Match Centre: Bolton Wanderers vs Cardiff City
Player of the match Gavin Bazunu 9.2
GolVolt rating 9.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 90' Gale, 1:0-
2.2 xG
Bolton Wanderers kept a clean sheet against 2.2 xG.
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90'
The winner came late: Thierry Gale (Bolton Wanderers).
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33% → 87%
Bolton Wanderers: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 91.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 8% to 87% (Bolton Wanderers).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+4' · 1:0Bolton Wanderers 87%draw 12%Cardiff City 1%
90+4' · 1:0xG Bolton Wanderers 0.53xG Cardiff City 2.16
90+4' · 1:0Last 10 minutes: Cardiff City pressing (5:2 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Gale scored the winner, winner at 90′.
- Dramaweight 50% Winner at 90′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 7.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Gale scored the winner, keeper Bazunu: 9 saves, Bazunu: rated 9.2.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.6more watchable than 96% 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
1 goal7 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 31' Ben Daviesyellow card · foul
- 32' Kyliane Dongyellow card · simulation
- 37' Samuel Iling-Junioryellow card · foul
- 42' Joel Colwillyellow card · foul
- Half-time · 0:0
- 46' 2 substitutionsBair for DalbyGale for Iling-Junior
- 54' Perry Ngyellow card · simulation
- 59' SubstitutionTurnbull for Colwill
- 64' SubstitutionIto for Rodrigues
- 74' SubstitutionAshford for Willock
- 75' SubstitutionNelson for Dong
- 75' SubstitutionRobinson for Salech
- 78' Jayden Nelsonyellow card · foul
- 83' SubstitutionHardie for Erhahon
- 90' Goal: Thierry Galeheader · assist: Bair1:0
- 90+1' Thierry Galeyellow card · unsporting behaviour
- 90+2' 2 substitutionsKpakio for RobertsonScanlon for Bagan
- Full-time · 1:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Bolton Wanderers
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Bolton Wanderers
- 1 Jack Bonham GK —
- 14 Akin Famewo DEF —
- 4 Xavier Simons MID —
- 17 Atsuki Ito MID on
- 9 Theo Bair ATT on
- 11 Thierry Gale ATT on
- 26 Jayden Nelson ATT on
- 39 Ryan Hardie ATT on
- 45 John McAtee ATT —
Cardiff City
- 30 Harry Tyrer GK —
- 41 Matthew Turner GK —
- 23 Calum Scanlon DEF on
- 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF on
- 14 David Turnbull MID on
- 33 Rob Tankiewicz MID —
- 43 Paul Ujobolo Moreno MID —
- 45 Cian Ashford ATT on
- 47 Callum Robinson ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- University of Bolton Stadium, Bolton
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Bolton Wanderers Gavin Bazunu
- 2. place · Bolton Wanderers Max Conway
- 3. place · Bolton Wanderers Josh Sheehan
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