Match Centre: Sunderland vs Cardiff City
Player of the match Luke O'Nien 8.2
GolVolt rating 5.2GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 77′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 77′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 6.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Mepham scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 3.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 2.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.2more watchable than 52% 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 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 2' Goal: Eliezer Mayendaassist: Roberts1:0
- 24' SubstitutionRigg for Roberts
- 41' Goal: Isaak DaviesCardiff City1:1
- Half-time · 1:1
- 56' Leo Hjeldeyellow card
- 56' 2 substitutionsCirkin for HjeldeIsidor for Browne
- 59' SubstitutionAlves for Davies
- 63' Calum Chambersyellow card
- 69' Joel Baganyellow card
- 72' 2 substitutionsFish for RobinsonRobertson for Chambers
- 72' SubstitutionWatson for Mundle
- 77' Goal: Christopher James Mephamassist: Isidor2:1
- 82' SubstitutionAshford for Mannsverk
- Full-time · 2:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Sunderland
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Sunderland
- 21 Simon Moore GK —
- 3 Dennis Cirkin DEF on
- 23 Jenson Seelt DEF —
- 45 Joe Anderson DEF —
- 11 Chris Rigg MID on
- 50 Harrison Jones MID —
- 18 Wilson Isidor ATT on
- 30 Milan Aleksic ATT —
- 40 Tom Watson ATT on
Cardiff City
- 41 Matthew Turner GK —
- 2 Will Fish DEF on
- 48 Dylan Lawlor DEF —
- 49 Luey Giles DEF —
- 16 Chris Willock MID —
- 18 Alex Robertson MID on
- 29 Will Alves MID on
- 45 Cian Ashford MID on
- 51 Dakarai Mafico MID —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Sunderland Luke O'Nien
- 2. place · Sunderland Wilson Isidor
- 3. place · Cardiff City Calum Chambers
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