Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Borussia Dortmund
- Romero 14'
- Solanke 37'
- Svensson 26'
20 January 2026
The match in data
Tottenham Hotspur got the better of Borussia Dortmund, 2–0, on 20 January 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 7).
Player of the match: Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), rated 70, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 4 aerials won. Romero produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Borussia Dortmund, the highest-rated player was Nico Schlotterbeck, with 60.
Daniel Svensson was sent off at 26'.
Cristian Romero
Tottenham Hotspur · 90'
Produced 1.23× and cost 0.36× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.2×
- 4 aerials won 2.4×
- 6 duels won 1.3×
- 3 duels lost 0.8×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Romero ★ | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Dominic Solanke | Forward | 70 | 68 |
| Destiny Udogie | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Wilson Odobert | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Xavi Simons | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Lucas Bergvall | Midfielder | 62 | 48 |
| Kevin Danso | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Archie Gray | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Randal Kolo Muani | Forward | 20 | 40 |
| Pedro Porro | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Jun'ai Byfield | Defender | 28 | 38 |
| Djed Spence | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Guglielmo Vicario | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Schlotterbeck | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Daniel Svensson | Defender | 26 | 59 |
| Carney Chukwuemeka | Midfielder | 26 | 51 |
| Fábio Silva | Forward | 26 | 47 |
| Karim Adeyemi | Forward | 64 | 45 |
| Julian Brandt | Midfielder | 46 | 43 |
| Yan Couto | Midfielder | 76 | 42 |
| Felix Nmecha | Midfielder | 64 | 42 |
| Jobe Bellingham | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| Ramy Bensebaini | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Emre Can | Defender | 44 | 35 |
| Julian Ryerson | Defender | 44 | 32 |
| Serhou Guirassy | Forward | 46 | 31 |
| Waldemar Anton | Defender | 90 | 24 |
| Gregor Kobel | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Maximilian Beier | Forward | 14 | 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.