📅 19/09/23🕒 18:45🏟️ Cardiff City Stadium🧑⚖️ S. Allison
ScorerM. Godden2 goalsBiggest Swing+1.63 xT90+6' M. GoddenCards5
Cardiff City 3-2 Coventry City — xTears 16.46 (19/09/23)
Cardiff City won 3-2 against Coventry City on 19 September 2023 during Matchday 7 of EFL Championship, even with the xTears split tilting slightly the other way. Total damage: 16.46 xTears.
Even with the xTears split leaning slightly the other way, the heaviest moments for Cardiff City still ran through D. Goutas 8' goal (+1.41 xT) and M. Godden 35' goal (+1.24 xT).
The scoreboard and xTears did not tell exactly the same story: Cardiff City punished better without fully owning the emotional volume.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
8'
Goal
1-0D. Goutas - Cardiff City
Assist: J. Ralls
35'
Goal
1-1M. Godden - Coventry City
Assist: L. Kelly
61'
Goal
2-1K. Ahearne-Grant - Cardiff City
Assist: R. Wintle
84'
Goal
3-1K. Etete - Cardiff City
Assist: P. Ng
90+6'
Goal
3-2M. Godden - Coventry City
Assist: J. Dasilva
Late drama
🔥
9.74
90+6'
Goal
+1.63 xT
M. Godden - Coventry City
Assist: J. Dasilva
84'
Goal
+1.48 xT
K. Etete - Cardiff City
Assist: P. Ng
90+9'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
K. McFadzean - Coventry City
90'
Yellow card
+1.16 xT
J. Latibeaudiere - Coventry City
Absolute chaos
🧨
9.53
90+6'
Goal
+1.63 xT
M. Godden - Coventry City
Assist: J. Dasilva
61'
Goal
+1.61 xT
K. Ahearne-Grant - Cardiff City
Assist: R. Wintle
84'
Goal
+1.48 xT
K. Etete - Cardiff City
Assist: P. Ng
8'
Goal
+1.41 xT
D. Goutas - Cardiff City
Assist: J. Ralls
All-out war
🟥
5.32
90+9'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
K. McFadzean - Coventry City
90'
Yellow card
+1.16 xT
J. Latibeaudiere - Coventry City
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
K. Etete - Cardiff City
82'
Yellow card
+1.04 xT
M. Godden - Coventry City
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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