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West Ham United 3–1 Sunderland · Premier League

3–1Historical match

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

Match at a glance

West Ham United won 3–1.

Shots
137
Shots on target
52
Possession
47%53%

Full time

What the match recorded

West Ham beat Sunderland 3–1. Recorded in this match (West Ham – Sunderland): shots 13–7, shots on target 5–2, possession 47%–53%, corners 3–3. 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.

West Ham's recent record differs from the season

moderate

West Ham's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.17 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 for1.6 goals/match1.17 goals/match1.43 goals/match

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

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots13 shots7 shotsWest Ham United 13 shots, Sunderland 7 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots2 shotsWest Ham United 5 shots, Sunderland 2 shots
  • Possession47%53%West Ham United 47%, Sunderland 53%
  • Corners3 corners3 cornersWest Ham United 3 corners, Sunderland 3 corners
  • Fouls9 fouls16 foulsWest Ham United 9 fouls, Sunderland 16 fouls
  • Yellow cards2 cards4 cardsWest Ham United 2 cards, Sunderland 4 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0West Ham United
0Draws
1Sunderland
Sunderland — West Ham United · Premier League3–0

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: West Ham United favored in 3 of 9 directional metrics · Sunderland in 4 · 2 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

West Ham United23 matchesSunderland23 matches
1.17 goals/match ▲Goals scored23/231.04 goals/match
1.96 goals/matchGoals allowed23/23▲ 1.13 goals/match
10.4 shots/match ▲Shots23/239.65 shots/match
3.43 shots/match ▲Shots on target23/233.22 shots/match
43.2%Possession23/23● 43.7%
5.22 corners/match ●Corners23/233.57 corners/match
1.83 cards/matchCards23/232.17 cards/match
11 fouls/matchFouls23/2310 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples23 / 23home / 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, 24 Jan 2026, 16:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Premier League

Goals per match rankingShots per match rankingShots on target per match ranking
TeamsWest Ham UnitedSunderland
CompetitionPremier LeaguePremier League 2025/26
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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