Match Centre: Preston North End vs Bristol City
Player of the match Yu Hirakawa 8.5
GolVolt rating 5.1GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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3 of 3
Bristol City turned that many shots on target into goals with only 40% of the ball.
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12 → 8
Bristol City climb 4 places in the table. Preston North End: 18 → 20.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Few chances, settled by 81′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 81′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 6.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Wells scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 6.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 0.7 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.1more watchable than 51% of Championship 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
4 goals7 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 6' Goal: Yu HirakawaBristol City0:1
- 6' Mads Frøkjaer-Jensenyellow card
- 23' SubstitutionRoberts for Tanner
- 34' SubstitutionMcGuane for Williams
- 40' Alistair Edward McCannyellow card
- Half-time · 0:1
- 48' Goal: Sam GreenwoodPreston North End1:1
- 51' Goal: Nahki Wellsassist: Sykes1:2
- 62' Brad Pottsyellow card
- 65' Preston North Endyellow card
- 67' 2 substitutionsHolmes for PottsBowler for Frøkjaer-Jensen
- 70' Haydon Robertsyellow card
- 76' Bristol Cityyellow card
- 80' Zak Vyneryellow card
- 81' Goal: Max Birdassist: Hirakawa1:3
- 84' SubstitutionOkkels for Whiteman
- 87' 2 substitutionsMehmeti for HirakawaArmstrong for Wells
- Full-time · 1:3
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Preston North End
Bristol City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Preston North End
- 13 David Cornell GK —
- 5 Jack Whatmough DEF —
- 33 Kian Best DEF —
- 18 Ryan Ledson MID —
- 22 Stefán Teitur Thórdarson MID —
- 25 Duane Holmes MID on
- 40 Josh Bowler MID on
- 17 Layton Stewart ATT —
- 23 Jeppe Okkels ATT on
Bristol City
- 23 Stefan Bajić GK —
- 4 Kal Naismith DEF —
- 24 Haydon Roberts DEF on
- 11 Anis Mehmeti MID on
- 29 Marcus McGuane MID on
- 40 George Earthy MID —
- 9 Fally Mayulu ATT —
- 27 Harry Cornick ATT —
- 30 Sinclair Armstrong ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Deepdale, Preston
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Bristol City Yu Hirakawa
- 2. place · Bristol City Max Bird
- 3. place · Preston North End Sam Greenwood
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