Match Centre: Cardiff City vs Watford
Player of the match Francisco Sierralta 7.9
GolVolt rating 6.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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23 → 21
Cardiff City climb 2 places in the table. Watford: 9 → 8.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Equaliser at 87′.
- Dramaweight 50% Equaliser at 87′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 8.0 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Bayo rescued a point.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.7 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 1.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.6more watchable than 66% 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
2 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- Half-time · 0:0
- 60' SubstitutionVata for Porteous
- 61' Jeremy Ngakiayellow card
- 65' Goal: Cian Ashfordassist: Chambers1:0
- 68' SubstitutionKayembe for Sissoko
- 68' SubstitutionTanner for Willock
- 73' Mattie Pollockyellow card
- 79' SubstitutionMéïté for Colwill
- 83' SubstitutionEbosele for Larouci
- 87' Goal: Vakoun Bayoassist: Baah1:1
- 88' 2 substitutionsBagan for AshfordRalls for Robertson
- 90+5' Calum Chambersyellow card
- Full-time · 1:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Cardiff City
Watford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Cardiff City
- 1 Ethan Horvath GK —
- 2 Will Fish DEF —
- 23 Joel Bagan DEF on
- 8 Joe Ralls MID on
- 9 Kion Etete ATT —
- 15 Wilfried Kanga ATT —
- 19 Yakou Méïté ATT on
- 32 Ollie Tanner ATT on
- 56 Luke Pearce ATT —
Watford
- 40 Myles Roberts GK —
- 21 Angelo Ogbonna DEF —
- 36 Festy Ebosele DEF on
- 45 Ryan Andrews DEF —
- 7 Tom Ince MID —
- 24 Tom Dele-Bashiru MID —
- 39 Edo Kayembe MID on
- 11 Rocco Vata ATT on
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Watford Francisco Sierralta
- 2. place · Watford Vakoun Bayo
- 3. place · Cardiff City Calum Chambers
Cardiff City
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