Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Manchester City
- Haaland 34'
- Reijnders 37'
- Haaland 61'
- Cherki 81'
16 August 2025
The match in data
A 4–0 win for Manchester City against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 16 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Rico Lewis (Manchester City), rated 78, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 2 interceptions. Lewis produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Wolverhampton Wanderers, the highest-rated player was Matt Doherty, with 64.
Erling Haaland scored twice.
Rico Lewis
Manchester City · 66'
Produced 1.31× and cost 0.20× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.7×
- 2 interceptions 2.5×
- 49 passes 1.4×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Doherty | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| João Gomes | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Jørgen Strand Larsen | Forward | 82 | 47 |
| André | Midfielder | 72 | 42 |
| Emmanuel Agbadou | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Toti | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Marshall Munetsi | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Jean-Ricner Bellegarde | Midfielder | 73 | 31 |
| David Møller Wolfe | Defender | 72 | 30 |
| Ki-Jana Hoever | Defender | 73 | 26 |
| José Sá | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Fer López | Midfielder | 18 | no rating |
| Hugo Bueno | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Jhon Arias | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Rodrigo Gomes | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Hee-chan Hwang | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rico Lewis ★ | Defender | 66 | 78 |
| John Stones | Defender | 82 | 71 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 90 | 70 |
| Oscar Bobb | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 73 | 62 |
| Rúben Dias | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 66 | 54 |
| Rayan Aït-Nouri | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 66 | 40 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Matheus Nunes | Defender | 24 | 26 |
| Omar Marmoush | Forward | 24 | 22 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 24 | 13 |
| James Trafford | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 8 | 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.