Match Centre: Manchester City vs Sunderland
Player of the match Rayan Cherki 9.0
GolVolt rating 1.7GolVolt 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 35′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 35′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Cherki: rated 9.0. Heroes: 5.3 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 3.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 1.7more watchable than 17% 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
3 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 31' Goal: Rúben Diasassist: Cherki1:0
- 35' Goal: Josko Gvardiolassist: Foden2:0
- 37' Josko Gvardiolyellow card
- Half-time · 2:0
- 56' 2 substitutionsBrobbey for IsidorTalbi for Traoré
- 65' Goal: Phil Fodenassist: Cherki3:0
- 69' 2 substitutionsMarmoush for HaalandReijnders for Foden
- 70' SubstitutionAké for Gvardiol
- 72' SubstitutionAdingra for Sadiki
- 73' SubstitutionMundle for Xhaka
- 82' 2 substitutionsLewis for SilvaSavinho for Cherki
- 88' SubstitutionO'Nien for Hume
- 90+5' Luke O'Nienred card
- Full-time · 3:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Manchester City
Sunderland
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester City
- 1 James Trafford GK —
- 6 Nathan Aké DEF on
- 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri DEF —
- 45 Abdukodir Khusanov DEF —
- 82 Rico Lewis DEF on
- 4 Tijjani Reijnders MID on
- 52 Oscar Bobb MID —
- 7 Omar Marmoush ATT on
- 26 Savinho ATT on
Sunderland
- 1 Anthony Patterson GK —
- 4 Dan Neil MID —
- 11 Chris Rigg MID —
- 13 Luke O'Nien MID on
- 7 Chemsdine Talbi ATT on
- 9 Brian Brobbey ATT on
- 12 Eliezer Mayenda ATT —
- 14 Romaine Mundle ATT on
- 24 Simon Adingra ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Manchester City Rayan Cherki
- 2. place · Manchester City Rúben Dias
- 3. place · Manchester City Phil Foden
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