Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland
Key numbers
- Possession 64% – 36%
- Shots 18 (6 on target) – 8 (1)
- Decisive moment: 31' Rúben Dias, FN xPts +0.7
Rúben Dias 31'
Joško Gvardiol 35'
Phil Foden 65'
Joško Gvardiol 35'
Phil Foden 65'
HT 2:0
Manchester City 3rd → 2nd · 31 pts|Sunderland 6th · 23 pts
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.42–0.71).
Player of the matchRayan CherkiDecisive moment31' Rúben Dias+0.7
Player of the match
Rayan Cherki Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.1 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 59 min · level 31 min · Sunderland ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
31'
Rúben Dias
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Rayan Cherki +0.2
+0.7
35'
Joško Gvardiol
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Phil Foden +0.1
+0.3
65'
Phil Foden
Goal · assist Rayan Cherki
0.0
90+5'
Luke O'Nien
Red card
0.0
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 2.1Own moments +1.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Sunderland
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CitySunderland
64%Possession36%
2.42Expected goals (xG)0.71
0.13xG per shot0.09
18Shots8
6Shots on target1
33%Shots on target %13%
15Shots in box5
623Passes347
90%Pass accuracy80%
6Corners5
1Saves2
9Fouls10
1Yellow cards0
0Offsides3
Compared with usual
Manchester City
21 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | |
| xG | 2.42 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.71 | 0.94 | |
| Shots | 18 | 15.6 | |
| On target | 6 | 6 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 8.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 64% | 60% | |
| Passes | 623 | 595.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 88.3% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 9.4 |
Sunderland
15 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | high |
| xG | 0.71 | 0.82 | |
| xG against | 2.42 | 1.2 | high |
| Shots | 8 | 10.2 | |
| On target | 1 | 3.2 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 14.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 36% | 44.3% | |
| Passes | 347 | 387.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 78.8% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 9.8 |
Timeline
- 31' Goal Rúben Dias league goal #2 assist Rayan Cherki
- 35' Goal Joško Gvardiol league goal #2 assist Phil Foden
- 37' Yellow Joško Gvardiol
- 56' Sub Wilson Isidor → Brian Brobbey
- 56' Sub Bertrand Traoré → Chemsdine Talbi
- 65' Goal Phil Foden league goal #6 assist Rayan Cherki
- 69' Sub Phil Foden → Tijjani Reijnders
- 69' Sub Erling Haaland → Omar Marmoush
- 70' Sub Joško Gvardiol → Nathan Aké
- 72' Sub Noah Sadiki → Simon Adingra
- 73' Sub Granit Xhaka → Romaine Mundle
- 82' Sub Bernardo Silva → Rico Lewis
- 82' Sub Rayan Cherki → Savinho
- 88' Sub Trai Hume → Luke O'Nien
- 90+4' VAR Luke O'Nien
- 90+5' Red Luke O'Nien
Category leaders
- Key passesRayan Cherki6
- Duels wonNico O'Reilly10/12
- DribblesRayan Cherki5/9
- Defensive actionsNordi Mukiele6
- ShotsPhil Foden3 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonEnzo Le Fée4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.