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Sunderland 2–1 Crystal Palace · Premier League

2–1Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Sunderland won 2–1.

Shots
136
Shots on target
72
Possession
57%43%

Full time

What the match recorded

Sunderland beat Crystal Palace 2–1. Recorded in this match (Sunderland – Crystal Palace): shots 13–6, shots on target 7–2, possession 57%–43%, corners 3–4. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Crystal Palace's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Crystal Palace's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.05 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.4 goals/match1.05 goals/match1.44 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Crystal Palace have a visible away split

moderate

Crystal Palace's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

9.73 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season11.5 shots/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

MetricAway onlySeasonBaseline
Shots9.73 shots/match11.5 shots/match11.9 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots13 shots6 shotsSunderland 13 shots, Crystal Palace 6 shots
  • Shots on target7 shots2 shotsSunderland 7 shots, Crystal Palace 2 shots
  • Possession57%43%Sunderland 57%, Crystal Palace 43%
  • Corners3 corners4 cornersSunderland 3 corners, Crystal Palace 4 corners
  • Fouls8 fouls15 foulsSunderland 8 fouls, Crystal Palace 15 fouls
  • Yellow cards3 cards3 cardsSunderland 3 cards, Crystal Palace 3 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Sunderland
1Draws
0Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace — Sunderland · Premier League0–0

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Sunderland favored in 1 of 9 directional metrics · Crystal Palace in 5 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Sunderland22 matchesCrystal Palace22 matches
1.05 goals/matchGoals scored22/221.05 goals/match
1.05 goals/match ▲Goals allowed22/221.14 goals/match
9.77 shots/matchShots22/22▲ 11.5 shots/match
3.27 shots/matchShots on target22/22▲ 3.77 shots/match
43.3% ●Possession22/2243%
3.59 corners/matchCorners22/22● 3.91 corners/match
2.09 cards/matchCards22/221.86 cards/match
9.77 fouls/matchFouls22/2210 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples22 / 22home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 17 Jan 2026, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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