§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 1

Manchester United 0–1 Arsenal

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17 August 2025

The match in data

Arsenal beat Manchester United 1–0 on 17 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Player of the match: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), rated 54, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 5 key passes. Fernandes produced 1.7 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 1.5 times the cost.

For Arsenal, the highest-rated player was Martín Zubimendi, with 54.

54
Player of the match

Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United · 90'

Produced 1.69× and cost 1.47× their position's average

Added
  • 12 final-third passes 2.1×
  • 5 key passes 4.0×
  • 55 passes 1.2×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.3×
  • 2 times dribbled past 2.4×

Match ratings

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

Manchester United
PlayerPositionMinRating
Amad Diallo Forward 35 73
Diogo Dalot Defender 55 71
Casemiro Midfielder 65 56
Bruno Fernandes ★ Midfielder 90 54
Matheus Cunha Forward 90 51
Luke Shaw Defender 80 51
Mason Mount Midfielder 65 50
Manuel Ugarte Midfielder 25 50
Matthijs de Ligt Defender 90 49
Bryan Mbeumo Forward 90 47
Patrick Dorgu Forward 90 43
Leny Yoro Defender 90 40
Benjamin Sesko Forward 25 38
Altay Bayındır Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Harry Maguire Defender 10 no rating
Arsenal
PlayerPositionMinRating
Martín Zubimendi Midfielder 90 54
Gabriel Martinelli Forward 60 53
Martin Ødegaard Midfielder 90 52
Ben White Defender 72 51
William Saliba Defender 90 48
Kai Havertz Forward 30 47
Riccardo Calafiori Defender 71 46
Noni Madueke Forward 30 37
Declan Rice Midfielder 83 36
Bukayo Saka Forward 90 35
Viktor Gyökeres Forward 60 33
Gabriel Defender 90 32
David Raya Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Myles Lewis-Skelly Midfielder 19 no rating
Jurriën Timber Defender 18 no rating
Mikel Merino Midfielder 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.

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