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Sunderland 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League

1–0Historical match

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

Match at a glance

Sunderland won 1–0.

Shots
1311
Shots on target
27
Expected goals
1.790.91
Possession
53%47%

Full time

What the match recorded

Sunderland beat Tottenham 1–0. Recorded in this match (Sunderland – Tottenham): shots 13–11, shots on target 2–7, expected goals 1.79–0.91, possession 53%–47%. 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.

Tottenham's recent record differs from the season

moderate

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

0.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.25 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 for0.6 goals/match1.25 goals/match1.34 goals/match

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

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots13 shots11 shotsSunderland 13 shots, Tottenham Hotspur 11 shots
  • Shots on target2 shots7 shotsSunderland 2 shots, Tottenham Hotspur 7 shots
  • Expected goals1.79 xG0.91 xGSunderland 1.79 xG, Tottenham Hotspur 0.91 xG
  • Possession53%47%Sunderland 53%, Tottenham Hotspur 47%
  • Corners2 corners6 cornersSunderland 2 corners, Tottenham Hotspur 6 corners
  • Fouls14 fouls15 foulsSunderland 14 fouls, Tottenham Hotspur 15 fouls
  • Yellow cards3 cards3 cardsSunderland 3 cards, Tottenham Hotspur 3 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Sunderland
1Draws
0Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur — Sunderland · Premier League1–1

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Sunderland favored in 2 of 11 directional metrics · Tottenham Hotspur in 6 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Sunderland32 matchesTottenham Hotspur32 matches
1.03 goals/matchGoals scored32/32▲ 1.25 goals/match
1.13 goals/match ▲Goals allowed32/321.59 goals/match
1.74 xG/match ▲Expected goals3/31.06 xG/match
9.97 shots/matchShots32/32▲ 11.2 shots/match
3.25 shots/matchShots on target32/32▲ 3.91 shots/match
43.9%Possession32/32● 49.8%
3.53 corners/matchCorners32/32● 5.22 corners/match
2.07 cards/matchCards29/292.76 cards/match
10.4 fouls/matchFouls32/3211.8 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples32 / 32home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 12 Apr 2026, 17:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Premier League

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsSunderlandTottenham Hotspur
CompetitionPremier LeaguePremier League 2025/26
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