Match Centre: Stoke City vs Watford
Player of the match Million Manhoef 8.9
GolVolt rating 6.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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16 → 13
Stoke City climb 3 places in the table. Watford: 9 → 10.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Plenty of chances, Manhoef scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 82′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 4.0 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Manhoef scored the winner, Manhoef: rated 8.9.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 0.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 10.0 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.0more watchable than 60% of Championship 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 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 17' Tomas Rigoyellow card
- 28' Goal: Million Manhoefassist: Smit1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 50' Sorba Thomasyellow card
- 51' Nampalys Mendyyellow card
- 60' Maksym Taloverovyellow card
- 62' SubstitutionIrankunda for Semedo
- 70' SubstitutionGibson for Bocat
- 71' 2 substitutionsEkwah for MendyLawson for Ince
- 71' SubstitutionGallagher for Smit
- 72' Tommy Simkinyellow card
- 77' Goal: Million ManhoefStoke City2:0
- 79' 2 substitutionsPearson for BaeRak-Sakyi for Manhoef
- 81' Goal: Nestory Irankundaassist: Chakvetadze2:1
- 83' SubstitutionSeko for N'Zonzi
- 85' Goal: Sam Gallagherassist: Thomas3:1
- 86' 2 substitutionsBove for MfuniKjerrumgaard for Louza
- 90+3' Nestory Irankundayellow card
- Full-time · 3:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Stoke City
Watford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Stoke City
- 34 Frank Fielding GK —
- 23 Ben Gibson DEF on
- 4 Ben Pearson MID on
- 12 Tatsuki Seko MID on
- 50 Syd Agina MID —
- 59 Gabriel Gartside-Kelly MID —
- 20 Sam Gallagher ATT on
- 21 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi ATT on
- 29 Lamine Cissé ATT —
Watford
- 12 Nathan Baxter GK —
- 4 Kévin Keben DEF —
- 6 Mattie Pollock DEF —
- 15 Edoardo Bove MID on
- 17 Pierre Ekwah MID on
- 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard ATT on
- 53 Amin Nabizada ATT —
- 64 Jonathan Lawson ATT on
- 66 Nestory Irankunda ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Bet365 Stadium, Stoke
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Stoke City Million Manhoef
- 2. place · Watford Egil Selvik
- 3. place · Stoke City Sorba Thomas
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