Manchester United 4–0 Sabah – result, goals, stats

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Champions League Matchday 1 Thu 10 Sep

Manchester United

Cunha 27′Fernandes 42′Sesko 45′Martínez 68′

Full-time 4:0

Sabah

Player of the match Bruno Fernandes 8.6

GolVolt ratingSkip it 2.5/10 more watchable than 25% of Champions League matches Settled by 42′. How we rate

GolVolt rating 2.5GolVolt rating

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 27' Cunha, 1:0

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 87% to 93% (Manchester United).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+3' · 4:0Manchester United 92%draw 6%Sabah 2%

Key stats

58% Possession 42%

3.33 xG (expected goals) 0.67

21 Shots 11

10 On target 0

5 Big chances 2

7 Corners 2

All stats (22)

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Settled by 42′.

Dramaweight 50% Settled by 42′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.9 out of 10
Heroesweight 20% Nobody stood out. Heroes: 3.2 out of 10
Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.6 out of 10
Quality of playweight 15% xG 4.1. Quality of play: 6.6 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Skip it

GolVolt rating 2.5more watchable than 25% of Champions League 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

4 goals2 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

27' Goal: Matheus Cunharight foot · assist: Dorgu1:0
42' Goal: Bruno Fernandesright foot · assist: Tielemans2:0
45' Goal: Benjamin Seskoleft foot · assist: Mbeumo3:0
Half-time · 3:0
46' SubstitutionMbina for Nwachukwu
46' SubstitutionMount for Tielemans
62' Patrick Dorguyellow card · foul
63' SubstitutionIsayev for Parris
64' 2 substitutionsSantos for MainooZirkzee for Sesko
67' Ivan Lepinjicayellow card · foul
68' Goal: Lisandro Martínezleft foot · assist: Zirkzee4:0
71' SubstitutionKhaybulayev for Rakhmonaliev
72' 2 substitutionsAmass for DorguLacey for Mbeumo
75' SubstitutionQueiroz for Simic
76' SubstitutionAlmeida for Zedadka
Full-time · 4:0

Match stats

Shooting

3.33 xG (expected goals) 0.67

21 Shots 11

10 On target 0

5 Big chances 2

5 Off target 5

6 Blocked 6

15 Inside the box 6

6 Outside the box 5

1 Big chances missed 2

Play

58% Possession 42%

7 Corners 2

624 Passes 455

92% Pass accuracy 86%

18 Key passes 6

122 Attacks 78

64 Dangerous attacks 41

Defence

17 Tackles 19

7 Interceptions 7

0 Saves 5

Discipline

12 Fouls 13

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-2-3-1 –4-3-3

6.9 Lammens

7.1 Mazraoui

7.3 Yoro

8.2 Martínez

7.8 Dorgu

7.5 Tielemans

7.4 Mainoo

7.8 Mbeumo

8.6 Fernandes

7.6 Cunha

7.3 Sesko

6.8 Pokatilov

6.9 Puchacz

4 6.7 McCarthy

6.3 Dashdamirov

6.3 Zedadka

6.5 Simic

13 6.8 Lepinjica

6.4 Rakhmonaliev

6.2 Nwachukwu

20 6.8 Mickels

11 5.6 Parris

Manchester United

Sabah

Goalkeepers

Lammens 6.9

Pokatilov 6.8

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Sesko 7.3

Came on

Bench

Manchester United

12 Karl Darlow GK —
45 Dermot Mee GK —
2 Diogo Dalot DEF —
5 Harry Maguire DEF —
26 Ayden Heaven DEF —
41 Harry Amass DEF on
7 Mason Mount MID on
17 Andrey Santos MID on
39 Tyler Fletcher MID —
9 Marcus Rashford ATT —
11 Joshua Zirkzee ATT on
31 Shea Lacey ATT on

Sabah

1 Amin Ramazanov GK —
94 Ravan Mirzammadov GK —
17 Tellur Mütallimov DEF —
33 Júnior Almeida DEF on
89 Cəfər Muxtarov DEF —
6 Abdulakh Khaybulayev MID on
10 Aleksey Isayev MID on
16 Rauf Rüstamli MID —
37 Du Queiroz MID on
88 Rodrigo Fernandes MID —
99 Orphé Mbina ATT on

Match sheet

Stadium: Old Trafford, Manchester

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.