Match Centre: Manchester City vs Arsenal
Player of the match Rayan Cherki 7.8
GolVolt rating 6.8GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Title race.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 87′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Haaland scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 1.8 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Title race, first against second, a clash of big clubs. Stakes: 9.7 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 4.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.8more watchable than 68% 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 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 16' Goal: Rayan Cherkiassist: Nunes1:0
- 18' Goal: Kai HavertzArsenal1:1
- 36' Cristhian Mosquerayellow card
- 36' Pep Guardiolayellow card
- Half-time · 1:1
- 46' SubstitutionMartinelli for Madueke
- 60' Marc Guéhiyellow card
- 65' Goal: Erling HaalandManchester City2:1
- 74' 2 substitutionsTrossard for EzeWhite for Mosquera
- 83' Erling Haalandyellow card
- 83' Gabrielyellow card
- 84' Pep Guardiolayellow card
- 84' SubstitutionGyökeres for Zubimendi
- 85' SubstitutionFoden for Cherki
- 88' 2 substitutionsGonzález for RodriSavinho for Doku
- 90+6' SubstitutionAké for Semenyo
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Manchester City
Arsenal
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester City
- 1 James Trafford GK —
- 5 John Stones DEF —
- 6 Nathan Aké DEF on
- 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri DEF —
- 4 Tijjani Reijnders MID —
- 14 Nico González MID on
- 47 Phil Foden MID on
- 7 Omar Marmoush ATT —
- 26 Savinho ATT on
Arsenal
- 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK —
- 4 Ben White DEF on
- 49 Myles Lewis-Skelly DEF —
- 16 Christian Nørgaard MID —
- 56 Max Dowman MID —
- 9 Gabriel Jesus ATT —
- 11 Gabriel Martinelli ATT on
- 14 Viktor Gyökeres ATT on
- 19 Leandro Trossard 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 Nico O'Reilly
- 3. place · Manchester City Abdukodir Khusanov
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