Sunderland 1–0 Newcastle United
- Woltemade 46' (o.g.)
14 December 2025
The match in data
A 1–0 win for Sunderland against Newcastle United on 14 December 2025, on matchday 16 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Granit Xhaka (Sunderland), rated 61, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 10 final-third passes. Xhaka produced 1.2 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Jacob Murphy, with 65.
Granit Xhaka
Sunderland · 90'
Produced 1.25× and cost 0.63× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 10 final-third passes 1.8×
- 65 passes 1.5×
- 14 misplaced passes 2.1×
- 1 duel lost 0.2×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinildo Mandava | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Dan Ballard | Defender | 90 | 61 |
| Granit Xhaka ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | 58 |
| Noah Sadiki | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Chemsdine Talbi | Forward | 83 | 50 |
| Bertrand Traoré | Forward | 70 | 50 |
| Trai Hume | Defender | 20 | 41 |
| Brian Brobbey | Forward | 70 | 40 |
| Omar Alderete | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Wilson Isidor | Forward | 20 | 35 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Romaine Mundle | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 31 | 65 |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 31 | 60 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Fabian Schär | Defender | 48 | 55 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 59 | 52 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 42 | 51 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 31 | 51 |
| Lewis Miley | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Aaron Ramsdale | Goalkeeper | 90 | 48 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 59 | 44 |
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 59 | 28 |
| Tino Livramento | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 75 | 26 |
| Yoane Wissa | Forward | 15 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Newcastle United player won the most aerial duels?
Malick Thiaw, with 11 aerial duels won. Next: Lewis Hall 3, Fabian Schär 3.
Malick Thiaw dominated in the air with 11 aerial duels won, well clear of Lewis Hall and Fabian Schär on 3 each. That individual aerial control was not enough to prevent Newcastle United from losing 1–0.
Which Sunderland player won the most duels?
Brian Brobbey, with 9 duels won. Next: Dan Ballard 7, Reinildo Mandava 6.
Brian Brobbey led Sunderland with 9 duels won in the 1–0 victory over Newcastle United, followed by Dan Ballard with 7 and Reinildo Mandava with 6. Securing those direct battles helped protect the narrow lead.
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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