Match Centre: Watford vs Oxford United
Player of the match Jamie Cumming 8.6
GolVolt rating 5.4GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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7 → 4
Watford climb 3 places in the table. Oxford United stay in place 16.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Keeper Cumming: 7 saves, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 85′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Keeper Cumming: 7 saves, Bayo scored the winner.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 8.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.4more watchable than 54% 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
1 goal8 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 34' Ryan Porteousyellow card
- 38' Kwadwo Baahyellow card
- 45+1' Josh McEachranyellow card
- Half-time · 0:0
- 54' Goal: Vakoun BayoWatford1:0
- 58' 2 substitutionsEl Mizouni for McEachranHarris for Scarlett
- 62' Festy Eboseleyellow card
- 65' 2 substitutionsVata for BaahLarouci for Ebosele
- 68' Substitutionter Avest for Kioso
- 75' Vakoun Bayoyellow card
- 75' Elliott Mooreyellow card
- 77' SubstitutionDwomoh for Kayembe
- 85' SubstitutionGoodwin for Rodrigues
- 90+2' 2 substitutionsJebbison for BayoInce for Louza
- 90+3' James Morrisyellow card
- 90+6' Tom Cleverleyyellow card
- Full-time · 1:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Watford
Oxford United
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Watford
- 23 Jonathan Bond GK —
- 15 Antonio Tikvic DEF —
- 37 Yasser Larouci DEF on
- 7 Tom Ince MID on
- 12 Ken Sema MID —
- 14 Pierre Dwomoh MID on
- 11 Rocco Vata ATT on
- 18 Daniel Jebbison ATT on
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ATT —
Oxford United
- 21 Matt Ingram GK —
- 24 Hidde ter Avest DEF on
- 35 James Golding DEF —
- 15 Idris El Mizouni MID on
- 28 Marselino Ferdinan MID —
- 9 Mark Harris ATT on
- 11 Malcolm Ebiowei ATT —
- 17 Owen Dale ATT —
- 25 Will Goodwin ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Vicarage Road, Watford
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Oxford United Jamie Cumming
- 2. place · Watford Mattie Pollock
- 3. place · Watford Imrân Louza
Watford
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