Match Centre: Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest
Player of the match Kevin De Bruyne 8.9
GolVolt rating 2.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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5 → 3
Manchester City climb 2 places in the table. Nottingham Forest stay in place 6.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 36′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 36′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% De Bruyne: a goal and an assist, De Bruyne: rated 8.9.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.6 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 3.5 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 2.6more watchable than 26% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 8' Goal: Bernardo Silvaassist: De Bruyne1:0
- 31' Goal: Kevin De Bruyneassist: Doku2:0
- 45+1' Nicolás Domínguezyellow card
- Half-time · 2:0
- 46' SubstitutionMorato for Yates
- 46' SubstitutionWalker for Akanji
- 51' Morgan Gibbs-Whiteyellow card
- 52' İlkay Gündoğanyellow card
- 54' Murilloyellow card
- 57' Goal: Jérémy Dokuassist: Haaland3:0
- 62' SubstitutionAwoniyi for Wood
- 63' 2 substitutionsAnderson for Gibbs-WhiteMoreira for Aina
- 69' Bernardo Silvayellow card
- 72' SubstitutionSosa for Silva
- 74' SubstitutionLewis for De Bruyne
- 76' Nikola Milenkovićyellow card
- 90' 3 substitutionsMcAtee for AkéNunes for GrealishSavinho for Doku
- Full-time · 3:0
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Lineups and ratings
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Starting XIs · provider ratings
Manchester City
Nottingham Forest
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester City
- 31 Ederson GK —
- 33 Scott Carson GK —
- 2 Kyle Walker DEF on
- 82 Rico Lewis DEF on
- 27 Matheus Nunes MID on
- 56 Jacob Wright MID —
- 75 Nico O'Reilly MID —
- 87 James McAtee MID on
- 26 Savinho ATT on
Nottingham Forest
- 33 Carlos Miguel GK —
- 4 Morato DEF on
- 7 Neco Williams DEF —
- 8 Elliot Anderson MID on
- 18 James Ward-Prowse MID —
- 9 Taiwo Awoniyi ATT on
- 14 Callum Hudson-Odoi ATT —
- 17 Eric da Silva Moreira ATT on
- 24 Ramón Sosa ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Manchester City Kevin De Bruyne
- 2. place · Manchester City Jérémy Doku
- 3. place · Manchester City Bernardo Silva
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