# Matchday 18 · Premier League 2025-26 · Results, ratings and top performers | Sir Balone

> Matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Premier League was played on 26–28 December 2025: 10 matches and 22 goals. The highest rating went to Reece James (Chelsea), with 75, in Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa.

URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/premier-league/2025-26/matchday-18/
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 18

26–28 December 2025

Matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Premier League was played on 26–28 December 2025: 10 matches and 22 goals.

The highest rating went to Reece James (Chelsea), with 75, in Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa.

The biggest margin: Brentford 4–1 AFC Bournemouth.

### Matches

- [26 Dec Manchester United 1–0 Newcastle United 67 Dorgu](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/manchester-united-newcastle-united-2025-12-26/)
- [27 Dec Nottingham Forest 1–2 Manchester City 69 Dias](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/nottingham-forest-manchester-city-2025-12-27/)
- [27 Dec Arsenal 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 63 Ødegaard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-brighton-hove-albion-2025-12-27/)
- [27 Dec Brentford 4–1 AFC Bournemouth 67 Semenyo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brentford-afc-bournemouth-2025-12-27/)
- [27 Dec Burnley 0–0 Everton 68 Dúbravka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/burnley-everton-2025-12-27/)
- [27 Dec Liverpool 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 68 van Dijk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/liverpool-wolverhampton-wanderers-2025-12-27/)
- [27 Dec West Ham United 0–1 Fulham 58 Fernandes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/west-ham-united-fulham-2025-12-27/)
- [27 Dec Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa 75 James](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/chelsea-aston-villa-2025-12-27/)
- [28 Dec Sunderland 1–1 Leeds United 68 Calvert-Lewin](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-leeds-united-2025-12-28/)
- [28 Dec Crystal Palace 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur 63 Lerma](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/crystal-palace-tottenham-hotspur-2025-12-28/)

### 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 75 [Reece James](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/reece-james-581220/) Chelsea · [Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/chelsea-aston-villa-2025-12-27/)
- 2 74 [Marc Cucurella](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marc-cucurella-448448/) Chelsea · [Chelsea 1–2 Aston Villa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/chelsea-aston-villa-2025-12-27/)
- 3 69 [Rúben Dias](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ruben-dias-162536/) Manchester City · [Nottingham Forest 1–2 Manchester City](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/nottingham-forest-manchester-city-2025-12-27/)
- 4 68 [Martin Dúbravka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/martin-dubravka-80889/) Burnley · [Burnley 0–0 Everton](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/burnley-everton-2025-12-27/)
- 5 68 [Virgil van Dijk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/virgil-van-dijk-1743/) Liverpool · [Liverpool 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/liverpool-wolverhampton-wanderers-2025-12-27/)