Match Centre: Watford vs Derby County
Player of the match Mattie Pollock 8.0
GolVolt rating 7.6GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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0:1 → 2:1
Watford came from behind to win.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:1.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Sissoko scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 3.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 8.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 1.6 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 7.6more watchable than 76% 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
3 goals5 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 2' Goal: Ebou Adamsassist: Jackson0:1
- 31' Goal: Vakoun Bayoassist: Pollock1:1
- 45' Giorgi Chakvetadzeyellow card
- Half-time · 1:1
- 50' Ebou Adamsyellow card
- 57' SubstitutionSema for Larouci
- 65' 2 substitutionsForsyth for ElderThompson for Goudmijn
- 73' SubstitutionBaah for Kayembe
- 74' SubstitutionBarkhuizen for Mendez-Laing
- 74' SubstitutionPorteous for Morris
- 76' Goal: Moussa SissokoWatford2:1
- 83' SubstitutionGalloppa for Yates
- 84' SubstitutionWard for Nyambe
- 85' SubstitutionRajović for Bayo
- 89' Sonny Bradleyyellow card
- 89' Mileta Rajovićyellow card
- 90+5' Curtis Nelsonyellow card
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Watford
Derby County
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Watford
- 23 Jonathan Bond GK —
- 5 Ryan Porteous DEF on
- 7 Tom Ince MID —
- 10 Imrân Louza MID —
- 12 Ken Sema MID on
- 9 Mileta Rajović ATT on
- 11 Rocco Vata ATT —
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ATT —
- 34 Kwadwo Baah ATT on
Derby County
- 13 Rohan Luthra GK —
- 3 Craig Forsyth DEF on
- 16 Liam Thompson MID on
- 23 Joe Ward MID on
- 39 Dajaune Brown MID —
- 7 Tom Barkhuizen ATT on
- 9 Daniele Galloppa ATT on
- 14 Conor Washington ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Vicarage Road, Watford
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Watford Mattie Pollock
- 2. place · Watford Moussa Sissoko
- 3. place · Watford Vakoun Bayo
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