Match Centre: Manchester City vs Watford
Player of the match Rico Lewis 8.1
GolVolt rating 1.7GolVolt 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 40′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 40′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.5 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Nobody stood out. Heroes: 3.3 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 5.5 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 1.7more watchable than 17% 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
3 goals
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 5' Goal: Jérémy Dokuassist: Grealish1:0
- 38' Goal: Matheus Nunesassist: Lewis2:0
- Half-time · 2:0
- 46' SubstitutionSavinho for Doku
- 60' SubstitutionDele-Bashiru for Larouci
- 61' SubstitutionChakvetadze for Bayo
- 72' SubstitutionWright for O'Reilly
- 75' SubstitutionPollock for Ebosele
- 75' SubstitutionGvardiol for Braithwaite
- 76' SubstitutionVata for Baah
- 82' SubstitutionDwomoh for Louza
- 86' Goal: Tom Inceassist: Chakvetadze2:1
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Discipline
Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Manchester City
Watford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester City
- 31 Ederson GK —
- 3 Rúben Dias DEF —
- 24 Josko Gvardiol DEF on
- 25 Manuel Akanji DEF —
- 8 Mateo Kovacic MID —
- 19 İlkay Gündoğan MID —
- 20 Bernardo Silva MID —
- 56 Jacob Wright MID on
- 26 Savinho ATT on
Watford
- 41 Alfie Marriott GK —
- 6 Mattie Pollock DEF on
- 15 Antonio Tikvic DEF —
- 8 Giorgi Chakvetadze MID on
- 14 Pierre Dwomoh MID on
- 24 Tom Dele-Bashiru MID on
- 11 Rocco Vata ATT on
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ATT —
- 49 Michael Adu-Poku ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Manchester City Rico Lewis
- 2. place · Manchester City Jack Grealish
- 3. place · Manchester City Matheus Nunes
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