SC Freiburg 0–3 Aston Villa
- Tielemans 41'
- Buendía 45+3'
- Rogers 58'
20 May 2026
The match in data
Aston Villa got the better of SC Freiburg, 3–0, on 20 May 2026, in the 2025-26 Europa League (Final).
Player of the match: Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), rated 76, thanks above all to 1 goal and 1 big chance created. Buendía produced 2.1 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For SC Freiburg, the highest-rated player was Max Rosenfelder, with 82.
Emiliano Buendía
Aston Villa · 81'
Produced 2.09× and cost 0.40× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 2.6×
- 1 shot off target 0.8×
- 6 misplaced passes 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Rosenfelder | Defender | 29 | 82 |
| Maximilian Eggestein | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Nicolas Höfler | Midfielder | 61 | 59 |
| Vincenzo Grifo | Forward | 73 | 55 |
| Igor Matanovic | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Niklas Beste | Forward | 86 | 49 |
| Lukas Kübler | Defender | 73 | 49 |
| Matthias Ginter | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Philipp Lienhart | Defender | 61 | 38 |
| Lucas Höler | Forward | 29 | 38 |
| Johan Manzambi | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Philipp Treu | Defender | 90 | 20 |
| Noah Atubolu | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Derry Scherhant | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Jordy Makengo | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Christian Günter | Defender | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emiliano Buendía ★ | Forward | 81 | 76 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 88 | 64 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Amadou Onana | Midfielder | 24 | 51 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 81 | 46 |
| Ollie Watkins | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 88 | 38 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 66 | 29 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Douglas Luiz | Midfielder | 2 | no rating |
| Tyrone Mings | Defender | 2 | 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.