Match Centre: Manchester City vs Norwich City
Samba 29′Cherki 32′Allan 48′Samba 54′McAidoo 90′
Player of the match Floyd Samba 8.2
GolVolt rating 3.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 29' Samba, 1:0-
5 of 5
Manchester City turned that many shots on target into goals, from an xG of 1.5.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 71% to 88% (Manchester City).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+1' · 5:0Manchester City 94%draw 4%Norwich City 1%
90+1' · 5:0xG Manchester City 1.45xG Norwich City 0.16
90+1' · 5:0Last 10 minutes: Manchester City pressing (9:2 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Few chances, settled by 48′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 48′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.9 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Samba scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 1.8 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.0 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 5 goals, few chances.Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 0.2 out of 10
Five goals or a hat-trick: the rating never drops below 3.0.
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.0more watchable than 30% 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
5 goals1 card
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 29' Goal: Floyd Sambaheader · assist: Allan1:0
- 30' Kellen Fisheryellow card · foul
- 32' Goal: Rayan Cherkiright foot · assist: Bouaddi2:0
- Half-time · 2:0
- 46' SubstitutionMaghoma for Diallo
- 46' SubstitutionMcAidoo for Cherki
- 48' Goal: Allanleft foot · assist: Aït-Nouri3:0
- 54' Goal: Floyd Sambaright foot · assist: Aït-Nouri4:0
- 62' SubstitutionMusaba for Crnac
- 71' SubstitutionBraithwaite for Allan
- 71' 2 substitutionsMcConville for AlvesTouré for Slimane
- 85' SubstitutionSchwartau for Kvistgaarden
- 90' Goal: Ryan McAidooleft foot · assist: O'Reilly5:0
- Full-time · 5:0
Match stats
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Play
Defence
Discipline
Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Manchester City
Norwich City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester City
- 1 Gianluigi Donnarumma GK —
- 6 Marc Guéhi DEF —
- 61 Kaden Braithwaite DEF on
- 5 Elliot Anderson MID —
- 17 Enzo Fernández MID —
- 27 Matheus Nunes MID —
- 7 Iliman Ndiaye ATT —
- 42 Antoine Semenyo ATT —
- 56 Ryan McAidoo ATT on
Norwich City
- 1 Vladan Kovacevic GK —
- 3 Jack Stacey DEF —
- 14 Ben Chrisene DEF —
- 15 Ruairi McConville DEF on
- 7 Pelle Mattsson MID —
- 25 Paris Maghoma MID on
- 21 Mohamed Touré ATT on
- 29 Oscar Schwartau ATT on
- 49 Anthony Musaba ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Manchester City Floyd Samba
- 2. place · Manchester City Allan
- 3. place · Manchester City Rayan Cherki
Manchester City
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Manchester City
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Pro analysis
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Manchester City · 1 out
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Jérémy Doku Injured
since 16 Aug · until 18 Sep · 6 matches missed · Unknown Injury
Norwich City · 1 out
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Mirko Topić Injured
since 28 Nov 2025 · return date unknown · 48 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.