Real Madrid 2–0 Espanyol
- Militão 22'
- Mbappé 47'
20 September 2025
The match in data
Real Madrid got the better of Espanyol, 2–0, on 20 September 2025, on matchday 5 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), rated 78, thanks above all to 14 final-third passes and 75 passes. Valverde produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Espanyol, the highest-rated player was Luca Koleosho, with 75.
Federico Valverde
Real Madrid · 90'
Produced 1.39× and cost 0.27× their position's average
- 14 final-third passes 2.2×
- 75 passes 1.6×
- 8 recoveries 1.7×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.8×
- 1 duel lost 0.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federico Valverde ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 78 |
| Aurélien Tchouaméni | Midfielder | 90 | 73 |
| Arda Güler | Midfielder | 29 | 70 |
| Franco Mastantuono | Forward | 77 | 62 |
| Éder Militão | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Álvaro Carreras | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Kylian Mbappé | Forward | 89 | 60 |
| Gonzalo García | Forward | 61 | 59 |
| Raúl Asencio | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Vinicius Junior | Forward | 77 | 46 |
| Daniel Carvajal | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Brahim Díaz | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Rodrygo | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Jude Bellingham | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luca Koleosho | Forward | 27 | 75 |
| Charles Pickel | Midfielder | 27 | 60 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Javi Puado | Forward | 77 | 52 |
| Ludovic Taillandier | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 63 | 51 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 63 | 50 |
| Jofre Carreras | Forward | 27 | 48 |
| Fernando Calero | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 63 | 37 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 90 | 25 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 84 | 25 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Kike García | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Antoniu Roca | Forward | 6 | 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.