Match Centre: Sheffield Wednesday vs Watford
Smith 34′Valentín 82′
Porteous 29′Ince 52′Bayo 58′Bayo 67′Bayo 84′Bayo 88′
Player of the match Vakoun Bayo 9.5
GolVolt rating 8.1GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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15 → 18
Sheffield Wednesday drop 3 places in the table. Watford: 7 → 5.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Bayo: 4 goals, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 58′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.0 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Bayo: 4 goals, Bayo: rated 9.5.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.3 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 8 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 9.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.1more watchable than 81% 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
8 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 25' Ryan Porteousyellow card
- 26' Michael Smithyellow card
- 29' Goal: Ryan Porteousassist: Baah0:1
- 34' Goal: Michael Smithassist: Johnson1:1
- 42' Mattie Pollockyellow card
- Half-time · 1:1
- 52' Goal: Tom InceWatford1:2
- 57' Dominic Iorfayellow card
- 58' Goal: Vakoun BayoWatford1:3
- 60' SubstitutionEbosele for Porteous
- 66' 2 substitutionsLowe for CharlesValentín for Gassama
- 67' Goal: Vakoun Bayoassist: Chakvetadze1:4
- 73' SubstitutionUgbo for Smith
- 74' 2 substitutionsMusaba for WindassLowe for Iorfa
- 76' Kwadwo Baahyellow card
- 79' 2 substitutionsLouza for DwomohSema for Baah
- 82' Goal: Pol Valentínassist: Lowe2:4
- 83' Jamal Loweyellow card
- 84' Goal: Vakoun Bayoassist: Ebosele2:5
- 88' Goal: Vakoun Bayoassist: Larouci2:6
- 89' 2 substitutionsJebbison for BayoKeben for Ince
- Full-time · 2:6
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Sheffield Wednesday
Watford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Sheffield Wednesday
- 47 Pierce Joseph Charles GK —
- 3 Max Lowe DEF on
- 14 Pol Valentín DEF on
- 33 Gabriel Otegbayo DEF —
- 8 Svante Ingelsson MID —
- 9 Jamal Lowe ATT on
- 12 Iké Ugbo ATT on
- 13 Callum Paterson ATT —
- 45 Anthony Musaba ATT on
Watford
- 23 Jonathan Bond GK —
- 4 Kévin Keben DEF on
- 15 Antonio Tikvic DEF —
- 36 Festy Ebosele DEF on
- 10 Imrân Louza MID on
- 12 Ken Sema MID on
- 11 Rocco Vata ATT —
- 18 Daniel Jebbison ATT on
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Watford Vakoun Bayo
- 2. place · Watford Festy Ebosele
- 3. place · Sheffield Wednesday Michael Smith
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