Manchester City 1–0 Coventry City
- Haaland 26'
5 September 2026
The match in data
Manchester City got the better of Coventry City, 1–0, on 5 September 2026, on matchday 3 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Erling Haaland (Manchester City), rated 76, thanks above all to 0.81 xG and 1 goal. Haaland produced 2.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Coventry City, the highest-rated player was Bobby Thomas, with 55.
Erling Haaland
Manchester City · 90'
Produced 2.21× and cost 0.44× their position's average
- 0.81 xG 2.9×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 3 shots on target 3.9×
- 1 shot off target 0.7×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland ★ | Forward | 90 | 76 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 90 | 73 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 66 | 57 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 76 | 56 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 24 | 44 |
| Iliman Ndiaye | Forward | 87 | 38 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ayyoub Bouaddi | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Ryan McAidoo | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thomas | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Loum Tchaouna | Forward | 27 | 52 |
| Jay Dasilva | Midfielder | 85 | 49 |
| Taiwo Awoniyi | Forward | 71 | 48 |
| Frank Onyeka | Midfielder | 63 | 45 |
| Milan van Ewijk | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Matt Grimes | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Jack Rudoni | Forward | 63 | 42 |
| Ethan Pinnock | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Aurèle Amenda | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Ephron Mason-Clark | Forward | 71 | 35 |
| Caleb Yirenkyi | Midfielder | 27 | 35 |
| Carl Rushworth | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Brandon Thomas-Asante | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Ellis Simms | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Gustavo Hamer | Midfielder | 5 | 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.