Candidates of the best player of EPL Matchweek 24: Who is your pick?

EPL pick the eight contenders for the official Premier League Player of the Matchweek.

Matchweek 24 of the 2025/26 Premier League season featured some outstanding individual performances.

Casemiro (Man Utd 3-2 Fulham)

Casemiro delivered an excellent all-round performance in Manchester United’s dramatic late win over Fulham.

He opened the scoring with a powerful header from Bruno Fernandes’ free-kick before producing a clever no-look pass to assist Matheus Cunha for Man Utd's second goal.

The Brazilian, who will be leaving the club at the end of the season, showed exactly what they will be missing when he departs.

Habib Diarra (Sunderland 3-0 Burnley)

On his first start since returning from his successful AFCON campaign with Senegal, Diarra was involved in two first-half goals in an emphatic victory over Burnley. 

The midfielder's ninth-minute effort was diverted in by Axel Tuanzebe for the opener, before he doubled the Black Cats' advantage with a goal of his own midway through the first half.

Hugo Ekitike (Liverpool 4-1 Newcastle)

Ekitike starred as Liverpool earned their first league victory of 2026.

After Liverpool had gone behind, the Frenchman turned the game on its head with a quick-fire double just before the interval, setting the tone for a convincing win.

Caoimhin Kelleher (Aston Villa 0-1 Brentford)

Brentford kept their first clean sheet away from home in the Premier League and owed that fact to the performance of goalkeeper Kelleher.

The Republic of Ireland international produced a commanding display against title-chasing Aston Villa, making several fine saves, in particular the ones that denied Tammy Abraham and Matty Cash.

Noni Madueke (Leeds 0-4 Arsenal)

Madueke was a late addition to Arsenal’s starting XI, after Bukayo Saka was ruled out in the warm-up, and he took the sudden opportunity to impress by running riot down the right flank.

The winger created Martin Zubimendi's opener with a magnificent cross, and he capped a standout display by scoring directly from a corner to register his first-ever Premier League goal for Arsenal.

Joao Pedro (Chelsea 3-2 West Ham)

Joao Pedro made a decisive impact as a half-time substitute, as Chelsea came from 2-0 down at the break to claim an impressive comeback victory.

The Brazilian sparked the revival, by nodding home Wesley Fofana’s cross, and helped to complete it when he showed great composure to square the ball for Enzo Fernandez’s stoppage-time winner.

These two moments made Joao Pedro the first Chelsea substitute to score and assist in the same Premier League match since Ben Chilwell in September 2022.

Xavi Simons (Spurs 2-2 Man City)

Simons was the driving force behind Tottenham Hotspur’s second-half improvement as they rescued a point against Manchester City.

He produced an all-action display that showed just what he is capable of, and provided the assist for Solanke's first goal with a sublime outside-of-the-boot pass.

Simons' numbers following the match made for impressive viewing. The Netherlands international ended with the most touches (84), most duels won (10), most possession wins (seven), most shots (five), most successful take-ons (four), most chances created (four) and most fouls won (four).

Dominic Solanke (Spurs 2-2 Man City)

Solanke scored two goals, including a stunning contender for the goal of the season, as Spurs achieved a remarkable comeback against Pep Guardiola's title-chasers.

Having halved the deficit, Solanke made it 2-2 with a stunning 70th-minute 'scorpion-kick' which somehow looped over Gianluigi Donnarumma and into the net.