Ipswich Town 0–2 Liverpool
- Isak 6'
- Isak 9'
4 September 2026
The match in data
Liverpool beat Ipswich Town 2–0 on 4 September 2026, on matchday 3 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), rated 77, thanks above all to 18 final-third passes and 93 passes. van Dijk produced 1.6 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Ipswich Town, the highest-rated player was Exequiel Palacios, with 72.
Alexander Isak scored twice.
Virgil van Dijk
Liverpool · 90'
Produced 1.63× and cost 0.30× their position's average
- 18 final-third passes 3.2×
- 93 passes 2.0×
- 3 tackles 1.7×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exequiel Palacios | Midfielder | 78 | 72 |
| Issa Diop | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Zian Flemming | Forward | 24 | 64 |
| Leif Davis | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Jacob Greaves | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Saša Lukić | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Dara O'Shea | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Abdul Fatawu Issahaku | Forward | 79 | 43 |
| Jack Clarke | Forward | 24 | 39 |
| Emersonn | Forward | 66 | 30 |
| Julio Enciso | Midfielder | 90 | 28 |
| Daizen Maeda | Midfielder | 66 | 22 |
| Kjell Scherpen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Abdoul Ouattara | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Kasey McAteer | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil van Dijk ★ | Defender | 90 | 77 |
| Alexander Isak | Forward | 64 | 73 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Cody Gakpo | Forward | 90 | 59 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 84 | 54 |
| Bradley Barcola | Forward | 26 | 54 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Midfielder | 26 | 52 |
| Ronald Araujo | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Víctor Muñoz | Forward | 64 | 48 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Jérémy Jacquet | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Alisson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Trey Nyoni | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Lewis Koumas | Forward | 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.