogie | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Xavi Simons | Midfielder | 29 | 39 |
| Wilson Odobert | Forward | 72 | 28 |
| Guglielmo Vicario | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Brennan Johnson | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Archie Gray | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Djed Spence | Defender | 1 | 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.