Torreense 1-2 Sunderland: substitutes turn it round late
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 22 shots, a high for Sunderland's eight matches
- Just 3 shots faced, their season low
- Both goals set up by bench arrivals
Two substitutes provided the assists
Torreense led through Volnei Feltes in the 37th minute, but Sunderland scored twice after the hour to win. They had made seven changes to the starting eleven, leaving Granit Xhaka, Nordi Mukiele, Reinildo and Enzo Le Fée on the bench. All four were on by the 59th minute, and the equaliser and winner both came from bench assists by Mukiele and Xhaka.
Sunderland's volume came with modest quality
Sunderland had 22 shots, the most in their eight matches this season. Yet 0.08 xG per shot, below their season average of 0.13, suggests many of those efforts were low-value ones. Lucas Paes made three saves for Torreense, but the pressure still produced two goals and 1.82 xG against 0.09 for the hosts.
Torreense led without shooting from the box
All three Torreense shots came from outside the area, which left them with 0.09 xG. Feltes's goal was one of them, a good return from a low-probability chance. Sunderland's three shots conceded were the fewest in their eight matches this season, so Torreense had none in the box and still held a half-time lead.
A stoppage-time winner reshapes the table
Noah Sadiki's winner deep into stoppage time was worth +2.0 FN xPts to Sunderland, while Torreense's FN xPts fell by 1.0. Jules Ahoka's equaliser in the 67th minute had already cost the hosts 1.3 FN xPts. VAR also cancelled a Sunderland penalty in the 89th minute. After this match Sunderland moved from 15th to first on six points, with Torreense dropping from 12th to 16th on three.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Granit Xhaka 8.0Dominant
Four key passes and an assist in 32 minutes after coming on as a substitute.
Xhaka entered in the 58th minute and completed 42 of his 46 passes, four of which created chances for team-mates. Most of his value came in attack, culminating in the assist for Sadiki's winner. That delivery broke a 1-1 deadlock that had stood since the 67th minute and turned a decent display into a three-point one.
Game state
1-01-11-2
Torreense ahead 30 min · level 60 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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
37'
Volnei Feltes
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist A. Oudrhiri +0.3 · SUN −0.8
+0.9
67'
Jules Ahoka
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Nordi Mukiele +0.3 · TOR −1.3
+0.9
90+3'
Noah Sadiki
Goal · scorer +1.4 · assist Granit Xhaka +0.6 · TOR −1.0
+2.0
Torreense
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 1.3Own moments +0.9Opponent moments −2.3Time effect +0.1→ League points won 0
Sunderland
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +2.9Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.5→ 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.
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Match stats
TorreenseSunderland
0.09Expected goals (xG)1.82
Compared with usual
Sunderland
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 1.82 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 0.09 | 1.6 | |
| Shots | 22 | 13.9 | high |
| On target | 5 | 4.5 | |
| Shots faced | 3 | 11.4 | low |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 61% | 50.5% | |
| Passes | 425 | 412.3 | |
| Corners | 9 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 19 | 11.9 | high |
Timeline
- 37'
Goal
Volnei Feltes competition goal #1 assist A. Oudrhiri
- 43'
Yellow
J. Mutombo
- 45'
Yellow
Trai Hume
- 58'
Sub
Malick Fofana → Enzo Le Fée
- 58'
Sub
Nilson Angulo → Granit Xhaka
- 59'
Sub
Trai Hume → Nordi Mukiele
- 59'
Sub
Dayann Methalie → Reinildo
- 63'
Sub
Manu Pozo → Stopira
- 63'
Sub
J. Mutombo → David Bruno
- 67'
Goal
Jules Ahoka competition goal #1 assist Nordi Mukiele
- 73'
Sub
João Marques → Dany Jean
- 73'
Sub
K. Zoabi → Luis Quintero
- 79'
Yellow
Enzo Le Fée
- 85'
Yellow
Nordi Mukiele
- 89'
VAR
Timur Tuterov
- 90+2'
Sub
Malik Abubakari → M. Drammeh
- 90+3'
Goal
Noah Sadiki competition goal #1 assist Granit Xhaka
Category leaders
- Key passesGranit Xhaka4
- Duels wonLuke O'Nien8/13
- DribblesK. Zoabi2/2
- Defensive actionsJ. Mutombo5
- ShotsOmar Alderete7 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonJavi Vázquez3
#Torreense#Sunderland#Europa League#Noah Sadiki#Granit Xhaka#Jules Ahoka
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.