Real Madrid 4–0 Málaga
- Bellingham 19'
- Herrero 26' (o.g.)
- Mbappé 30'
- Güler 90+1'
30 August 2026
The match in data
Real Madrid got the better of Málaga, 4–0, on 30 August 2026, on matchday 3 of the 2026-27 La Liga.
Player of the match: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Real Madrid), rated 76, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 4 interceptions. Alexander-Arnold produced 1.6 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Málaga, the highest-rated player was Izan Merino, with 66.
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Real Madrid · 90'
Produced 1.57× and cost 0.33× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.5×
- 4 interceptions 3.6×
- 96 passes 2.0×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yan Diomande | Forward | 25 | 77 |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold ★ | Defender | 90 | 76 |
| Jude Bellingham | Midfielder | 87 | 70 |
| Dean Huijsen | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Kylian Mbappé | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Vinicius Junior | Forward | 90 | 55 |
| Federico Valverde | Midfielder | 77 | 51 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Brahim Díaz | Forward | 65 | 35 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Arda Güler | Midfielder | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Izan Merino | Midfielder | 87 | 66 |
| Joaquín Muñoz | Midfielder | 61 | 64 |
| Pablo Martínez | Midfielder | 44 | 62 |
| Rafita Garrido | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Carlos Dotor | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| David Larrubia | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Einar Galilea | Defender | 74 | 38 |
| Ángel Recio | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| José Salinas | Defender | 30 | 34 |
| Rafa Rodríguez | Midfielder | 46 | 33 |
| Chupe | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Carlos Puga | Defender | 60 | 28 |
| Juan Cruz | Forward | 29 | 26 |
| Alfonso Herrero | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Haitam Abaida | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Ramón Enríquez | Midfielder | 3 | 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.