Crystal Palace 2–1 Liverpool
- Sarr 9'
- Nketiah 90+7'
- Chiesa 87'
27 September 2025
The match in data
Crystal Palace beat Liverpool 2–1 on 27 September 2025, on matchday 6 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace), rated 73, thanks above all to 0.82 xG and 1 goal. Sarr produced 1.9 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Liverpool, the highest-rated player was Virgil van Dijk, with 72.
Ismaïla Sarr
Crystal Palace · 75'
Produced 1.93× and cost 0.50× their position's average
- 0.82 xG 3.6×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 2 shots off target 1.7×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ismaïla Sarr ★ | Forward | 75 | 73 |
| Adam Wharton | Midfielder | 62 | 69 |
| Daichi Kamada | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Maxence Lacroix | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 74 | 55 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Daniel Muñoz | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Chris Richards | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Will Hughes | Midfielder | 28 | 34 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Dean Henderson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jefferson Lerma | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Eddie Nketiah | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Justin Devenny | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil van Dijk | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 65 | 54 |
| Curtis Jones | Midfielder | 25 | 52 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | Defender | 74 | 47 |
| Conor Bradley | Defender | 46 | 45 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 74 | 42 |
| Mohamed Salah | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Cody Gakpo | Forward | 44 | 35 |
| Alexander Isak | Forward | 84 | 30 |
| Alisson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Federico Chiesa | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Jeremie Frimpong | Defender | 16 | no rating |
| Rio Ngumoha | Forward | 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.