Match Centre: Arsenal vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Player of the match Gabriel Martinelli 8.3
GolVolt rating 3.2GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Few chances, settled by 87′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 87′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 4.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 3.1 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 1.5 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.2more watchable than 32% of Champions League 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
1 goal3 cards1 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 29' Goal: Dmytro RiznykArsenal1:0
- 34' Ben Whiteyellow card
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' SubstitutionMerino for White
- 64' 2 substitutionsKevin for SikanPedrinho for Zubkov
- 68' SubstitutionSterling for Jesus
- 72' SubstitutionLewis-Skelly for Calafiori
- 75' VAR Review
- 77' Leandro Trossardmissed penalty
- 84' Gabriel Martinelliyellow card
- 84' SubstitutionTraoré for Eguinaldo
- 87' Substitution
- 87' Substitution
- 90+6' Pedro Henriqueyellow card
- Full-time · 1:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Arsenal
Shakhtar Donetsk
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Arsenal
- 32 Neto GK —
- 36 Tommy Setford GK —
- 15 Jakub Kiwior DEF —
- 17 Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF —
- 50 Zane Monlouis DEF —
- 61 Josh Robinson DEF —
- 20 Jorginho MID —
- 23 Mikel Merino MID on
- 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly MID on
- 53 Ethan Nwaneri MID —
- 30 Raheem Sterling ATT on
- 37 Nathan Butler-Oyedeji ATT —
Shakhtar Donetsk
- 72 Kiril Fesyun GK —
- 16 Irakli Azarovi DEF —
- 17 Vinícius Tobias DEF —
- 18 Alaa Ghram DEF —
- 4 Bartol Franjic MID —
- 6 Taras Stepanenko MID —
- 9 Maryan Shved MID —
- 30 Marlon Gomes MID —
- 38 Pedrinho MID on
- 2 Lassina Traoré ATT on
- 37 Kevin ATT on
- 39 Newerton ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Emirates Stadium, London
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Arsenal Gabriel Martinelli
- 2. place · Shakhtar Donetsk Dmytro Riznyk
- 3. place · Arsenal Kai Havertz
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