Manchester City 1–2 Aston Villa
- Semenyo 23'
- Watkins 47'
- Watkins 61'
24 May 2026
The match in data
Aston Villa beat Manchester City 2–1 on 24 May 2026, on matchday 38 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Aston Villa came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 23'.
Player of the match: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), rated 73, thanks above all to 1.34 xG and 2 goals. Watkins produced 1.9 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 5th time as player of the match this season.
For Manchester City, the highest-rated player was Rúben Dias, with 69.
Ollie Watkins scored twice.
Ollie Watkins
Aston Villa · 90'
Produced 1.86× and cost 0.51× their position's average
- 1.34 xG 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 2.6×
- 2 shots off target 1.5×
- 1 failed dribble 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 59 | 65 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Mateo Kovacic | Midfielder | 31 | 60 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 58 | 55 |
| John Stones | Defender | 78 | 53 |
| Nathan Aké | Defender | 77 | 51 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 77 | 41 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 32 | 37 |
| Rico Lewis | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Savinho | Forward | 90 | 26 |
| James Trafford | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Rayan Aït-Nouri | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Watkins ★ | Forward | 90 | 73 |
| Andrés García | Defender | 46 | 71 |
| Douglas Luiz | Midfielder | 73 | 69 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 73 | 67 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 90 | 61 |
| Ross Barkley | Midfielder | 86 | 59 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 44 | 55 |
| Tyrone Mings | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 73 | 45 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Leon Bailey | Forward | 90 | 26 |
| Marco Bizot | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 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.