# Matchday 8 · Premier League 2025-26 · Results, ratings and top performers | Sir Balone

> Matchday 8 of the 2025-26 Premier League was played on 18–20 October 2025: 10 matches and 27 goals. The highest rating went to Danny Welbeck (Brighton & Hove Albion), with 72, in Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Newcastle United.

URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/premier-league/2025-26/matchday-8/
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 8

18–20 October 2025

Matchday 8 of the 2025-26 Premier League was played on 18–20 October 2025: 10 matches and 27 goals.

The highest rating went to Danny Welbeck (Brighton & Hove Albion), with 72, in Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Newcastle United.

The biggest margin: Nottingham Forest 0–3 Chelsea.

### Matches

- [18 Oct Nottingham Forest 0–3 Chelsea 70 Neto](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/nottingham-forest-chelsea-2025-10-18/)
- [18 Oct Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Newcastle United 72 Welbeck](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brighton-hove-albion-newcastle-united-2025-10-18/)
- [18 Oct Burnley 2–0 Leeds United 69 Rodon](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/burnley-leeds-united-2025-10-18/)
- [18 Oct Crystal Palace 3–3 AFC Bournemouth 71 Kroupi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/crystal-palace-afc-bournemouth-2025-10-18/)
- [18 Oct Manchester City 2–0 Everton 66 Aké](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/manchester-city-everton-2025-10-18/)
- [18 Oct Sunderland 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 66 Krejci](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-wolverhampton-wanderers-2025-10-18/)
- [18 Oct Fulham 0–1 Arsenal 60 Saka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/fulham-arsenal-2025-10-18/)
- [19 Oct Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Aston Villa 61 Kamara](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/tottenham-hotspur-aston-villa-2025-10-19/)
- [19 Oct Liverpool 1–2 Manchester United 69 van Dijk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/liverpool-manchester-united-2025-10-19/)
- [20 Oct West Ham United 0–2 Brentford 64 Henderson](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/west-ham-united-brentford-2025-10-20/)

### 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 72 [Danny Welbeck](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/danny-welbeck-627/) Brighton & Hove Albion · [Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Newcastle United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brighton-hove-albion-newcastle-united-2025-10-18/)
- 2 71 [Eli Kroupi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/eli-kroupi-37632336/) AFC Bournemouth · [Crystal Palace 3–3 AFC Bournemouth](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/crystal-palace-afc-bournemouth-2025-10-18/)
- 3 70 [Pedro Neto](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pedro-neto-496775/) Chelsea · [Nottingham Forest 0–3 Chelsea](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/nottingham-forest-chelsea-2025-10-18/)
- 4 69 [Joe Rodon](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joe-rodon-339112/) Leeds United · [Burnley 2–0 Leeds United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/burnley-leeds-united-2025-10-18/)
- 5 69 [Virgil van Dijk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/virgil-van-dijk-1743/) Liverpool · [Liverpool 1–2 Manchester United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/liverpool-manchester-united-2025-10-19/)