Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa
- Pedro 37'
- Watkins 63'
- Watkins 84'
27 December 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Aston Villa against Chelsea on 27 December 2025, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Aston Villa came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 37'.
Player of the match: Reece James (Chelsea), rated 87, thanks above all to 7 tackles and 8 final-third passes. James produced 1.8 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 Aston Villa, the highest-rated player was Amadou Onana, with 74.
Ollie Watkins scored twice.
Reece James
Chelsea · 90'
Produced 1.82× and cost 0.11× their position's average
- 7 tackles 4.0×
- 8 final-third passes 1.4×
- 7 recoveries 1.9×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reece James ★ | Defender | 90 | 87 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 69 | 78 |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 21 | 70 |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 69 | 62 |
| Benoît Badiashile | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Pedro Neto | Forward | 90 | 58 |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Forward | 69 | 55 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Jamie Gittens | Forward | 21 | 43 |
| Trevoh Chalobah | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Liam Delap | Forward | 21 | 35 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 72 | 33 |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Estêvão | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 32 | 74 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 31 | 69 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 31 | 55 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 59 | 47 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 59 | 46 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 58 | 37 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 83 | 28 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 83 | 23 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Lucas Digne | 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.