Match Centre: Cardiff City vs Cheltenham Town
Player of the match Matthew Turner 7.9
GolVolt rating 4.3GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 32′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 0.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Davies scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 37 shots. Quality of play: 9.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.3more watchable than 43% of Carabao 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
3 goals4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 11' Goal: Isaak Daviesassist: Mafico1:0
- 26' Callum Robinsonyellow card
- 32' Goal: Calum Chambersassist: Davies2:0
- 38' Lee Angolmissed penalty
- 45+3' Lee Angolyellow card
- Half-time · 2:0
- 46' 2 substitutionsColwill for DaviesWillock for Robinson
- 51' Goal: Joel Colwillassist: Colwill3:0
- 51' SubstitutionBakare for Power
- 56' Perry Ngyellow card
- 58' 2 substitutionsBackwell for BroomWillcox for Harmon
- 65' 2 substitutionsGiles for BaganKpakio for Ng
- 71' SubstitutionAshford for Salech
- 72' 2 substitutionsBarber for Jude-BoydMiller for Angol
- 90+1' Jokubas Mazionisyellow card
- Full-time · 3:0
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Cardiff City
Cheltenham Town
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Cardiff City
- 51 Daniel Higgs GK —
- 2 Will Fish DEF —
- 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF on
- 49 Luey Giles DEF on
- 50 Gabriel Keita DEF —
- 6 Ryan Wintle MID —
- 10 Rubin Colwill MID on
- 16 Chris Willock MID on
- 45 Cian Ashford MID on
Cheltenham Town
- 41 M. Diallo GK —
- 18 I. Bakare DEF on
- 8 L. Young MID —
- 28 T. Backwell MID on
- 30 Freddie Willcox MID on
- 38 H. Tustin MID —
- 10 G. Miller ATT on
- 20 Jake Bickerstaff ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cardiff City Matthew Turner
- 2. place · Cardiff City Joel Colwill
- 3. place · Cheltenham Town J. Day
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