§ Premier League · 2026-27 · Matchday 1

Nottingham Forest 0–1 Leeds United

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22 August 2026

The match in data

A 1–0 win for Leeds United against Nottingham Forest on 22 August 2026, on matchday 1 of the 2026-27 Premier League.

Player of the match: James McAtee (Nottingham Forest), rated 71, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 3 key passes. McAtee produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Leeds United, the highest-rated player was Harry Wilson, with 62.

71
Player of the match

James McAtee

Nottingham Forest · 74'

Produced 1.23× and cost 0.45× their position's average

Added
  • 7 final-third passes 1.5×
  • 3 key passes 3.2×
  • 5 recoveries 1.3×
Took away
  • 5 misplaced passes 0.9×
  • 1 time dribbled past 1.4×

Match ratings

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

Nottingham Forest
PlayerPositionMinRating
James McAtee ★ Midfielder 74 71
Ibrahim Sangaré Midfielder 90 57
Dan Ndoye Forward 62 48
Murillo Defender 90 46
Ola Aina Defender 74 36
Neco Williams Defender 90 34
Igor Jesus Forward 90 33
Morgan Gibbs-White Midfielder 90 32
Jair Cunha Defender 90 30
Nikola Milenković Defender 90 28
Chris Wood Forward 28 27
Matz Sels Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Luca Netz Defender 16 no rating
Xaver Schlager Midfielder 16 no rating
Arnaud Kalimuendo Forward 1 no rating
Leeds United
PlayerPositionMinRating
Harry Wilson Forward 66 62
Noah Okafor Forward 24 60
Jaka Bijol Defender 90 55
Joe Rodon Defender 90 52
Ethan Ampadu Midfielder 90 51
James Justin Defender 90 50
Tarik Muharemović Defender 90 50
Anton Stach Midfielder 90 46
Jayden Bogle Defender 90 35
Brenden Aaronson Midfielder 82 35
Dominic Calvert-Lewin Forward 90 30
James Trafford Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Sean Longstaff Midfielder 8 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.