Match Centre: Norwich City vs Plymouth Argyle
Sainz 2′Sainz 17′Duffy 51′Sainz 72′Slimane 80′Crnac 82′
Bundu 39′
Player of the match Borja Sainz 9.9
GolVolt rating 4.2GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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13 → 9
Norwich City climb 4 places in the table. Plymouth Argyle: 19 → 20.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Hat-trick for Sainz, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 51′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 0.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Hat-trick for Sainz, Sainz: rated 9.9.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.3 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Relegation battle. Stakes: 5.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 7 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 9.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.2more watchable than 42% 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
7 goals1 card
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 2' Goal: Borja SainzNorwich City1:0
- 17' Goal: Borja Sainzassist: Marcondes2:0
- 38' Matthew Sorinolayellow card
- 39' Goal: Mustapha Bunduassist: Gray2:1
- Half-time · 2:1
- 51' Goal: Shane Duffyassist: Marcondes3:1
- 62' Substitution
- 62' 2 substitutionsObafemi for Sorinola
- 63' SubstitutionSlimane for Sørensen
- 70' 2 substitutionsForshaw for GyabiHajj for Wright
- 72' Goal: Borja Sainzassist: Stacey4:1
- 80' Goal: Anis Slimaneassist: Stacey5:1
- 81' SubstitutionRoberts for Gray
- 82' Goal: Ante CrnacNorwich City6:1
- 83' 2 substitutionsBarnes for SainzHills for Chrisene
- Full-time · 6:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Norwich City
Plymouth Argyle
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Norwich City
- 12 George Long GK —
- 5 Grant Hanley DEF —
- 40 Brad Hills DEF on
- 8 Liam Gibbs MID —
- 20 Anis Slimane MID on
- 25 Onel Lázaro Hernández Mayea MID —
- 10 Ashley Barnes ATT on
- 21 Kaide Gordon ATT —
- 29 Oscar Schwartau ATT —
Plymouth Argyle
- 25 Marko Maroši GK —
- 3 Nathanael Ogbeta DEF —
- 17 Lewis Gibson DEF —
- 27 Adam Forshaw MID on
- 28 Rami Al Hajj MID on
- 34 Caleb Roberts MID on
- 14 Michael Obafemi ATT on
- 39 Tegan Finn ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Carrow Road, Norwich
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Norwich City Borja Sainz
- 2. place · Norwich City Emiliano Marcondes
- 3. place · Norwich City Ante Crnac
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