Match Centre: Leeds United vs Cardiff City
Aaronson 6′Solomon 13′James 50′Gnonto 65′Joseph 67′Piroe 88′Piroe 90+5′ (p)
Player of the match Daniel James 9.3
GolVolt rating 3.0GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Plenty of chances, title race.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 6′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 0.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% James: rated 9.3. Heroes: 7.1 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Title race. Stakes: 7.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 7 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.9 out of 10
Five goals or a hat-trick: the rating never drops below 3.0.
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.0more watchable than 30% 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 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 6' Goal: Brenden Aaronsonassist: James1:0
- 13' Goal: Manor Solomonassist: James2:0
- 44' Andy Rinomhotayellow card
- Half-time · 2:0
- 50' Goal: Daniel Jamesassist: Firpo3:0
- 56' SubstitutionBagan for Daland
- 57' SubstitutionSalech for El Ghazi
- 63' Callum O'Dowdayellow card
- 65' Goal: Wilfried Gnontoassist: Tanaka4:0
- 66' 2 substitutionsByram for BogleGnonto for James
- 67' Goal: Mateo Josephassist: Firpo5:0
- 68' 2 substitutionsMannsverk for RallsNg for Ashford
- 71' 2 substitutionsJoseph for AaronsonRamazani for Solomon
- 78' SubstitutionStruijk for Tanaka
- 81' SubstitutionFish for O'Dowda
- 88' Goal: Joël Piroeassist: Firpo6:0
- 90+5' Goal: Joël Piroepenalty · assist: Firpo7:0
- Full-time · 7:0
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Leeds United
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Leeds United
- 26 Karl Darlow GK —
- 5 Pascal Struijk DEF on
- 25 Sam Byram DEF on
- 39 Maximilian Wöber DEF —
- 23 Josuha Guilavogui MID —
- 44 Ilia Gruev MID —
- 17 Largie Ramazani ATT on
- 19 Mateo Joseph ATT on
- 29 Wilfried Gnonto ATT on
Cardiff City
- 1 Ethan Horvath GK —
- 2 Will Fish DEF on
- 23 Joel Bagan DEF on
- 38 Perry Ng DEF on
- 15 Sivert Mannsverk MID on
- 16 Chris Willock MID —
- 27 Rubin Colwill MID —
- 22 Yousef Salech ATT on
- 46 Michael Reindorf ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Elland Road, Leeds
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Leeds United Daniel James
- 2. place · Leeds United Joël Piroe
- 3. place · Leeds United Junior Firpo
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