Chelsea 2–0 Brentford
- Pedro 26'
- Palmer 76' (pen.)
17 January 2026
The match in data
A 2–0 win for Chelsea against Brentford on 17 January 2026, on matchday 22 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), rated 70, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 5 key passes. Janelt produced 1.5 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Chelsea, the highest-rated player was Moisés Caicedo, with 71.
Vitaly Janelt
Brentford · 90'
Produced 1.49× and cost 0.62× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.1×
- 5 key passes 4.0×
- 81 passes 1.8×
- 2 times dribbled past 2.4×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 71 |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | Defender | 58 | 67 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 85 | 63 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 74 | 62 |
| Reece James | Defender | 85 | 61 |
| Pedro Neto | Forward | 90 | 58 |
| Wesley Fofana | Defender | 32 | 58 |
| Andrey Santos | Midfielder | 33 | 56 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Trevoh Chalobah | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Forward | 57 | 31 |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Liam Delap | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Jorrel Hato | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Josh Acheampong | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitaly Janelt ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Rico Henry | Defender | 82 | 66 |
| Nathan Collins | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | Midfielder | 77 | 52 |
| Igor Thiago | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Yegor Yarmolyuk | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 82 | 42 |
| Michael Kayode | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Dango Ouattara | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Romelle Donovan | Midfielder | 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.