Ipswich Town 2–1 Sunderland
- Emersonn 24'
- Clarke 90'
- Angulo 39'
22 August 2026
The match in data
Ipswich Town got the better of Sunderland, 2–1, on 22 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Emersonn (Ipswich Town), rated 75, thanks above all to 1 goal and 2 shots on target. Emersonn produced 2.0 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Sunderland, the highest-rated player was Omar Alderete, with 76.
Emersonn
Ipswich Town · 66'
Produced 2.05× and cost 0.43× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 3.6×
- 0.41 xG 2.0×
- 1 shot off target 1.0×
- 1 ball lost 0.9×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emersonn ★ | Forward | 66 | 75 |
| Abdul Fatawu Issahaku | Forward | 66 | 65 |
| Jacob Greaves | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Julio Enciso | Midfielder | 71 | 56 |
| Marcelino Núñez | Midfielder | 80 | 55 |
| Dara O'Shea | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Chuba Akpom | Forward | 24 | 51 |
| Kasey McAteer | Midfielder | 24 | 48 |
| Saša Lukić | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Leif Davis | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Daizen Maeda | Midfielder | 80 | 30 |
| Issa Diop | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Kjell Scherpen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jack Clarke | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Abdoul Ouattara | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Sindre Walle Egeli | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Alderete | Defender | 23 | 76 |
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Noah Sadiki | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Thomas Meunier | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Chemsdine Talbi | Forward | 31 | 44 |
| Reinildo Mandava | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Wilson Isidor | Forward | 23 | 42 |
| Luke O'Nien | Defender | 67 | 41 |
| Dan Ballard | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Trai Hume | Defender | 80 | 40 |
| Brian Brobbey | Forward | 67 | 36 |
| Nilson Angulo | Midfielder | 59 | 31 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 80 | 22 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Chris Rigg | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Habib Diarra | Midfielder | 10 | 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.