Match Centre: Manchester City vs Sparta Praha
Foden 3′Haaland 58′Stones 64′Haaland 68′Nunes 88′
Player of the match Matheus Nunes 10.0
GolVolt rating 4.1GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Nunes: rated 9.9.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 58′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.9 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Nunes: rated 9.9. Heroes: 6.8 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.5 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 5 goals.An average number of chances. Quality of play: 6.0 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.1more watchable than 41% 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
5 goals2 cards1 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 3' Goal: Phil Fodenassist: Akanji1:0
- 7' John Stonesyellow card
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' SubstitutionKrasniqi for Haraslin
- 47' Goal Disallowed
- 58' Goal: Erling Haalandassist: Savinho2:0
- 60' SubstitutionRrahmani for Olatunji
- 64' Goal: John Stonesassist: Nunes3:0
- 68' Goal: Erling Haalandassist: Nunes4:0
- 69' 2 substitutionsMcAtee for SilvaKovacic for Gündoğan
- 73' Substitution
- 74' 2 substitutionsDias for Stones
- 80' SubstitutionO'Reilly for Haaland
- 87' Angelo Preciadoyellow card
- 88' Goal: Matheus NunesManchester City5:0
- 88' 2 substitutionsWiesner for RynesSolbakken for Kairinen
- Full-time · 5:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Manchester City
Sparta Praha
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester City
- 31 Ederson GK —
- 33 Scott Carson GK —
- 3 Rúben Dias DEF on
- 24 Josko Gvardiol DEF —
- 8 Mateo Kovacic MID on
- 75 Nico O'Reilly MID on
- 87 James McAtee MID on
Sparta Praha
- 24 Vojtech Vorel GK —
- 44 Jakub Surovcik GK —
- 144 Jakub Surovcik GK —
- 2 Martin Suchomel DEF —
- 5 Mathias Ross DEF —
- 28 Tomáš Wiesner DEF on
- 4 Markus Solbakken MID on
- 8 D. Pavelka MID —
- 13 Krystof Danek MID —
- 18 Lukas Sadilek MID —
- 21 Jakub Pešek MID —
- 29 Ermal Krasniqi MID on
- 10 Albion Rrahmani ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Manchester City Matheus Nunes
- 2. place · Manchester City Erling Haaland
- 3. place · Manchester City Phil Foden
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