Match Centre: Oxford United vs Cardiff City
Harris 41′Brown 53′Placheta 57′
Ashford 82′Robinson 90+4′
Player of the match Ciaron Maurice Brown 8.1
GolVolt rating 3.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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3 of 5
Oxford United turned that many shots on target into goals with only 41% of the ball.
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23 → 20
Oxford United climb 3 places in the table. Cardiff City: 22 → 23.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Relegation battle.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 53′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 3.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Nobody stood out. Heroes: 2.4 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Relegation battle. Stakes: 7.8 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 5 goals.Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 3.1 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 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
5 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 41' Goal: Mark Harrisassist: Placheta1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' SubstitutionRobinson for Willock
- 53' Goal: Ciaron Maurice Brownassist: Goodrham2:0
- 57' Goal: Przemyslaw Plachetaassist: Brown3:0
- 59' SubstitutionKpakio for Siopis
- 69' 2 substitutionsEl Ghazi for O'DowdaAshford for Méïté
- 74' SubstitutionPhillips for Rodrigues
- 75' SubstitutionDembélé for Placheta
- 80' Alex Robertsonyellow card
- 80' Cardiff Cityyellow card
- 82' Goal: Cian Ashfordassist: Kpakio3:1
- 83' Siriki Dembéléyellow card
- 89' SubstitutionSibley for Goodrham
- 90+4' Goal: Callum RobinsonCardiff City3:2
- Full-time · 3:2
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Oxford United
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Oxford United
- 21 Matt Ingram GK —
- 24 Hidde ter Avest DEF —
- 30 Peter Kioso DEF —
- 6 Josh McEachran MID —
- 10 Matt Phillips MID on
- 14 Louie Sibley MID on
- 15 Idris El Mizouni MID —
- 23 Siriki Dembélé MID on
- 44 Dane Scarlett ATT —
Cardiff City
- 1 Ethan Horvath GK —
- 2 Will Fish DEF —
- 5 Jesper Daland DEF —
- 37 Tom Davies DEF —
- 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF on
- 45 Cian Ashford MID on
- 15 Wilfried Kanga ATT —
- 20 Anwar El Ghazi ATT on
- 47 Callum Robinson ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- The Kassam Stadium, Oxford
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Oxford United Ciaron Maurice Brown
- 2. place · Oxford United Przemyslaw Placheta
- 3. place · Oxford United Tyler Goodrham
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