Southampton 1–5 Chelsea
- Aribo 11'
- Stephens 39'
- Disasi 7'
- Nkunku 17'
- Madueke 34'
- Palmer 76'
- Sancho 87'
4 December 2024
The match in data
Chelsea beat Southampton 5–1 on 4 December 2024, on matchday 14 of the 2024-25 Premier League.
Player of the match: Malo Gusto (Chelsea), rated 86, thanks above all to 7 tackles and 11 final-third passes. Gusto produced 1.5 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Southampton, the highest-rated player was Nathan Wood, with 71.
Jack Stephens was sent off at 39'.
Malo Gusto
Chelsea · 90'
Produced 1.52× and cost 0.08× their position's average
- 7 tackles 3.9×
- 11 final-third passes 1.9×
- 7 duels won 1.6×
- 2 misplaced passes 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Wood | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Jack Stephens | Defender | 39 | 71 |
| Joe Aribo | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Adam Armstrong | Forward | 62 | 62 |
| Ryan Manning | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Mateus Fernandes | Midfielder | 79 | 54 |
| Ben Brereton Díaz | Forward | 28 | 54 |
| James Bree | Defender | 78 | 49 |
| Ryan Fraser | Midfielder | 62 | 49 |
| Kyle Walker-Peters | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Cameron Archer | Forward | 73 | 30 |
| Kamaldeen Sulemana | Forward | 28 | 25 |
| Joe Lumley | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Yukinari Sugawara | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Ronnie Edwards | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Charlie Taylor | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malo Gusto ★ | Defender | 90 | 86 |
| Moisés Caicedo | Midfielder | 90 | 74 |
| Axel Disasi | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Christopher Nkunku | Forward | 90 | 70 |
| Noni Madueke | Forward | 72 | 67 |
| Enzo Fernández | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| João Félix | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Cole Palmer | Midfielder | 79 | 42 |
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 79 | 36 |
| Filip Jørgensen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Renato Veiga | Defender | 11 | 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.