Port Vale 1-0 Sunderland
Key numbers
- Possession 31% – 69%
- Shots 9 (1 on target) – 17 (6)
- Decisive moment: 28' Ben Waine, FN xPts +1.0
Ben Waine 28'
HT 1:0
Sunderland edged xG (0.9–1.91) but Port Vale took the win.
Player of the matchJordan Lawrence-GabrielDecisive moment28' Ben Waine+1.0
Player of the match
Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Port Vale ahead 62 min · level 28 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.
28'
Ben Waine
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Dajaune Brown +0.3
+1.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Port Vale is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Port ValeSunderland
31%Possession69%
0.9Expected goals (xG)1.91
0.1xG per shot0.11
9Shots17
1Shots on target6
11%Shots on target %35%
6Shots in box14
207Passes452
58%Pass accuracy80%
5Corners9
5Saves0
12Fouls10
2Yellow cards1
0Offsides2
Compared with usual
Sunderland
32 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 1.91 | 0.93 | |
| xG against | 0.9 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 17 | 10.2 | |
| On target | 6 | 3.4 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 14.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 69% | 45.1% | |
| Passes | 452 | 387.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 78.7% | |
| Corners | 9 | 3.8 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 10.5 |
Timeline
- 28' Goal Ben Waine assist Dajaune Brown
- 30' Yellow Dajaune Brown
- 46' Sub Cameron Humphreys → Tyler Magloire
- 54' Yellow Ben Waine
- 57' Sub Ethon Archer → George Hall
- 57' Sub Dajaune Brown → Andre Gray
- 61' Yellow Melker Ellborg
- 68' Sub Chemsdine Talbi → Wilson Isidor
- 81' Sub Liam Gordon → Elijah Campbell
- 83' Sub Chris Rigg → Granit Xhaka
- 88' Sub Ben Waine → Grant Ward
Category leaders
- Key passesEnzo Le Fée6
- Duels wonJordan Lawrence-Gabriel9/14
- DribblesNilson Angulo4/10
- Defensive actionsJordan Lawrence-Gabriel7
- ShotsDaniel Ballard4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonHabib Diarra3
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.