Newcastle United 1–2 Arsenal
- Woltemade 34'
- Merino 84'
- Magalhães 90+6'
28 September 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Arsenal against Newcastle United on 28 September 2025, on matchday 6 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Arsenal came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 34'.
Player of the match: Declan Rice (Arsenal), rated 77, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 1 big chance created. Rice produced 2.0 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Sandro Tonali, with 74.
Declan Rice
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 2.00× and cost 0.51× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.1×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 85 passes 1.9×
- 10 misplaced passes 1.5×
- 2 duels lost 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 74 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 23 | 61 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 67 | 60 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Tino Livramento | Defender | 77 | 57 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 67 | 57 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 66 | 38 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| William Osula | Forward | 23 | 31 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 24 | 20 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jamaal Lascelles | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 77 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 82 | 65 |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 20 | 62 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 44 | 57 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 70 | 52 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 46 | 47 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 20 | 47 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 70 | 45 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 88 | 38 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 90 | 35 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 2 | 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.