Manchester City 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Grimaldo 23'
- Schick 54'
25 November 2025
The match in data
Bayer 04 Leverkusen got the better of Manchester City, 2–0, on 25 November 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 5).
Player of the match: John Stones (Manchester City), rated 73, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 80 passes. Stones produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the highest-rated player was Patrik Schick, with 74.
John Stones
Manchester City · 90'
Produced 1.40× and cost 0.33× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.1×
- 80 passes 1.7×
- 7 recoveries 1.8×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rico Lewis | Defender | 46 | 80 |
| John Stones ★ | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Oscar Bobb | Forward | 46 | 70 |
| Nathan Aké | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 65 | 57 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 25 | 55 |
| Omar Marmoush | Forward | 65 | 54 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 25 | 53 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Rayan Aït-Nouri | Defender | 46 | 40 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 44 | 37 |
| Savinho | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 44 | 36 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 44 | 28 |
| James Trafford | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 90 | 74 |
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Christian Kofane | Forward | 83 | 55 |
| Loïc Badé | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Jeanuël Belocian | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Mark Flekken | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Nathan Tella | Forward | 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.