Leeds United 1–0 Everton
- Nmecha 84' (pen.)
18 August 2025
The match in data
A 1–0 win for Leeds United against Everton on 18 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Pascal Struijk (Leeds United), rated 72, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 70 passes. Struijk produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Everton, the highest-rated player was Iliman Ndiaye, with 56.
Pascal Struijk
Leeds United · 90'
Produced 1.11× and cost 0.25× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.0×
- 70 passes 1.5×
- 5 recoveries 1.4×
- 3 duels lost 0.8×
- 1 misplaced pass 0.1×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Struijk ★ | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Joe Rodon | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Ethan Ampadu | Midfielder | 78 | 56 |
| Anton Stach | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Gabriel Gudmundsson | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Ao Tanaka | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Brenden Aaronson | Midfielder | 23 | 43 |
| Joël Piroe | Forward | 78 | 42 |
| Jayden Bogle | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Daniel James | Forward | 78 | 30 |
| Wilfried Gnonto | Forward | 67 | 25 |
| Lucas Perri | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ilia Gruev | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Jack Harrison | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Lukas Nmecha | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Sean Longstaff | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iliman Ndiaye | Forward | 90 | 56 |
| Michael Keane | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Idrissa Gueye | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| James Garner | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Carlos Alcaraz | Midfielder | 86 | 45 |
| James Tarkowski | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Beto | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Tim Iroegbunam | Midfielder | 71 | 35 |
| Jake O'Brien | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Jordan Pickford | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jack Grealish | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Thierno Barry | Forward | 4 | 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.