Match Centre: Preston North End vs Arsenal
Player of the match Ethan Nwaneri 8.7
GolVolt rating 4.7GolVolt 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.
Plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 57′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.9 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Jesus scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 9.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 7.7 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.7more watchable than 47% 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 goals4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 23' Kaine Kesler-Haydenyellow card
- 24' Goal: Gabriel Jesusassist: Kiwior0:1
- 33' Goal: Ethan Nwaneriassist: Jesus0:2
- Half-time · 0:2
- 46' 2 substitutionsHavertz for MerinoPartey for Timber
- 55' Andrew Hughesyellow card
- 57' Goal: Kai Havertzassist: Kiwior0:3
- 59' SubstitutionFrøkjaer-Jensen for Bowler
- 60' 2 substitutionsPotts for Kesler-HaydenRiis for Greenwood
- 62' 2 substitutionsSaka for MartinelliLewis-Skelly for Zinchenko
- 68' SubstitutionBest for Hughes
- 73' Stefán Teitur Thórdarsonyellow card
- 77' SubstitutionStorey for Lindsay
- 80' SubstitutionHeaven for Nwaneri
- 83' Mads Frøkjaer-Jensenyellow card
- Full-time · 0:3
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Preston North End
Arsenal
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Preston North End
- 13 David Cornell GK —
- 14 Jordan Storey DEF on
- 33 Kian Best DEF on
- 4 Ben Whiteman MID —
- 8 Alistair Edward McCann MID —
- 10 Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen MID on
- 44 Brad Potts MID on
- 9 Emil Riis ATT on
- 17 Layton Stewart ATT —
Arsenal
- 22 David Raya GK —
- 51 Josh Nichols DEF —
- 76 Ayden Heaven DEF on
- 5 Thomas Partey MID on
- 29 Kai Havertz MID on
- 41 Declan Rice MID —
- 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly MID on
- 7 Bukayo Saka ATT on
- 19 Leandro Trossard ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Deepdale, Preston
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Arsenal Ethan Nwaneri
- 2. place · Arsenal Jakub Kiwior
- 3. place · Arsenal Gabriel Jesus
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