Chelsea 1–0 Pafos FC
- Caicedo 78'
21 January 2026
The match in data
Chelsea beat Pafos FC 1–0 on 21 January 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 7).
Player of the match: Wesley Fofana (Chelsea), rated 81, thanks above all to 19 final-third passes and 100 passes. Fofana produced 1.8 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the round.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Pafos FC, the highest-rated player was Mislav Orsic, with 60.
Wesley Fofana
Chelsea · 90'
Produced 1.83× and cost 0.26× their position's average
- 19 final-third passes 3.4×
- 100 passes 2.1×
- 9 recoveries 2.4×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Fofana ★ | Defender | 90 | 81 |
| Reece James | Defender | 46 | 81 |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 80 |
| Benoît Badiashile | Defender | 90 | 76 |
| Malo Gusto | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 20 | 57 |
| Jamie Gittens | Forward | 20 | 54 |
| Alejandro Garnacho | Forward | 70 | 53 |
| Pedro Neto | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Estêvão | Forward | 44 | 48 |
| Jorrel Hato | Defender | 70 | 41 |
| Liam Delap | Forward | 70 | 36 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| João Pedro | Forward | 20 | 30 |
| Filip Jørgensen | Goalkeeper | 46 | no rating |
| Robert Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 44 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mislav Orsic | Forward | 83 | 60 |
| Ivan Sunjic | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Kostas Pileas | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Landry Dimata | Forward | 25 | 47 |
| Domingos Quina | Midfielder | 25 | 46 |
| Jajá | Forward | 65 | 40 |
| Vlad Dragomir | Midfielder | 89 | 39 |
| Pêpê | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Ken Sema | Midfielder | 83 | 36 |
| Anderson Silva | Forward | 65 | 36 |
| Derrick Luckassen | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Bruno | Midfielder | 90 | 21 |
| Jay Gorter | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Bruno Langa | Defender | 7 | no rating |
| Mons Bassouamina | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Georgios Michael | 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.