Manchester City 3–1 AFC Bournemouth
- Marmoush 14'
- Silva 38'
- Kovacic 67'
- González 89'
- Cook 73'
- Jebbison 90+6'
20 May 2025
The match in data
Manchester City got the better of AFC Bournemouth, 3–1, on 20 May 2025, on matchday 37 of the 2024-25 Premier League.
Player of the match: Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City), rated 78, thanks above all to 10 final-third passes and 82 passes. Kovacic produced 1.7 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 4th time as player of the match this season.
For AFC Bournemouth, the highest-rated player was David Brooks, with 70.
Mateo Kovacic was sent off at 67'.
Lewis Cook was sent off at 73'.
Mateo Kovacic
Manchester City · 67'
Produced 1.68× and cost 0.36× their position's average
- 10 final-third passes 2.5×
- 82 passes 2.6×
- 2 key passes 2.3×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.6×
- 0.05 xG not converted 2.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mateo Kovacic ★ | Midfielder | 67 | 78 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 69 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 21 | 65 |
| Omar Marmoush | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Manuel Akanji | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| İlkay Gündoğan | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Kevin De Bruyne | Midfielder | 69 | 46 |
| Ederson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Rodri | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Jack Grealish | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Oscar Bobb | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Brooks | Forward | 44 | 70 |
| Lewis Cook | Midfielder | 73 | 68 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 83 | 66 |
| Ilya Zabarnyi | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Dean Huijsen | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Marcus Tavernier | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Tyler Adams | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| Julián Araujo | Defender | 69 | 42 |
| Evanilson | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Adam Smith | Defender | 21 | 33 |
| Justin Kluivert | Midfielder | 46 | 29 |
| Kepa Arrizabalaga | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Daniel Jebbison | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Julio Soler | Defender | 7 | 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.