Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Pereira 20'
- Verbruggen 21' (o.g.)
- van Hecke 86'
5 October 2025
The match in data
A 1–1 draw between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brighton & Hove Albion on 5 October 2025, on matchday 7 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 62, thanks above all to 23 final-third passes and 10 duels won. van Hecke produced 2.0 times as much as a defender typically does, at 1.0 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Wolverhampton Wanderers, the highest-rated player was Marshall Munetsi, with 52.
Vitor Pereira was sent off at 20'.
Jan Paul van Hecke
Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'
Produced 1.99× and cost 0.97× their position's average
- 23 final-third passes 4.0×
- 10 duels won 2.1×
- 6 aerials won 3.0×
- 11 misplaced passes 1.6×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Munetsi | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Jackson Tchatchoua | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Santiago Bueno | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| André | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Jhon Arias | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Emmanuel Agbadou | Defender | 30 | 41 |
| Hugo Bueno | Defender | 77 | 40 |
| Jørgen Strand Larsen | Forward | 76 | 39 |
| Hee-chan Hwang | Forward | 60 | 39 |
| João Gomes | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Ladislav Krejci | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Sam Johnstone | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| David Møller Wolfe | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Tolu Arokodare | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Yerson Mosquera | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 20 | 72 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke ★ | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 46 | 59 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 70 | 38 |
| Stefanos Tzimas | Forward | 20 | 38 |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 76 | 36 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 44 | 36 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 70 | 27 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| James Milner | Midfielder | 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.