Premier League

Sunderland 3-1 Aston Villa

Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 02 Jan 2016, 19:00 Venue time 02 Jan 2016, 19:00 GMT

Sunderland vs Aston Villa finished 3-1 in Premier League. Key event: 2' Duncan Watmore (assist Fabio Borini · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 45.3%). Head to head: H2H last 3 before 02 Jan 2016: 0 W / 2 D / 1 L for Sunderland. Home form: L L L L L; Away form: L D D L D. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 2.49 / 3.20 / 3.10; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (02 Jan 2016): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L L L L L Matches: 5 · 0 pts, goals 3-12, 0.60 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Away form L D D L D Matches: 5 · 3 pts, goals 3-7, 0.60 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Sunderland · season record 3 W · 3 D · 13 L 2015/2016: 19 recorded matches, goals 19–38; before 02 Jan 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Aston Villa · season record 1 W · 5 D · 13 L 2015/2016: 19 recorded matches, goals 15–34; before 02 Jan 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 45 events

The goal sequence could not be confirmed against the final score. Available events are shown below.

2' shot Duncan Watmore SUN assist Fabio Borini xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 45.3%

4' shot Leandro Bacuna AST assist Carles Gil xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.1%, 47%

5' shot Leandro Bacuna AST xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.4%, 55.2%

7' shot Jordan Veretout AST assist Leandro Bacuna xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.8%, 69.3%

12' shot Duncan Watmore SUN assist Fabio Borini xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.3%, 46%

16' shot Fabio Borini SUN assist Adam Johnson xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 89.9%, 49%

25' Yellow Wes Brown SUN Yellow Card

26' Yellow Wes Brown SUN

29' Goal Goal SUN Own goal

29' shot Patrick van Aanholt SUN assist Yann M'Vila xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.7%, 71.5%

29' shot Micah Richards AST xG 0 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 11.4%, 41.9%

31' Yellow Fabio Borini SUN Yellow Card

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33' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Aly Cissokho xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 86.3%, 50.3%

33' Yellow Fabio Borini SUN

42' Yellow Alan Hutton AST Yellow Card

43' Yellow Alan Hutton AST

45' shot Patrick van Aanholt SUN xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 77.7%, 33.2%

50' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Jordan Veretout xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 86.9%, 54.8%

53' shot Jermain Defoe SUN assist Patrick van Aanholt xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.7%, 61.5%

55' Sub Danny Graham SUN on for Duncan Watmore · Tactical

56' Sub Adama Traoré Diarra AST on for Jack Grealish · Tactical

56' shot Jermain Defoe SUN assist Yann M'Vila xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.7%, 54.4%

59' shot Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent AST Open Play · Off T · xG 0.01

59' shot Carles Gil AST assist Rudy Gestede xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 70.2%, 66.8%

61' shot Patrick van Aanholt SUN assist Lee Cattermole xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.1%, 64.9%

62' Goal Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent AST Open Play · Goal

62' shot Carles Gil AST assist Adama Traoré xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91%, 58.3%

66' shot John O'Shea SUN assist Adam Johnson xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 88.8%, 38.8%

67' Yellow Adama Traoré Diarra AST Yellow Card

71' shot Jermain Defoe SUN assist Adam Johnson xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 70.1%

75' Sub Libor Kozák AST on for Alan Hutton · Injury

79' Sub Ola Toivonen SUN on for Fabio Borini · Tactical

84' shot Yann Gérard M''Vila SUN Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

84' shot Yann M'Vila SUN assist Adam Johnson xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 81.5%, 29.4%

84' shot Danny Graham SUN assist Billy Jones xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.7%, 52.9%

86' Yellow Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent AST Yellow Card

87' Sub Sebastián Coates Nión SUN on for Adam Johnson · Tactical

87' Yellow Carles Gil AST

88' Sub Scott Sinclair AST on for Adama Traoré Diarra · Injury

89' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Libor Kozák xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 29.3%

90+1' Goal Jermain Defoe SUN Open Play · Goal

90+4' Yellow Lee Cattermole SUN Yellow Card

90+4' Yellow Rudy Gestede AST Yellow Card

90+5' Yellow Lee Cattermole SUN

91' shot Jermain Defoe SUN assist Ola Toivonen xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 48.5%

Shot map 22 shots · 3 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Sunderland 13 shots · 0.76 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Aston Villa 9 shots · 0.28 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Aston Villa160 plotted of 350 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Sunderland160 plotted of 376 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Aston Villa167 exact passer-recipient links

GRE HUT LES RIC CIS GES BAC VER KOZ

GREJack Grealish10 passes
HUTAlan Hutton18 passes
LESJoleon Lescott27 passes
RICMicah Richards16 passes
CISAly Cissokho30 passes
GESRudy Gestede13 passes
BACLeandro Bacuna22 passes
VERJordan Veretout30 passes
KOZLibor Kozák1 passes

Sunderland208 exact passer-recipient links

MAN O'' AAN DEF BOR CAT JON WAT BRO JOH GRA

MANVito Mannone10 passes
O''John O''Shea22 passes
AANPatrick van Aanholt32 passes
DEFJermain Defoe3 passes
BORFabio Borini16 passes
CATLee Cattermole28 passes
JONBilly Jones33 passes
WATDuncan Watmore3 passes
BROWes Brown24 passes
JOHAdam Johnson28 passes
GRADanny Graham9 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Aston Villa350 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Sunderland376 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 35 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

SunderlandAston Villa

0–5′89–11
5–10′100–0
10–15′64–36
15–20′100–0
20–25′100–0
25–30′98–2
30–35′100–0
35–40′62–38
40–45′0–100
45–50′100–0
50–55′100–0
55–60′34–66
60–65′87–13
65–70′100–0
70–75′86–14
75–80′39–61
80–85′9–91
85–90′56–44
90–95′100–0

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (02 Jan 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

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