# Matchday 1 · Premier League 2025-26 · Results, ratings and top performers | Sir Balone

> Matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League was played on 15–18 August 2025: 10 matches and 24 goals. The highest rating went to Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion), with 77, in Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Fulham.

URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/premier-league/2025-26/matchday-1/
Datos al: 2026-10-15
Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/).

§ Premier League · 2025-26

## Matchday 1

15–18 August 2025

Matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League was played on 15–18 August 2025: 10 matches and 24 goals.

The highest rating went to Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion), with 77, in Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Fulham.

The biggest margin: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Manchester City.

### Matches

- [15 Aug Liverpool 4–2 AFC Bournemouth 64 van Dijk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/liverpool-afc-bournemouth-2025-08-15/)
- [16 Aug Aston Villa 0–0 Newcastle United 60 Bizot](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/aston-villa-newcastle-united-2025-08-16/)
- [16 Aug Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Fulham 77 van Hecke](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brighton-hove-albion-fulham-2025-08-16/)
- [16 Aug Sunderland 3–0 West Ham United 66 Ballard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-west-ham-united-2025-08-16/)
- [16 Aug Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Burnley 66 Johnson](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/tottenham-hotspur-burnley-2025-08-16/)
- [16 Aug Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Manchester City 75 Lewis](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/wolverhampton-wanderers-manchester-city-2025-08-16/)
- [17 Aug Nottingham Forest 3–1 Brentford 72 Wood](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/nottingham-forest-brentford-2025-08-17/)
- [17 Aug Chelsea 0–0 Crystal Palace 56 James](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/chelsea-crystal-palace-2025-08-17/)
- [17 Aug Manchester United 0–1 Arsenal 62 Raya](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/manchester-united-arsenal-2025-08-17/)
- [18 Aug Leeds United 1–0 Everton 56 Struijk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/leeds-united-everton-2025-08-18/)

### Top performers of the matchday

The highest ratings of the matchday among those who played 60+ minutes and produced at least the average for their position.

- 1 77 [Jan Paul van Hecke](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jan-paul-van-hecke-24818803/) Brighton & Hove Albion · [Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Fulham](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brighton-hove-albion-fulham-2025-08-16/)
- 2 75 [Rico Lewis](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rico-lewis-37459073/) Manchester City · [Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Manchester City](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/wolverhampton-wanderers-manchester-city-2025-08-16/)
- 3 72 [Chris Wood](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/chris-wood-914/) Nottingham Forest · [Nottingham Forest 3–1 Brentford](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/nottingham-forest-brentford-2025-08-17/)
- 4 68 [James Trafford](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/james-trafford-28575686/) Manchester City · [Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 Manchester City](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/wolverhampton-wanderers-manchester-city-2025-08-16/)
- 5 66 [Dan Ballard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dan-ballard-12433171/) Sunderland · [Sunderland 3–0 West Ham United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-west-ham-united-2025-08-16/)