Chelsea 0–2 Manchester City
- Haaland 18'
- Kovacic 84'
18 August 2024
The match in data
Manchester City got the better of Chelsea, 2–0, on 18 August 2024, on matchday 1 of the 2024-25 Premier League.
Player of the match: Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City), rated 76, thanks above all to 4 interceptions and 5 final-third passes. Gvardiol produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Chelsea, the highest-rated player was Roméo Lavia, with 69.
Josko Gvardiol
Manchester City · 90'
Produced 1.17× and cost 0.19× their position's average
- 4 interceptions 4.0×
- 5 final-third passes 0.9×
- 65 passes 1.3×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roméo Lavia | Midfielder | 66 | 69 |
| Levi Colwill | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Midfielder | 24 | 54 |
| Nicolas Jackson | Forward | 66 | 51 |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Pedro Neto | Forward | 32 | 43 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 80 | 38 |
| Christopher Nkunku | Forward | 58 | 37 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Wesley Fofana | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Marc Guiu | Forward | 24 | 27 |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josko Gvardiol ★ | Defender | 90 | 76 |
| Savinho | Forward | 46 | 74 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 70 |
| Manuel Akanji | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 44 | 57 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Kevin De Bruyne | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Mateo Kovacic | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Rico Lewis | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Ederson | Goalkeeper | 90 | 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.