Match Centre: Blackburn Rovers vs Cardiff City
Player of the match Yakou Méïté 7.8
GolVolt rating 6.2GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Relegation battle.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 87′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 7.4 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Méïté scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 3.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Relegation battle. Stakes: 7.8 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 1.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.2more watchable than 62% 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 goals1 card
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 4' Goal: Yousef Salechassist: Mannsverk0:1
- 13' Calum Chambersyellow card
- 16' Goal: Yuki Ohashiassist: Dennis1:1
- 37' SubstitutionColwill for Ralls
- Half-time · 1:1
- 61' 2 substitutionsAlves for RinomhotaDavies for Salech
- 63' SubstitutionCozier-Duberry for Dennis
- 72' 2 substitutionsMéïté for RobinsonTurnbull for Mannsverk
- 73' Goal: Yakou Méïtéassist: Alves1:2
- 81' 2 substitutionsCantwell for TronstadWoodrow for Ohashi
- Full-time · 1:2
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Blackburn Rovers
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Blackburn Rovers
- 12 Balázs Tóth GK —
- 31 Dion Sanderson DEF —
- 48 Tom Atcheson DEF —
- 50 Brandon Powell DEF —
- 8 Todd Cantwell MID on
- 21 John Buckley MID —
- 28 Adam Forshaw MID —
- 33 Amario Cozier-Duberry MID on
- 45 Cauley Woodrow ATT on
Cardiff City
- 41 Matthew Turner GK —
- 4 Dimitrios Goutas DEF —
- 14 David Turnbull MID on
- 16 Chris Willock MID —
- 27 Rubin Colwill MID on
- 29 Will Alves MID on
- 45 Cian Ashford MID —
- 19 Yakou Méïté ATT on
- 39 Isaak Davies ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Ewood Park, Blackburn
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cardiff City Yakou Méïté
- 2. place · Blackburn Rovers Dominic Hyam
- 3. place · Cardiff City Will Alves
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