Match Centre: Stoke City vs Cardiff City
Koumas 42′Koumas 46′Baker 58′ (p)
Colwill 8′Salech 20′Colwill 68′
Player of the match Lewis Koumas 8.9
GolVolt rating 9.9GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:2, keeper Bonham: 7 saves.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:2, penalty shoot-out, open to the end.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Keeper Bonham: 7 saves, Colwill: two goals, Koumas: rated 8.9.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.8 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 8.5 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 6 goals, 36 shots.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 9.7 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.9more watchable than 99% of FA 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
After PenaltiesWinner: Cardiff City6 goals4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 8' Goal: Rubin Colwillassist: El Ghazi0:1
- 20' Goal: Yousef Salechassist: Bagan0:2
- 42' Goal: Lewis Koumasassist: Burger1:2
- 45' SubstitutionDaland for Giles
- Half-time · 1:2
- 46' Goal: Lewis Koumasassist: Wilson-Esbrand2:2
- 57' SubstitutionChambers for Daland
- 58' Goal: Lewis Bakerpenalty3:2
- 63' 2 substitutionsO'Dowda for RamseyRalls for Mannsverk
- 68' Goal: Rubin ColwillCardiff City3:3
- 73' SubstitutionPearson for Baker
- 74' SubstitutionFawunmi for Vidigal
- 82' SubstitutionAlves for El Ghazi
- 87' 2 substitutionsLawal for Jun-HoStevens for Wilson-Esbrand
- 88' Rubin Colwillyellow card
- 90' SubstitutionSeko for Koumas
- 90+7' Ben Gibsonyellow card
- 90+8' Callum O'Dowdayellow card
- Extra Time · 3:3
- 98' Will Fishyellow card
- After Extra Time · 3:3
- Pens · 2:4
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Stoke City
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Stoke City
- 34 Frank Fielding GK —
- 3 Enda Stevens DEF on
- 18 Bosun Lawal DEF on
- 26 Ashley Phillips DEF —
- 41 Jaden Dixon DEF —
- 4 Ben Pearson MID on
- 12 Tatsuki Seko MID on
- 55 Ruben Curly MID —
- 56 Favour Fawunmi ATT on
Cardiff City
- 41 Matthew Turner GK —
- 5 Jesper Daland DEF on
- 12 Calum Chambers DEF on
- 8 Joe Ralls MID on
- 11 Callum O'Dowda MID on
- 29 Will Alves MID on
- 45 Cian Ashford MID —
- 31 Roko Simic ATT —
- 47 Callum Robinson ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Britannia Stadium, Stoke
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Stoke City Lewis Koumas
- 2. place · Cardiff City Rubin Colwill
- 3. place · Stoke City Wouter Burger
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