Sunderland 0–2 Arsenal
- Mandava 90+6'
- Guimarães 58'
- Saka 90+7' (pen.)
12 September 2026
The match in data
Arsenal beat Sunderland 2–0 on 12 September 2026, on matchday 4 of the 2026-27 Premier League.
Player of the match: Declan Rice (Arsenal), rated 76, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 1 big chance created. Rice produced 1.8 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 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 Sunderland, the highest-rated player was Granit Xhaka, with 68.
Enzo Le Fée missed a penalty at 56'.
Reinildo Mandava was sent off at 90+6'.
Declan Rice
Arsenal · 81'
Produced 1.78× and cost 0.45× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.2×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 3 key passes 3.0×
- 9 misplaced passes 1.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Reinildo Mandava | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Noah Sadiki | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Kevin Danso | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Brian Brobbey | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Wilson Isidor | Forward | 20 | 43 |
| Dan Ballard | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Thomas Meunier | Defender | 76 | 36 |
| Nilson Angulo | Midfielder | 70 | 25 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Malick Fofana | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice ★ | Midfielder | 81 | 76 |
| Martin Ødegaard | Midfielder | 85 | 74 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Gabriel | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 44 | 61 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 44 | 48 |
| Ben White | Defender | 46 | 41 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 90 | 39 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Christos Tzolis | Midfielder | 81 | 34 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 46 | 24 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 5 | 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.