§ Champions League · 2024-25 · Quarter-finals

Real Madrid 1–2 Arsenal

  • Junior 67'
  • Saka 65'
  • Martinelli 90+3'

16 April 2025

The match in data

A 2–1 win for Arsenal against Real Madrid on 16 April 2025, in the 2024-25 Champions League (Quarter-finals).

Player of the match: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), rated 67, thanks above all to 3 shots on target (non-penalty) and 1 goal (non-penalty). Saka produced 1.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For Real Madrid, the highest-rated player was Dani Ceballos, with 78.

Bukayo Saka missed a penalty at 13'.

67
Player of the match

Bukayo Saka

Arsenal · 77'

Produced 1.48× and cost 0.59× their position's average

Added
  • 3 shots on target (non-penalty) 4.0×
  • 1 goal (non-penalty) 4.0×
  • 0.31 xG (non-penalty) 1.3×
Took away
  • 2 failed dribbles 1.6×
  • 1 ball lost 0.8×

Match ratings

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

Real Madrid
PlayerPositionMinRating
Dani Ceballos Midfielder 29 78
Federico Valverde Midfielder 90 64
Raúl Asencio Defender 74 61
Aurélien Tchouaméni Midfielder 90 60
Vinicius Junior Forward 90 57
Rodrygo Forward 61 54
Antonio Rüdiger Defender 90 52
Kylian Mbappé Forward 75 47
Jude Bellingham Midfielder 90 44
Lucas Vázquez Defender 61 44
David Alaba Defender 61 40
Endrick Forward 29 32
Fran García Defender 29 25
Thibaut Courtois Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Luka Modrić Midfielder 16 no rating
Brahim Díaz Forward 15 no rating
Arsenal
PlayerPositionMinRating
Bukayo Saka ★ Forward 77 67
Gabriel Martinelli Forward 90 62
Jakub Kiwior Defender 90 59
Mikel Merino Midfielder 90 54
Myles Lewis-Skelly Defender 90 53
Declan Rice Midfielder 90 43
Martin Ødegaard Midfielder 90 43
Thomas Partey Midfielder 90 39
William Saliba Defender 90 34
Jurriën Timber Defender 90 30
David Raya Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Leandro Trossard Forward 13 no rating
Ben White Defender 1 no rating
Kieran Tierney Defender 1 no rating
Oleksandr Zinchenko Defender 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.

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