Match Centre: Bristol City vs Walsall
Player of the match Jed Ward 9.6
GolVolt rating 8.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 47' Pressley, 0:1-
10% → 94%
Walsall: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 93.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 0:1, from 9% to 33% (Walsall).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+3' · 0:1Bristol City 0%draw 6%Walsall 94%
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Keeper Ward: 10 saves, xG 5.3.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 85′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 3.5 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Keeper Ward: 10 saves, Pressley scored the winner, Ward: rated 9.6.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% xG 5.3. Quality of play: 9.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.0more watchable than 80% 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
1 goal3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 32' SubstitutionConnolly for Leak
- Half-time · 0:0
- 47' Goal: Aaron Pressleyassist: Smith0:1
- 56' Isaac Mooreyellow card
- 57' SubstitutionHirakawa for Wallace
- 58' SubstitutionBallard for Randell
- 63' SubstitutionBrowne for Ahui
- 64' 2 substitutionsCrew for MooreSimper for Clarke
- 67' S. Sprangleryellow card
- 67' SubstitutionDallas for Smith
- 69' 2 substitutionsRiis for TolajTwine for Greenwood
- 78' SubstitutionWilliams for Tanner
- 90+2' Rico Browneyellow card
- Full-time · 0:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Bristol City
Walsall
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Bristol City
- 40 Brad Collins GK —
- 5 Rob Atkinson DEF —
- 38 Noah Eile DEF —
- 8 Joe Williams MID on
- 10 Scott Twine MID on
- 27 Gibson Yah MID —
- 7 Yu Hirakawa ATT on
- 18 Emil Riis ATT on
- 23 Dom Ballard ATT on
Walsall
- 21 Jenson Kirloy GK —
- 2 Rico Browne DEF on
- 4 James Connolly DEF on
- 18 V. Harper DEF —
- 8 Charlie Crew MID on
- 10 Lewis Simper MID on
- 7 Tai Sodje ATT —
- 9 Andrew Dallas ATT on
- 37 Albert Adomah ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Walsall Jed Ward
- 2. place · Bristol City Jason Knight
- 3. place · Bristol City Rob Dickie
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Bristol City
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Pro analysis
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Unlock from €3.25 a month See the full sample on the match of the dayAbsences
Bristol City · 1 out
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Luke McNally Injured
since 9 Feb 2025 · return date unknown · 75 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
Walsall · 1 out
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Ronan Maher Suspended
since 15 Apr 2024
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.