Premier League · 2025Sat, 24 Jan 2026, 12:30 UTCFull timeLondon StadiumFull-time recap

West Ham

LDLLW

3–1Full-time recap

Sunderland

DDDLW

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	West Ham	Sunderland
Shots	13 shots/match▲	7 shots/match
Shots on target	5 shots/match▲	2 shots/match
Possession	47%	53%
Corners	3 corners/match	3 corners/match
Fouls	9 fouls/match	16 fouls/match
Yellow cards	2 cards/match▲	4 cards/match

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: West Ham's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

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

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.6 goals/match	1.17 goals/match	1.43 goals/match

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

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0West Ham

0Draws

1Sunderland

16 Aug 2025Sunderland — West Ham · Premier League3–0

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

West Ham favored in 4 of 14 directional metrics · Sunderland in 4 · 6 too close

1.17 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 23/231.04 goals/match

1.96 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 23/23▲1.13 goals/match

—Expected goalsseason · 0/0—

—Expected goals allowedseason · 0/0—

10.4 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 23/239.65 shots/match

15 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 23/2314.4 shots/match

3.43 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 23/233.22 shots/match

5.39 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 23/23▲4.57 shots/match

43.2%Possessionseason · 23/2343.7%

5.22 corners/matchCornersseason · 23/233.57 corners/match

6.26 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 23/23▲4.83 corners/match

1.83 cards/match▲Cardsseason · 23/232.17 cards/match

11 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 23/2310 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

4%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 23/23▲30%

65%Scoring frequencyseason · 23/2365%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

West Ham17.5

Sunderland22.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

West Ham24.2

Sunderland14.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

West Ham5.8

Sunderland37.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

West Ham52.5

Sunderland17.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

West Ham56.2

Sunderland52.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

West Ham57.5

Sunderland12.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

West Ham40.6

Sunderland20

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches

1.6 goals/match▲Goals scored5/50.8 goals/match

1.8 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲1.6 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

12 shots/match▲Shots5/510.2 shots/match

3.2 shots/matchShots on target5/5▲3.8 shots/match

47.6%Possession5/548.4%

5.2 corners/matchCorners5/53.6 corners/match

2.2 cards/matchCards5/52.4 cards/match

12.4 fouls/matchFouls5/510.4 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

10 / 10 matches

1.2 goals/match▲Goals scored10/100.7 goals/match

1.8 goals/matchGoals allowed10/10▲1.3 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

11.3 shots/match▲Shots10/109.5 shots/match

3.2 shots/matchShots on target10/10▲3.6 shots/match

42.4%Possession10/1044.3%

4.8 corners/matchCorners10/103.6 corners/match

1.8 cards/matchCards10/102.2 cards/match

11.5 fouls/matchFouls10/109.9 fouls/match

Window

Season

23 / 23 matches

1.17 goals/match▲Goals scored23/231.04 goals/match

1.96 goals/matchGoals allowed23/23▲1.13 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

10.4 shots/match▲Shots23/239.65 shots/match

3.43 shots/match▲Shots on target23/233.22 shots/match

43.2%Possession23/2343.7%

5.22 corners/matchCorners23/233.57 corners/match

1.83 cards/matchCards23/232.17 cards/match

11 fouls/matchFouls23/2310 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

12 / 12 matches

1.33 goals/match▲Goals scored12/120.5 goals/match

2.17 goals/matchGoals allowed12/12▲1.42 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

10.8 shots/match▲Shots12/128.92 shots/match

3.67 shots/match▲Shots on target12/122.83 shots/match

43.3%Possession12/1243.8%

5.67 corners/matchCorners12/123.5 corners/match

1.83 cards/matchCards12/122 cards/match

11.1 fouls/matchFouls12/1210.2 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

6.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.9 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceready

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

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