Match Centre: Watford vs Cardiff City
Player of the match Callum Robinson 8.9
GolVolt rating 6.1GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Robinson scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 89′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 6.4 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Robinson scored the winner, Robinson: rated 8.9.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.1 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 0.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.1more watchable than 61% 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
3 goals5 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 1' Goal: Callum Robinsonassist: O'Dowda0:1
- 38' Goal: Giorgi Chakvetadzeassist: Vata1:1
- 42' Goal: Callum Robinsonassist: Ashford1:2
- Half-time · 1:2
- 46' SubstitutionSierralta for Porteous
- 55' Andy Rinomhotayellow card
- 57' 2 substitutionsEbosele for VataJebbison for Bayo
- 60' Imrân Louzayellow card
- 64' SubstitutionTanner for Willock
- 67' SubstitutionInce for Louza
- 69' Calum Chambersyellow card
- 74' SubstitutionBagan for Chambers
- 81' Jesper Dalandyellow card
- 86' Ryan Andrewsyellow card
- 89' 2 substitutionsColwill for O'DowdaMéïté for Ashford
- Full-time · 1:2
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Watford
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
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Forwards
Came on
Bench
Watford
- 23 Jonathan Bond GK —
- 2 Jeremy Ngakia DEF —
- 3 Francisco Sierralta DEF on
- 21 Angelo Ogbonna DEF —
- 22 James Morris DEF —
- 36 Festy Ebosele DEF on
- 7 Tom Ince MID on
- 14 Pierre Dwomoh MID —
- 18 Daniel Jebbison ATT on
Cardiff City
- 1 Ethan Horvath GK —
- 2 Will Fish DEF —
- 23 Joel Bagan DEF on
- 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF —
- 27 Rubin Colwill MID on
- 15 Wilfried Kanga ATT —
- 19 Yakou Méïté ATT on
- 20 Anwar El Ghazi ATT —
- 32 Ollie Tanner ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Vicarage Road, Watford
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cardiff City Callum Robinson
- 2. place · Cardiff City Dimitrios Goutas
- 3. place · Cardiff City Callum O'Dowda
Watford
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