Brentford 3–0 Sunderland
- Thiago 30'
- Thiago 65'
- Yarmolyuk 73'
7 January 2026
The match in data
Brentford beat Sunderland 3–0 on 7 January 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Igor Thiago (Brentford), rated 65, thanks above all to 1.64 xG and 4 shots on target. Thiago produced 2.7 times as much as a forward typically does, at 1.0 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Sunderland, the highest-rated player was Granit Xhaka, with 65.
Igor Thiago scored twice.
Enzo Le Fée missed a penalty at 60'.
Igor Thiago
Brentford · 82'
Produced 2.67× and cost 1.01× their position's average
- 1.64 xG 4.0×
- 4 shots on target 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 2 shots off target, worth 0.55 3.8×
- 7 duels lost 1.1×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Thiago ★ | Forward | 82 | 65 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | 62 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | Midfielder | 29 | 59 |
| Nathan Collins | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Yegor Yarmolyuk | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Vitaly Janelt | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 76 | 52 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Michael Kayode | Defender | 82 | 51 |
| Rico Henry | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | Midfielder | 61 | 37 |
| Jordan Henderson | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Reiss Nelson | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Dan Ballard | Defender | 79 | 62 |
| Simon Adingra | Forward | 52 | 58 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 |
| Romaine Mundle | Forward | 38 | 57 |
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Chris Rigg | Midfielder | 52 | 44 |
| Omar Alderete | Defender | 83 | 37 |
| Trai Hume | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Lutsharel Geertruida | Defender | 79 | 36 |
| Brian Brobbey | Forward | 90 | 29 |
| Eliezer Mayenda | Forward | 38 | 28 |
| Dan Neil | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Dennis Cirkin | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Luke O'Nien | Defender | 7 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Brentford player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Kevin Schade, with 4 key passes. Next: Mathias Jensen 2, Igor Thiago 2.
In Brentford's 3–0 win, Kevin Schade led the attack with 4 key passes. Schade doubled the tally of Mathias Jensen and Igor Thiago, who finished with 2 each.
Which Sunderland player won the most duels?
Brian Brobbey, with 7 duels won. Next: Dan Ballard 6, Nordi Mukiele 4.
Despite Sunderland's 3–0 defeat, Brian Brobbey led physical battles with 7 duels won. Brobbey finished ahead of Dan Ballard on 6 and Nordi Mukiele on 4.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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