Match Centre: Sheffield United vs Sunderland
Player of the match Michael Cooper 7.8
GolVolt rating 6.9GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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40'
Red card: Christopher James Mepham (Sunderland). From then on, 1:0 in goals.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Title race, missed penalty at 30′.
- Dramaweight 50% Missed penalty at 30′, red card at 45+2′, red card at 40′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 6.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Davies scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.8 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Title race, a clash of big clubs. Stakes: 9.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 3.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.9more watchable than 69% 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 goal11 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 29' Jack Robinsonyellow card
- 30' Patrick Robertsmissed penalty
- 35' Harry Souttaryellow card
- 40' Christopher James Mephamred card
- 45+2' Harry Souttarsecond yellow, sent off
- Half-time · 0:0
- 46' SubstitutionSeriki for O'Hare
- 64' Luke O'Nienyellow card
- 75' Gustavo Hameryellow card
- 76' 2 substitutionsDavies for Rak-Sakyi
- 77' 2 substitutionsMayenda for Roberts
- 83' Goal: Tom DaviesSheffield United1:0
- 84' 2 substitutionsAouchiche for RiggConnolly for Isidor
- 87' SubstitutionNorrington-Davies for Burrows
- 90+2' Sheffield Unitedyellow card
- 90+2' Ryan Onéyellow card
- 90+3' Dan Ballardyellow card
- 90+3' SubstitutionMcCallum for Hamer
- 90+5' Sheffield Unitedyellow card
- 90+5' Tom Daviesyellow 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
Sheffield United
Sunderland
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Sheffield United
- 17 Adam Davies GK —
- 3 Sam McCallum DEF on
- 16 Jamie Shackleton DEF —
- 33 Rhys Norrington-Davies DEF on
- 38 Femi Seriki DEF on
- 22 Tom Davies MID on
- 35 Andre Brooks MID —
- 34 Louie Marsh ATT —
- 39 Ryan Oné ATT —
Sunderland
- 21 Simon Moore GK —
- 33 Leo Hjelde DEF —
- 41 Zak Johnson DEF —
- 42 Aji Alese DEF —
- 22 Adil Aouchiche MID on
- 12 Eliezer Mayenda ATT on
- 15 Nazariy Rusyn ATT —
- 24 Aaron Connolly ATT on
- 30 Milan Aleksic ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Sheffield United Michael Cooper
- 2. place · Sunderland Trai Hume
- 3. place · Sheffield United Alfie Gilchrist
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