Match Centre: Cambridge United vs Birmingham City
Kaikai 80′Kaikai 89′
Wagner 31′Furuhashi 42′Ducksch 78′
Player of the match Sullay Kaikai 8.3
GolVolt rating 6.5GolVolt 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 58′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 58′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 4.8 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 8.6 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 5 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 6.5more watchable than 65% of FA 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
5 goals1 card
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 31' Goal: Kai WagnerBirmingham City0:1
- 42' Goal: Kyogo FuruhashiBirmingham City0:2
- Half-time · 0:2
- 63' 2 substitutionsKaikai for BrophyLavery for Ball
- 74' 2 substitutionsMcLoughlin for MpanzuPurrington for Gibbons
- 75' SubstitutionWillumsson for Roberts
- 76' SubstitutionFujimoto for Furuhashi
- 77' SubstitutionNeumann for Robinson
- 78' Goal: Marvin Duckschassist: Doyle0:3
- 80' Goal: Sullay KaikaiCambridge United1:3
- 88' George Hoddleyellow card
- 89' Goal: Sullay Kaikaiassist: Jobe2:3
- 90+2' SubstitutionSampsted for Koumas
- Full-time · 2:3
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Cambridge United
Birmingham City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Cambridge United
- 25 Ben Hughes GK —
- 3 B. Purrington DEF on
- 5 Michael Morrison DEF —
- 21 Shane McLoughlin MID on
- 39 Lohan McDougald MID —
- 10 Elias Kachunga ATT —
- 11 Sullay Kaikai ATT on
- 19 Shayne Francis Lavery ATT on
Birmingham City
- 21 Ryan Allsop GK —
- 5 Phil Neumann DEF on
- 23 Alfons Sampsted DEF on
- 45 Will Burrell DEF —
- 18 Willum Thór Willumsson MID on
- 27 Kanya Fujimoto MID on
- 40 Menzi Mazwi MID —
- 42 Daniel Isichei MID —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cambridge United Sullay Kaikai
- 2. place · Birmingham City Marvin Ducksch
- 3. place · Birmingham City Kyogo Furuhashi
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