Match Centre: Aston Villa vs Cardiff City
Player of the match Marco Asensio 9.0
GolVolt rating 7.5GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Asensio scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 80′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.1 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Asensio scored the winner, Asensio: rated 9.0.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.2 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 8.5 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 7.5more watchable than 75% of FA 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
2 goals
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- Half-time · 0:0
- 46' SubstitutionSalech for Robinson
- 64' SubstitutionBagan for Giles
- 65' SubstitutionRobertson for Ramsey
- 68' Goal: Marco Asensioassist: Rashford1:0
- 80' Goal: Marco Asensioassist: Watkins2:0
- 81' 2 substitutionsAshford for WillockDavies for Lawlor
- 82' 3 substitutionsJimoh-Aloba for WatkinsRamsey for AsensioRogers for Rashford
- 83' SubstitutionDigne for Maatsen
- Full-time · 2:0
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Aston Villa
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Aston Villa
- 25 Robin Olsen GK —
- 48 Oliwier Zych GK —
- 12 Lucas Digne DEF on
- 45 Triston Rowe DEF —
- 41 Jacob Ramsey MID on
- 44 Boubacar Kamara MID —
- 56 Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba MID on
- 27 Morgan Rogers ATT on
Cardiff City
- 41 Matthew Turner GK —
- 23 Joel Bagan DEF on
- 11 Callum O'Dowda MID —
- 15 Sivert Mannsverk MID —
- 18 Alex Robertson MID on
- 45 Cian Ashford MID on
- 22 Yousef Salech ATT on
- 39 Isaak Davies ATT on
- 53 Tanatswa Nyakuhwa ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Villa Park, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Aston Villa Marco Asensio
- 2. place · Aston Villa Marcus Rashford
- 3. place · Aston Villa Leon Bailey
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