§ Champions League · 2025-26 · League Stage 1

Manchester City 2–0 Napoli

  • Haaland 56'
  • Doku 65'
  • Di Lorenzo 21'

18 September 2025

The match in data

Manchester City beat Napoli 2–0 on 18 September 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 1).

Player of the match: Rodri (Manchester City), rated 77, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 95 passes. Rodri produced 2.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Napoli, the highest-rated player was Juan Jesus, with 65.

Giovanni Di Lorenzo  was sent off at 21'.

77
Player of the match

Rodri

Manchester City · 60'

Produced 2.34× and cost 0.63× their position's average

Added
  • 12 final-third passes 3.2×
  • 95 passes 3.3×
  • 3 key passes 4.0×
Took away
  • 8 misplaced passes 1.8×
  • 0.05 xG not converted 2.6×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Manchester City
PlayerPositionMinRating
Rodri ★ Midfielder 60 77
Josko Gvardiol Defender 80 75
Nico González Midfielder 30 73
Bernardo Silva Midfielder 90 68
Jérémy Doku Forward 69 68
Erling Haaland Forward 80 64
Phil Foden Midfielder 90 62
Savinho Forward 21 58
Abdukodir Khusanov Defender 90 55
Rúben Dias Defender 90 51
Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder 80 44
Nico O'Reilly Defender 90 40
Gianluigi Donnarumma Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Nathan Aké Defender 10 no rating
Oscar Bobb Forward 10 no rating
Rico Lewis Defender 10 no rating
Napoli
PlayerPositionMinRating
Juan Jesus Defender 35 65
Matteo Politano Forward 55 57
Alessandro Buongiorno Defender 90 51
Sam Beukema Defender 90 51
Scott McTominay Midfielder 90 50
Leonardo Spinazzola Defender 90 49
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder 26 45
Rasmus Højlund Forward 72 43
Stanislav Lobotka Midfielder 72 43
Mathías Olivera Defender 64 38
Giovanni Di Lorenzo Defender 21 37
Frank Anguissa Midfielder 71 29
Vanja Milinković-Savić Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Eljif Elmas Midfielder 19 no rating
Billy Gilmour Midfielder 18 no rating
David Neres Forward 18 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.