Match Centre: Birmingham City vs Brentford
Gray 28′
Wilson 6′Hickey 35′Collins 40′Damsgaard 70′Thiago 73′Collins 77′
Player of the match Nathan Collins 9.3
GolVolt rating 4.3GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 35' Hickey, 1:2-
6 of 8
Brentford turned that many shots on target into goals, from an xG of 2.1.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:2, from 52% to 79% (Brentford).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90' · 1:6Birmingham City 1%draw 5%Brentford 94%
90' · 1:6xG Birmingham City 0.58xG Brentford 2.14
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Hickey scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 40′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Hickey scored the winner, Collins: rated 9.3.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 6.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 7 goals.An average number of chances. Quality of play: 3.5 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
7 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 6' Goal: Callum Wilsonright foot · assist: Yarmolyuk0:1
- 26' Jannik Schusteryellow card · foul
- 28' Goal: Demarai Grayright foot · assist: Paik1:1
- 35' Goal: Aaron Hickeyleft foot1:2
- 37' Jhon Solísyellow card · foul
- 40' Goal: Nathan Collinsheader · assist: Anthony1:3
- Half-time · 1:3
- 46' SubstitutionSchade for Ouattara
- 48' SubstitutionSangaré for Yarmolyuk
- 55' Bright Osayi-Samuelyellow card · foul
- 61' 3 substitutionsCochrane for LundPriske for VázquezStansfield for Fujimoto
- 62' SubstitutionThiago for Wilson
- 70' Goal: Mikkel Damsgaardright foot · assist: Anthony1:4
- 71' 2 substitutionsKayode for JaneltLewis-Potter for Henry
- 73' Goal: Igor Thiagoright foot · assist: Anthony1:5
- 75' SubstitutionNeumann for Gray
- 77' Goal: Nathan Collinsheader · assist: Sangaré1:6
- 83' SubstitutionIwata for Paik
- Full-time · 1:6
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Birmingham City
Brentford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Birmingham City
- 1 James Beadle GK —
- 2 Ethan Laird DEF —
- 5 Phil Neumann DEF on
- 20 Alex Cochrane DEF on
- 16 Patrick Roberts MID —
- 24 Tomoki Iwata MID on
- 9 August Priske ATT on
- 28 Jay Stansfield ATT on
- 33 Marvin Ducksch ATT —
Brentford
- 1 Caoimhín Kelleher GK —
- 20 Kristoffer Ajer DEF —
- 33 Michael Kayode DEF on
- 7 Kevin Schade MID on
- 8 Mathias Jensen MID —
- 14 Fábio Carvalho MID —
- 18 Mamadou Sangaré MID on
- 9 Igor Thiago ATT on
- 23 Keane Lewis-Potter ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- St. Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Brentford Nathan Collins
- 2. place · Brentford Jaidon Anthony
- 3. place · Brentford Mikkel Damsgaard
Birmingham City
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