Match Centre: Middlesbrough vs Watford
Player of the match Imrân Louza 8.3
GolVolt rating 5.4GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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13 → 10
Watford climb 3 places in the table. Middlesbrough: 9 → 11.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Plenty of chances, Sissoko scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 89′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 4.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Sissoko scored the winner.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 0.6 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 8.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.4more watchable than 54% 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 goal4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 40' Goal: Moussa Sissokoassist: Louza0:1
- Half-time · 0:1
- 46' SubstitutionBurgzorg for Barlaser
- 46' SubstitutionInce for Sissoko
- 47' Luke Aylingyellow card
- 58' SubstitutionAzaz for Iheanacho
- 59' SubstitutionDijksteel for Ayling
- 64' SubstitutionVata for Doumbia
- 65' Giorgi Chakvetadzeyellow card
- 67' SubstitutionIling-Junior for Whittaker
- 79' SubstitutionForss for Borges
- 80' SubstitutionNgakia for Andrews
- 81' Egil Selvikyellow card
- 83' Marcus Forssyellow card
- 90+2' SubstitutionPollock for Chakvetadze
- Full-time · 0:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Middlesbrough
Watford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Middlesbrough
- 23 Tom Glover GK —
- 15 Anfernee Dijksteel DEF on
- 28 Ryan Giles DEF —
- 46 Josh Dede DEF —
- 20 Finn Azaz MID on
- 49 Law McCabe MID —
- 10 Delano Burgzorg ATT on
- 21 Marcus Forss ATT on
- 29 Samuel Iling-Junior ATT on
Watford
- 23 Jonathan Bond GK —
- 2 Jeremy Ngakia DEF on
- 3 Francisco Sierralta DEF —
- 6 Mattie Pollock DEF on
- 22 James Morris DEF —
- 7 Tom Ince MID on
- 11 Rocco Vata ATT on
- 49 Michael Adu-Poku ATT —
- 61 Amin Nabizada ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Watford Imrân Louza
- 2. place · Watford James Abankwah
- 3. place · Watford Egil Selvik
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Middlesbrough
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