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Championship Matchday 10 Tue 13 Oct

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Home Cardiff City

Moylan 11′ (p)Moylan 35′Pollock 41′ (og)Tanner 45+5′Robinson 85′

Full-time 5:1
Away Watford

Kyprianou 87′

Player of the match Jack Moylan 7.8

GolVolt ratingHighlights will do 3.7/10 more watchable than 37% of Championship matches xG 5.2, relegation battle. How we rate

GolVolt rating 3.7GolVolt rating

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 11' Moylan, 1:0
  1. 5 of 10

    Cardiff City turned that many shots on target into goals, from an xG of 3.6.

  2. 21 → 18

    Cardiff City climb 3 places in the table. Watford: 20 → 22.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 59% to 76% (Cardiff City).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+5' · 5:1Cardiff City 94%draw 4%Watford 2%

Key stats

58% Possession 42%
3.58 xG (expected goals) 1.61
22 Shots 14
10 On target 4
6 Big chances 6
6 Corners 1
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Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

xG 5.2, relegation battle.

  • Dramaweight 50% Settled by 35′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 1.3 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Moylan scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 2.5 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% Relegation battle. Stakes: 6.9 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% xG 5.2, 6 goals, 36 shots.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 9.8 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Highlights will do

GolVolt rating 3.7more watchable than 37% 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

6 goals5 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 9' Martín Payeroyellow card · time-wasting
  2. 11' Goal: Jack Moylanpenalty1:0
  3. 29' SubstitutionFish for Lawlor
  4. 35' Goal: Jack Moylanright foot · assist: Ashford2:0
  5. 41' Goal: Mattie Pollockown goal · own goal3:0
  6. 45+5' Goal: Ollie Tannerleft foot · assist: Ng4:0
  7. Half-time · 4:0
  8. 56' 3 substitutionsBola for ZemuraDoumbia for BoaduNabizada for Mavididi
  9. 65' Chris Willockmissed penalty
  10. 67' SubstitutionBravo for Payero
  11. 69' SubstitutionDiatta for Maamma
  12. 69' 2 substitutionsScanlon for WillockTurnbull for Moylan
  13. 73' Edo Kayembeyellow card · foul
  14. 82' 2 substitutionsDavies for BaganRobinson for Tanner
  15. 85' Goal: Callum Robinsonleft foot · assist: Turnbull5:0
  16. 86' Amin Nabizadayellow card · dissent
  17. 86' Perry Ngyellow card · dissent
  18. 87' Goal: Hector Kyprianouheader · assist: Bravo5:1
  19. 90+5' Hector Kyprianouyellow card · dissent
  20. Full-time · 5:1

Match stats

Shooting

3.58 xG (expected goals) 1.61
22 Shots 14
10 On target 4
6 Big chances 6
7 Off target 7
5 Blocked 3
14 Inside the box 10
8 Outside the box 4
4 Big chances missed 5

Play

58% Possession 42%
6 Corners 1
494 Passes 358
87% Pass accuracy 79%
14 Key passes 11
124 Attacks 67
53 Dangerous attacks 32

Defence

9 Tackles 20
14 Interceptions 7
3 Saves 6

Discipline

12 Fouls 12
4 Offsides 4
1 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-1-4-1 –4-2-3-1

Cardiff City

Watford

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

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Bench

Cardiff City

Watford

Match sheet

Coaches
Brian Barry-Murphy Cardiff City Alessio Dionisi Watford
Stadium
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance
17,921

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · Cardiff City Jack Moylan 7.83
  2. 2. place · Cardiff City Alex Robertson 7.57
  3. 3. place · Cardiff City Ollie Tanner 7.52

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