Sunderland — Brighton 0:2

Sunderland

0:2

Brighton

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Brighton was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Sunderland	0	0.87	−0.9	0.84
Brighton	2	1.64	+0.4	1.91

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
52'	Maxim De Cuyper	Brighton	0.28	Pascal Groß
92'	Jaouen Hadjam	Brighton	0.35	Georginio Rutter

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
9'	Luka Vuskovic	Brighton	0.38	off target, header, from a corner
28'	Thomas Meunier	Sunderland	0.36	blocked
92'	Jaouen Hadjam	Brighton	0.35	goal

Shots: Sunderland 12, Brighton 13; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 1 and 2.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Sunderland 0.64, Brighton 0.76: about even. In the second half xG was Sunderland 0.22, Brighton 0.88: a small edge for Brighton.

How it fits the season

Sunderland: −6.2 for the season (19 in the table). Brighton: +3.8 (2). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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