Manchester City 5–3 Sunderland
- Fernández 9'
- Cherki 29'
- Semenyo 43'
- Semenyo 57'
- Haaland 81'
- Brobbey 12'
- Brobbey 33'
- Brobbey 59'
20 September 2026
The match in data
A 5–3 win for Manchester City against Sunderland on 20 September 2026, on matchday 5 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Brian Brobbey (Sunderland), rated 80, thanks above all to 1.88 xG and 4 shots on target. Brobbey produced 2.1 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Manchester City, the highest-rated player was Marc Guéhi, with 73.
Brian Brobbey scored a hat-trick.
Antoine Semenyo scored twice.
Brian Brobbey
Sunderland · 90'
Produced 2.14× and cost 0.24× their position's average
- 1.88 xG 4.0×
- 4 shots on target 4.0×
- 3 goals 4.0×
- 1 shot off target 0.7×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Antoine Semenyo | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 90 | 60 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 85 | 59 |
| Iliman Ndiaye | Forward | 75 | 54 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Josko Gvardiol | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 22 |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Brobbey ★ | Forward | 90 | 80 |
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Dan Ballard | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Malick Fofana | Forward | 30 | 57 |
| Wilson Isidor | Forward | 22 | 57 |
| Nilson Angulo | Midfielder | 60 | 56 |
| Kevin Danso | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Noah Sadiki | Midfielder | 68 | 48 |
| Thomas Meunier | Defender | 79 | 44 |
| Dayann Méthalie | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Trai Hume | Defender | 11 | 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.