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 74, thanks above all to 18 final-third passes and 93 passes. van Dijk produced 1.5 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Ipswich Town, the highest-rated player was Exequiel Palacios, with 65.
Alexander Isak scored twice.
Virgil van Dijk
Liverpool · 90'
Produced 1.46× and cost 0.29× their position's average
- 18 final-third passes 3.0×
- 93 passes 2.0×
- 3 tackles 1.8×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exequiel Palacios | Midfielder | 78 | 65 |
| Zian Flemming | Forward | 24 | 63 |
| Issa Diop | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Leif Davis | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Jacob Greaves | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Saša Lukić | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Jack Clarke | Forward | 24 | 42 |
| Dara O'Shea | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Abdul Fatawu Issahaku | Forward | 79 | 41 |
| Kjell Scherpen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Julio Enciso | Midfielder | 90 | 26 |
| Emersonn | Forward | 66 | 23 |
| Daizen Maeda | Forward | 66 | 21 |
| Abdoul Ouattara | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Kasey McAteer | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil van Dijk ★ | Defender | 90 | 74 |
| Alexander Isak | Forward | 64 | 66 |
| Cody Gakpo | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Alisson | Goalkeeper | 90 | 60 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 84 | 49 |
| Ronald Araujo | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Midfielder | 26 | 43 |
| Bradley Barcola | Forward | 26 | 42 |
| Jérémy Jacquet | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Víctor Muñoz | Forward | 64 | 37 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| Trey Nyoni | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Lewis Koumas | Forward | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Ipswich Town player recovered the most balls?
Exequiel Palacios, with 12 recoveries. Next: Leif Davis 3, Julio Enciso 3.
Despite a 0–2 defeat against Liverpool, Exequiel Palacios led Ipswich Town's defensive efforts with 12 ball recoveries. That total quadrupled his closest teammates, Leif Davis and Julio Enciso, who recorded 3 each.
Which Liverpool player won the most aerial duels?
Ronald Araujo, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Virgil van Dijk 2, Florian Wirtz 2.
Ronald Araujo commanded the skies with 6 aerial duels won during Liverpool's 0–2 win. Virgil van Dijk and Florian Wirtz trailed behind with 2 each.
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.
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