Match Centre: Derby County vs Cardiff City
Player of the match Bobby Clark 8.3
GolVolt rating 8.1GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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15 → 13
Cardiff City climb 2 places in the table. Derby County: 19 → 18.
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+6' · 2:2Derby County 4%draw 92%Cardiff City 4%
90+6' · 2:2xG Derby County 1.81xG Cardiff City 2.64
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Open to the end, xG 4.5.
- Dramaweight 50% Open to the end. Drama: 7.8 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Clark: a goal and an assist.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 3.5 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% xG 4.5. Quality of play: 9.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.1more watchable than 81% 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
4 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 9' Corey Blackett-Tayloryellow card · dissent
- 19' Goal: Cian Ashfordright foot · assist: Kpakio0:1
- 26' Goal: Carlton Morrisright foot · assist: Clark1:1
- 39' Goal: Yousef Salechright foot · assist: Colwill1:2
- Half-time · 1:2
- 49' Goal: Bobby Clarkright foot2:2
- 53' Alex Robertsonyellow card · foul
- 55' Oscar Frauloyellow card · foul
- 59' 2 substitutionsTurnbull for ColwillWillock for Ashford
- 60' Lewis Travisyellow card · foul
- 64' SubstitutionHedges for Fraulo
- 65' SubstitutionBrewster for Blackett-Taylor
- 71' 2 substitutionsColwill for MoylanDavies for Tanner
- 80' Max Johnstonyellow card · foul
- 84' Dion Sandersonyellow card · foul
- 88' 2 substitutionsNyambe for JohnstonSalvesen for Morris
- Full-time · 2:2
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Derby County
Cardiff City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Derby County
- 31 Josh Vickers GK —
- 3 Craig Forsyth DEF —
- 24 Ryan Nyambe DEF on
- 13 Filip Bilbija MID —
- 23 Joe Ward MID —
- 26 Ryan Hedges MID on
- 37 Owen Eames MID —
- 10 Rhian Brewster ATT on
- 15 Lars-Jørgen Salvesen ATT on
Cardiff City
- 30 Harry Tyrer GK —
- 41 Matthew Turner GK —
- 40 Noah Anyadike DEF —
- 14 David Turnbull MID on
- 16 Chris Willock MID on
- 27 Joel Colwill MID on
- 33 Rob Tankiewicz MID —
- 39 Isaak Davies ATT on
- 47 Callum Robinson ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Pride Park Stadium, Derby
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Derby County Bobby Clark
- 2. place · Cardiff City Joel Bagan
- 3. place · Cardiff City Rubin Colwill
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Derby County · 1 out
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Derry Murkin Injured
since 22 Apr · return date unknown · 9 matches missed · Hamstring Injury
Cardiff City · 1 out
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Eli King Injured
since 26 Aug 2025 · return date unknown · 56 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Tear
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.