Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool
Key numbers
- Possession 43% – 57%
- Shots 11 (2 on target) – 23 (3)
- Decisive moment: 61' Virgil van Dijk, FN xPts +1.1
HT 0:0
Virgil van Dijk 61'
Sunderland 11th · 36 pts|Liverpool 6th · 42 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.63–2.53).
Player of the matchVirgil van DijkDecisive moment61' Virgil van Dijk+1.1
Player of the match
Virgil van Dijk Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.4 (Dominant)
Game state
Sunderland ahead 0 min · level 61 min · Liverpool ahead 29 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.
61'
Virgil van Dijk
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Mohamed Salah +0.3
+1.1
Sunderland
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.9Time effect −0.6→ League points won 0
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +1.1Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.7→ League points won 3
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
SunderlandLiverpool
43%Possession57%
0.63Expected goals (xG)2.53
0.06xG per shot0.11
11Shots23
2Shots on target3
18%Shots on target %13%
8Shots in box16
372Passes501
84%Pass accuracy86%
3Corners11
2Saves2
8Fouls10
1Yellow cards0
2Offsides1
Compared with usual
Sunderland
27 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.1 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 0.63 | 0.85 | |
| xG against | 2.53 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 11 | 10.2 | |
| On target | 2 | 3.4 | |
| Shots faced | 23 | 14 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 43% | 45.4% | |
| Passes | 372 | 396.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 79.3% | |
| Corners | 3 | 3.8 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.4 |
Liverpool
36 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 2.53 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.63 | 1 | |
| Shots | 23 | 16.3 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.1 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 10.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 57% | 59.8% | |
| Passes | 501 | 549.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 86.3% | |
| Corners | 11 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 9.7 |
Timeline
- 24' Yellow Reinildo Mandava
- 61' Goal Virgil van Dijk league goal #2 assist Mohamed Salah
- 69' Sub Wataru Endo → Joe Gomez
- 75' Sub Cody Gakpo → Curtis Jones
- 80' Sub Nilson Angulo → Romaine Mundle
- 80' Sub Trai Hume → Chemsdine Talbi
- 80' Sub Omar Alderete → Lutsharel Geertruida
- 88' Sub Hugo Ekitiké → Federico Chiesa
- 90+2' Sub Habib Diarra → Wilson Isidor
Category leaders
- Key passesAndrew Robertson3
- Duels wonVirgil van Dijk9/10
- DribblesHugo Ekitiké3/4
- Defensive actionsEnzo Le Fée6
- ShotsFlorian Wirtz3 (on target 2)
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.