Espanyol 1–2 Real Betis
- Lozano 15'
- Hernández 54'
- Ezzalzouli 63'
5 October 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Real Betis against Espanyol on 5 October 2025, on matchday 8 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Real Betis came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 15'.
Player of the match: Pablo Fornals (Real Betis), rated 69, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 10 final-third passes. Fornals produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
For Espanyol, the highest-rated player was Edu Expósito, with 68.
Javi Puado missed a penalty at 90+13'.
Pablo Fornals
Real Betis · 77'
Produced 1.64× and cost 0.74× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 10 final-third passes 1.9×
- 2 key passes 2.1×
- 6 misplaced passes 1.1×
- 2 times dribbled past 2.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 83 | 68 |
| Ludovic Taillandier | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Pere Milla | Forward | 60 | 57 |
| Kike García | Forward | 22 | 57 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 68 | 56 |
| Javi Puado | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 68 | 49 |
| Clemens Riedel | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Luca Koleosho | Forward | 22 | 38 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 83 | 30 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 30 | 28 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ramón Terrats | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Rubén Sánchez | Defender | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Fornals ★ | Midfielder | 77 | 69 |
| Abde Ezzalzouli | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Cucho Hernández | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Natan | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Antony | Forward | 77 | 60 |
| Héctor Bellerín | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Marc Roca | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Valentín Gómez | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Rodrigo Riquelme | Forward | 22 | 44 |
| Giovani Lo Celso | Midfielder | 68 | 32 |
| Pau López | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Aitor Ruibal | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Sergi Altimira | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Cédric Bakambu | Forward | 12 | 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.