Newcastle United 1–2 FC Barcelona
- Gordon 90'
- Rashford 58'
- Rashford 67'
18 September 2025
The match in data
FC Barcelona beat Newcastle United 2–1 on 18 September 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 1).
Player of the match: Frenkie de Jong (FC Barcelona), rated 78, thanks above all to 16 final-third passes and 87 passes. de Jong produced 1.6 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Anthony Gordon, with 64.
Marcus Rashford scored twice.
Frenkie de Jong
FC Barcelona · 90'
Produced 1.56× and cost 0.33× their position's average
- 16 final-third passes 2.8×
- 87 passes 2.0×
- 2 key passes 1.8×
- 5 duels lost 1.0×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 28 | 60 |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 27 | 56 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 63 | 54 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 76 | 53 |
| Fabian Schär | Defender | 62 | 49 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 28 | 49 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 63 | 48 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 62 | 37 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 27 | 37 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Tino Livramento | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenkie de Jong ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 78 |
| Pau Cubarsí | Defender | 69 | 66 |
| Andreas Christensen | Defender | 21 | 65 |
| Pedri | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Gerard Martín | Defender | 81 | 57 |
| Marcus Rashford | Forward | 82 | 56 |
| Jules Koundé | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Raphinha | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Ronald Araujo | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Forward | 70 | 40 |
| Fermín López | Midfielder | 90 | 28 |
| Ferran Torres | Forward | 20 | 27 |
| Joan García | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Eric García | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Dani Olmo | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Marc Casadó | Midfielder | 1 | 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.