Match Centre: Arsenal vs Brentford
Player of the match Mikel Merino 8.4
GolVolt rating 1.5GolVolt 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 74′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 74′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 3.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 6.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 3.6 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 1.5more watchable than 15% of Premier 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
2 goals1 card
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 11' Goal: Mikel Merinoassist: White1:0
- 44' SubstitutionTimber for Mosquera
- Half-time · 1:0
- 60' SubstitutionThiago for Schade
- 61' 2 substitutionsDamsgaard for JensenHenderson for Janelt
- 61' 2 substitutionsEze for MartinelliSaka for Madueke
- 65' Yegor Yarmolyukyellow card
- 74' 2 substitutionsCollins for PinnockLewis-Potter for Henry
- 83' SubstitutionGyökeres for Rice
- 90+1' Goal: Bukayo Sakaassist: Merino2:0
- Full-time · 2:0
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Arsenal
Brentford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Arsenal
- 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK —
- 12 Jurriën Timber DEF on
- 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly DEF —
- 10 Eberechi Eze MID on
- 16 Christian Nørgaard MID —
- 22 Ethan Nwaneri MID —
- 7 Bukayo Saka ATT on
- 9 Gabriel Jesus ATT —
- 14 Viktor Gyökeres ATT on
Brentford
- 12 Hákon Valdimarsson GK —
- 22 Nathan Collins DEF on
- 43 Benjamin Arthur DEF —
- 6 Jordan Henderson MID on
- 15 Frank Onyeka MID —
- 24 Mikkel Damsgaard MID on
- 45 Romelle Donovan MID —
- 9 Igor Thiago ATT on
- 23 Keane Lewis-Potter ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Emirates Stadium, London
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Arsenal Mikel Merino
- 2. place · Arsenal Ben White
- 3. place · Arsenal Riccardo Calafiori
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