Match Centre: Sheffield United vs Birmingham City
Player of the match Gustavo Hamer 8.8
GolVolt rating 1.9GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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20 → 18
Sheffield United climb 2 places in the table. Birmingham City: 13 → 14.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
- Dramaweight 50% Red card at 18′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.3 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.0 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 1.8 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 1.9more watchable than 19% 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' Phil Neumannyellow card
- 5' Goal: Tyler Bindonassist: Hamer1:0
- 11' Christoph Klareryellow card
- 18' Tommy Doylered card
- 25' Keshi Andersonyellow card
- 28' Goal: Gustavo HamerSheffield United2:0
- 30' SubstitutionLeonard for Anderson
- Half-time · 2:0
- 51' Goal: Patrick Bamfordassist: Arblaster3:0
- 57' 2 substitutionsCannon for BamfordIngs for Hamer
- 63' SubstitutionKoumas for Willumsson
- 64' 2 substitutionsCashin for RobinsonDykes for Gray
- 71' SubstitutionSoumaré for Arblaster
- 72' SubstitutionBurrows for McCallum
- 77' SubstitutionBrooks for Riedewald
- 83' SubstitutionRoberts for Stansfield
- 90+3' Japhet Tangangayellow card
- Full-time · 3:0
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Sheffield United
Birmingham City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Sheffield United
- 17 Adam Davies GK —
- 14 Harrison Burrows DEF on
- 25 Mark McGuinness DEF —
- 11 Andre Brooks MID on
- 18 Djibril Soumaré MID on
- 28 Alex Matos MID —
- 7 Tom Cannon ATT on
- 9 Danny Ings ATT on
- 23 Tyrese Campbell ATT —
Birmingham City
- 48 Bradley Mayo GK —
- 23 Alfons Sampsted DEF —
- 41 Eiran Cashin DEF on
- 12 Marc Leonard MID on
- 16 Patrick Roberts MID on
- 9 Kyogo Furuhashi ATT —
- 17 Lyndon Dykes ATT on
- 30 Lewis Koumas ATT on
- 33 Marvin Ducksch ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Sheffield United Gustavo Hamer
- 2. place · Sheffield United Japhet Tanganga
- 3. place · Sheffield United Oliver Arblaster
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