Manchester City 2–1 Newcastle United
- O'Reilly 14'
- O'Reilly 27'
- Hall 22'
21 February 2026
The match in data
Manchester City got the better of Newcastle United, 2–1, on 21 February 2026, on matchday 27 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Rodri (Manchester City), rated 66, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 77 passes. Rodri produced 1.5 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Jacob Ramsey, with 57.
Nico O'Reilly scored twice.
Rodri
Manchester City · 90'
Produced 1.49× and cost 0.71× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.3×
- 77 passes 1.7×
- 12 duels won 2.4×
- 10 misplaced passes 1.5×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Rodri ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 44 | 61 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 32 | 56 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 46 | 55 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Omar Marmoush | Forward | 58 | 53 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Rayan Aït-Nouri | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 87 | 44 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 90 | 22 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 60 | 51 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 30 | 50 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 78 | 43 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 30 | 36 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 78 | 31 |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 60 | 30 |
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| William Osula | Forward | 12 | 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.