Sunderland
SUN · finished 7th in 2025-26 on 54 points · Elo 1,736
Squad
25
xG/match
1.14
xGA/match
1.59
Clean sheets
29%
PPDA
13.7
How they play
2025-26, from Understat. Ranks are out of the 17 clubs with a top-flight record — the three promoted sides have none.
Attack rank
17th
Defence rank
15th
Press rank
14th
Goals
42
Conceded
48
xG diff
-0.5
npxG/match
1.03
Deep passes
5.6
xPts
42.0
Set-piece threat
What decides whether this club's defenders and target men are worth owning. Shots from corners, not corners won — Understat records the shot, and the shot is what scores points.
Corner xG
4.60
Corner goals
4
Corner shots
53
Header xG
7.28
Header goals
7
Headed shots
67
Last ten
Points against expected points: the gap is where a season was luckier or unluckier than it played.
| Opponent | Score | xG | xGA | PPDA | Pts | xPts | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | CHE | 2–1 | 2.33 | 0.92 | 7.9 | 3 | 2.38 | +0.62 |
| W | eve | 3–1 | 1.28 | 1.32 | 12.8 | 3 | 1.29 | +1.71 |
| D | MUN | 0–0 | 1.24 | 0.54 | 13.6 | 1 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| D | 1–1 | 0.92 | 1.96 | 13.1 | 1 | 0.64 | +0.36 | |
| L | NFO | 0–5 | 0.61 | 1.54 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.60 | -0.60 |
| L | avl | 3–4 | 1.56 | 3.90 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.23 | -0.24 |
| W | TOT | 1–0 | 1.78 | 1.02 | 7.1 | 3 | 1.97 | +1.04 |
| W | new | 2–1 | 2.67 | 1.27 | 11.0 | 3 | 2.32 | +0.68 |
| L | BHA | 0–1 | 0.66 | 1.13 | 20.1 | 0 | 0.91 | -0.91 |
| W | lee | 1–0 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 15.5 | 3 | 1.39 | +1.62 |
Squad
25 players. Rates from 2025-26 — a summer signing's numbers describe his previous club.
Goalkeepers3
Defenders10
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mukiele | £5.5 | 8.1% | 81% | 151 | 4.88 | 0.138 | 8.8 | 15.8 |
 Alderete | £5.0 | 1.3% | 82% | 125 | 4.02 | 0.081 | 10.0 | 12.9 |
 Ballard | £5.0 | 2.7% | 63% | 116 | 4.87 | 0.130 | 11.1 | 14.3 |
 Hume | £4.5 | 1.4% | 89% | 110 | 3.27 | 0.128 | 6.0 | 11.4 |
 Reinildo | £4.5 | 0.6% | 57% | 74 | 3.39 | 0.034 | 7.5 | 12.9 |
 O'Nien | £4.0 | 2.3% | 17% | 26 | 4.14 | 0.045 | 6.8 | 14.3 |
 Seelt | £4.5 | 0.0% | 4% | 2 | — | — | — | — |
 Masuaku | £4.0 | 1.5% | 4% | 1 | — | — | — | — |
 Hjelde | £4.0 | 0.4% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
 Meunier | £4.5 | 0.5% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
Midfielders10
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 E.Le Fée | £6.0 | 7.5% | 86% | 147 | 4.52 | 0.343 | 9.8 | 19.1 |
 Xhaka | £5.5 | 6.4% | 85% | 124 | 3.85 | 0.147 | 11.2 | 18.7 |
 Talbi | £5.5 | 0.2% | 45% | 83 | 4.81 | 0.191 | 5.3 | 14.4 |
 Sadiki | £5.0 | 0.5% | 85% | 80 | 2.49 | 0.090 | 7.7 | 12.8 |
 Diarra | £5.5 | 0.1% | 41% | 65 | 4.17 | 0.264 | 5.1 | 13.4 |
 Rigg | £5.0 | 0.1% | 22% | 36 | 4.27 | 0.213 | 6.8 | 16.1 |
 Adingra | £5.0 | 0.4% | 19% | 34 | 4.71 | 0.135 | 6.2 | 11.2 |
 Mundle | £5.0 | 0.0% | 12% | 14 | — | — | — | — |
 Angulo | £5.0 | 0.1% | 12% | 13 | — | — | — | — |
 Jocelin.T | £5.0 | 0.0% | 1% | 1 | — | — | — | — |
