Match Centre: Manchester City vs Plymouth Argyle
O'Reilly 45+1′O'Reilly 76′De Bruyne 90′
Taloverov 38′
Player of the match Kevin De Bruyne 9.2
GolVolt rating 9.5GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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0:1 → 3:1
Manchester City came from behind to win.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:1, O'Reilly scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:1, open to the end.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 8.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% O'Reilly scored the winner, De Bruyne: rated 9.2.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.4 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 and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.5more watchable than 95% 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
4 goals
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 38' Goal: Maksym Taloverovassist: Sorinola0:1
- 45+1' Goal: Nico O'Reillyassist: De Bruyne1:1
- Half-time · 1:1
- 46' SubstitutionDias for Aké
- 59' SubstitutionHaaland for McAtee
- 64' 3 substitutionsBaidoo for BunduHajj for MumbaHoughton for Gyabi
- 71' SubstitutionPuchacz for Ogbeta
- 76' Goal: Nico O'Reillyassist: Foden2:1
- 80' SubstitutionSzűcs for Sorinola
- 83' SubstitutionGonzález for Foden
- 90' Goal: Kevin De Bruyneassist: Haaland3:1
- Full-time · 3:1
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
Plymouth Argyle
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester City
- 31 Ederson GK —
- 3 Rúben Dias DEF on
- 24 Josko Gvardiol DEF —
- 14 Nico González MID on
- 27 Matheus Nunes MID —
- 7 Omar Marmoush ATT —
- 9 Erling Haaland ATT on
- 11 Jérémy Doku ATT —
- 26 Savinho ATT —
Plymouth Argyle
- 31 Daniel Grimshaw GK —
- 6 Kornél Szűcs DEF on
- 8 Joe Edwards DEF —
- 17 Tymoteusz Puchacz DEF on
- 44 Victor Pálsson DEF —
- 4 Jordan Houghton MID on
- 28 Rami Al Hajj MID on
- 30 Michael Baidoo MID on
- 34 Caleb Roberts MID —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Manchester City Kevin De Bruyne
- 2. place · Manchester City Nico O'Reilly
- 3. place · Manchester City İlkay Gündoğan
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