§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 1

Chelsea 0–0 Crystal Palace

17 August 2025

The match in data

Chelsea and Crystal Palace finished level at 0–0 on 17 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Player of the match: Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea), rated 61, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 101 passes. Chalobah produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.

For Crystal Palace, the highest-rated player was Chris Richards, with 70.

61
Player of the match

Trevoh Chalobah

Chelsea · 90'

Produced 1.31× and cost 0.62× their position's average

Added
  • 12 final-third passes 2.2×
  • 101 passes 2.1×
  • 4 recoveries 1.1×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.3×
  • 4 duels lost 1.1×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Chelsea
PlayerPositionMinRating
Moisés Caicedo Midfielder 90 61
Trevoh Chalobah ★ Defender 90 61
Pedro Neto Forward 90 58
Reece James Defender 79 58
Josh Acheampong Defender 90 57
Marc Cucurella Defender 90 52
Enzo Fernández Midfielder 79 50
Jamie Gittens Forward 54 42
Cole Palmer Midfielder 90 39
Estêvão Forward 36 39
João Pedro Forward 73 28
Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Liam Delap Forward 17 no rating
Andrey Santos Midfielder 11 no rating
Malo Gusto Defender 11 no rating
Crystal Palace
PlayerPositionMinRating
Chris Richards Defender 90 70
Maxence Lacroix Defender 90 59
Adam Wharton Midfielder 90 55
Daniel Muñoz Defender 90 48
Eberechi Eze Midfielder 84 48
Jean-Philippe Mateta Forward 90 46
Ismaïla Sarr Forward 90 45
Will Hughes Midfielder 70 41
Marc Guéhi Defender 90 40
Jefferson Lerma Midfielder 20 37
Tyrick Mitchell Defender 90 31
Dean Henderson Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Justin Devenny Midfielder 6 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.