Week 15 of the 2025/26 Premier League season nonetheless has a fixture to play as Wolves host Manchester United on Monday, however there have been loads of standout showings on Saturday and Sunday.
One other high quality spherical of Premier League fixtures shall be accomplished on Monday night when Manchester United head to Wolves.
Aston Villa burnished their potential title probabilities by beating leaders Arsenal 2-1, whereas Manchester Metropolis continued their profitable run with dominant 3-0 win over Sunderland.
There have been additionally standout showings in Leeds and Liverpool’s 3-3 draw, with a participant from both sides included in our workforce of the week for Gameweek 15.
Goalkeeper: Emi Martinez (Aston Villa)
Emi Martinez missed Wednesday’s 4-3 win at Brighton, however he returned to face his former membership Arsenal on Saturday and produced a trademark efficiency.
Martinez made seven saves, but additionally excelled together with his distribution, getting the Villans on the entrance foot and serving to to increase their run to 9 wins in 10 within the league.
Defender: Matty Money (Aston Villa)
After scoring the winner in October’s 1-0 win over Manchester Metropolis, Matty Money additionally opened the scoring on Saturday.
Villa’s system, with pure central gamers like John McGinn and Morgan Rogers nominally that includes as wingers, places additional emphasis on their full-backs to assault.
Money relishes the problem and, in addition to his purpose, produced 4 crosses on the weekend.
Defender: Ruben Dias (Manchester Metropolis)
Ruben Dias opened the scoring in Manchester Metropolis’s 3-0 victory over Sunderland with a piledriver from distance.
There was a touch of a deflection, however Dias’ strike was paying homage to Vincent Kompany’s in opposition to Leicester in 2019, whereas he additionally recorded a team-high 85 per cent cross success charge.
Defender – Nico O’Reilly (Manchester Metropolis)
Pep Guardiola insists that Nico O’Reilly is a midfielder, not a defender, however the teenager is doing a high quality impression of 1.
O’Reilly succeeded with 4 tackles in opposition to the Black Cats and his driving runs resulted in him being fouled thrice.
Nonetheless solely 20, the Mancunian is already a star.
Midfielder: Anton Stach (Leeds)
Leeds’ change to a 3-5-2 has opened up area in midfield and Anton Stach is flourishing, with the rangy German in a position to push ahead, as he did to attain his workforce’s second purpose of their 3-3 draw with Liverpool.
With two interceptions, Stach additionally handed to Wilfried Gnonto earlier than he was fouled by Ibrahima Konate for Leeds’ penalty, whereas his nook additionally induced the chaos that led to Ao Tanaka’s late equaliser.
Midfielder: Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor (Everton)
After his misplaced season at Chelsea, midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor is flourishing at Everton.
On Saturday, his second-minute cross deflected in off Nikola Milenkovic to open the scoring, earlier than the 27-year-old accomplished the 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest with a high quality drilled effort.
Dewsbury-Corridor additionally hit the publish in a high quality efficiency.
Midfielder: Rayan Cherki (Manchester Metropolis)
Included for his rabona help alone to assist Phil Foden web for the fifth time in three video games, Rayan Cherki was additionally credited with an help for his sq. cross to Dias, who slammed dwelling from distance in Metropolis’s 3-0 win over Sunderland.
Cherki is arguably essentially the most two-footed participant within the Premier League and is rapidly changing into a key a part of Metropolis’s set-up.
Midfielder: Phil Foden (Manchester Metropolis)
A purpose and an help, Phil Foden’s type retains getting higher.
After braces in opposition to Leeds and Fulham, Foden’s nook was headed dwelling by Josko Gvardiol earlier than the homegrown hero nodded in off the bar from Cherki’s help.
After a troublesome 12 months, Foden’s latest figures counsel he’s returning to type.
Midfielder: Xavi Simons (Tottenham)
Tottenham’s first dwelling win since August was highlighted by Xavi Simons, who assisted Richarlison’s opener earlier than profitable the ball in midfield, driving 50 yards and rolling dwelling as his workforce ran out 2-0 winners over Brentford.
Saturday’s recreation was Simons’ first Premier League begin and his midfield invention may rework his workforce’s season.
Ahead: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham)
West Ham can be in large bother had been it not for captain Jarrod Bowen, who stays in a position to carry the workforce’s stuttering assault.
The England ahead scored his workforce’s purpose in Sunday’s 1-1 at Brighton and continues to impress in a struggling Hammers’ aspect.
Ahead: Hugo Ekitike (Liverpool)
The main target might have been elsewhere post-match at Elland Street, however on the sphere Hugo Ekitike continues to look the most effective match for the Liverpool frontline.
The Frenchman scored twice in West Yorkshire, the primary a wise end after studying a mis-placed cross, earlier than once more being in the proper place to transform Conor Bradley’s cross.
Ekitike has now scored 9 occasions for the Reds and clearly deserves to maintain his beginning spot.