Manchester City 2–1 AFC Bournemouth
- Guéhi 84'
- Gvardiol 90+1'
- Tavernier 26'
23 August 2026
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Manchester City against AFC Bournemouth on 23 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Manchester City came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 26'.
Player of the match: Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City), rated 81, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 92 passes. Khusanov produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
For AFC Bournemouth, the highest-rated player was Justin Kluivert, with 64.
Abdukodir Khusanov
Manchester City · 90'
Produced 1.20× and cost 0.11× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.0×
- 92 passes 1.9×
- 6 recoveries 1.6×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdukodir Khusanov ★ | Defender | 90 | 81 |
| Mateo Kovacic | Midfielder | 27 | 78 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 33 | 70 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 27 | 59 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 63 | 54 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 82 | 45 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 63 | 35 |
| Rico Lewis | Defender | 57 | 22 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jack Grealish | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Kluivert | Midfielder | 75 | 64 |
| Alex Scott | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Evanilson | Forward | 75 | 58 |
| James Hill | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Rayan | Forward | 89 | 46 |
| Marcus Tavernier | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Adam Smith | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Adrien Truffert | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| António Silva | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Lewis Cook | Midfielder | 75 | 31 |
| Djordje Petrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alex Tóth | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Daniel Jebbison | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Tyler Adams | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Ben Gannon-Doak | 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.