Match Centre: Watford vs Milton Keynes Dons
Player of the match Tom Ince 10.0
GolVolt rating 5.5GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Hat-trick for Ince, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 45+1′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.4 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Hat-trick for Ince, Ince: rated 10.0.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 5 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.9 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 5.5more watchable than 55% of Carabao Cup 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
5 goals
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 24' Goal: Mattie Pollockassist: Ince1:0
- 45+1' Goal: Tom Inceassist: Andrews2:0
- Half-time · 2:0
- 46' 3 substitutionsGilbey for HendryTucker for PritchardWearne for Leigh
- 61' SubstitutionLarouci for Sema
- 62' 2 substitutionsBaah for VataDoumbia for Rajović
- 64' Goal: Kwadwo Baahassist: Larouci3:0
- 67' Goal: Tom InceWatford4:0
- 70' SubstitutionNemane for Sherring
- 74' Goal: Tom InceWatford5:0
- 76' 2 substitutionsRamirez-Espain for Dele-BashiruTikvic for Sierralta
- 87' SubstitutionSingh-Hurditt for Harrison
- Full-time · 5:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Watford
Milton Keynes Dons
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Watford
- 41 Alfie Marriott GK —
- 5 Ryan Porteous DEF —
- 15 Antonio Tikvic DEF on
- 37 Yasser Larouci DEF on
- 39 Edo Kayembe MID —
- 19 Vakoun Bayo ATT —
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ATT on
- 34 Kwadwo Baah ATT on
Milton Keynes Dons
- 1 Tom McGill GK —
- 4 Jack Tucker DEF on
- 17 Luke Offord DEF —
- 25 Phoenix Scholtz DEF —
- 8 Alex Gilbey MID on
- 10 Liam Kelly MID —
- 11 Stephen Wearne MID on
- 33 Damerai Singh-Hurditt MID on
- 16 Aaron Nemane ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Vicarage Road, Watford
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Watford Tom Ince
- 2. place · Watford Mattie Pollock
- 3. place · Watford Imrân Louza
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