Match Centre: Cardiff City vs Sheffield Wednesday
Player of the match Michael Ihiekwe 8.2
GolVolt rating 6.5GolVolt rating
Worth watching: Highlights will doSpoiler-free mode: the score and how the match went are hidden.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Open to the end, relegation battle.
- Dramaweight 50% Open to the end. Drama: 7.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Relegation battle. Stakes: 7.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 3.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.5more watchable than 65% 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
2 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 4' Callum O'Dowdayellow card
- 21' Goal: Isaak Daviesassist: Alves1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' 3 substitutionsCharles for ChalobahIngelsson for LoweJohnson for Hatsuse
- 61' Goal: Michael Ihiekweassist: Bannan1:1
- 63' SubstitutionTurnbull for Mannsverk
- 64' SubstitutionEl Ghazi for Alves
- 67' SubstitutionSmith for Paterson
- 76' Shea Emmanuel Charlesyellow card
- 76' Isaak Daviesyellow card
- 77' SubstitutionTanner for Davies
- 83' SubstitutionFamewo for Iorfa
- 86' 2 substitutionsColwill for NgMéïté for Salech
- Full-time · 1:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Cardiff City
Sheffield Wednesday
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Cardiff City
- 41 Matthew Turner GK —
- 4 Dimitrios Goutas DEF —
- 5 Jesper Daland DEF —
- 14 David Turnbull MID on
- 18 Alex Robertson MID —
- 27 Rubin Colwill MID on
- 19 Yakou Méïté ATT on
- 20 Anwar El Ghazi ATT on
- 32 Ollie Tanner ATT on
Sheffield Wednesday
- 1 James Beadle GK —
- 23 Akin Famewo DEF on
- 8 Svante Ingelsson MID on
- 18 Marvin Johnson MID on
- 44 Shea Emmanuel Charles MID on
- 12 Iké Ugbo ATT —
- 19 Olaf Kobacki ATT —
- 24 Michael Smith ATT on
- 45 Anthony Musaba ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Sheffield Wednesday Michael Ihiekwe
- 2. place · Sheffield Wednesday Barry Bannan
- 3. place · Cardiff City Callum O'Dowda
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