# Sunderland 1–0 Newcastle United · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 Premier League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Sunderland v Newcastle United (1–0), matchday 16, 2025-26 Premier League. Player of the match: Granit Xhaka (60). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-newcastle-united-2025-12-14/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 16 ## [Sunderland](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/sunderland-3/2025-26/) 1 – 0 [Newcastle United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/newcastle-united-20/2025-26/) - 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 60, 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 0.7 times the cost. It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season. For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Jacob Murphy, with 65. 60 Player of the match ### [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) Sunderland · 90' Produced **1.25×** and cost **0.66×** their position's average Added - 1 big chance created 4.0× - 10 final-third passes 1.8× - 65 passes 1.5× Took away - 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. **Sunderland** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Reinildo Mandava](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/reinildo-mandava-163108/) | Defender | 90 | 63 | | [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 60 | | [Robin Roefs](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/robin-roefs-37397144/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 | | [Dan Ballard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dan-ballard-12433171/) | Defender | 90 | 53 | | [Noah Sadiki](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/noah-sadiki-37630179/) | Midfielder | 90 | 53 | | [Chemsdine Talbi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/chemsdine-talbi-37590634/) | Forward | 83 | 51 | | [Bertrand Traoré](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bertrand-traore-4254/) | Forward | 70 | 51 | | [Brian Brobbey](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/brian-brobbey-7330507/) | Forward | 70 | 42 | | [Trai Hume](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/trai-hume-24816771/) | Defender | 20 | 40 | | [Wilson Isidor](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/wilson-isidor-5666460/) | Forward | 20 | 37 | | [Omar Alderete](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/omar-alderete-258137/) | Defender | 90 | 34 | | [Enzo Le Fée](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/enzo-le-fee-7026744/) | Midfielder | 90 | 31 | | [Nordi Mukiele](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nordi-mukiele-97669/) | Defender | 90 | 31 | | [Romaine Mundle](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/romaine-mundle-37259208/) | Forward | 7 | no rating | **Newcastle United** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Jacob Murphy](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jacob-murphy-3071/) | Forward | 31 | 65 | | [Joe Willock](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joe-willock-1494447/) | Midfielder | 31 | 60 | | [Bruno Guimarães](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bruno-guimaraes-459145/) | Midfielder | 90 | 56 | | [Malick Thiaw](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/malick-thiaw-21762216/) | Defender | 90 | 54 | | [Fabian Schär](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/fabian-schar-32372/) | Defender | 48 | 54 | | [Sandro Tonali](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sandro-tonali-2823228/) | Midfielder | 59 | 52 | | [Harvey Barnes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/harvey-barnes-10601/) | Forward | 31 | 52 | | [Dan Burn](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dan-burn-2815/) | Defender | 42 | 51 | | [Aaron Ramsdale](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/aaron-ramsdale-9438/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 46 | | [Anthony Gordon](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anthony-gordon-9611543/) | Forward | 59 | 46 | | [Lewis Miley](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lewis-miley-37581796/) | Midfielder | 90 | 43 | | [Lewis Hall](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lewis-hall-37459072/) | Defender | 90 | 41 | | [Anthony Elanga](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anthony-elanga-28912805/) | Forward | 59 | 29 | | [Nick Woltemade](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nick-woltemade-32777430/) | Forward | 75 | 27 | | [Tino Livramento](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tino-livramento-24799911/) | Defender | 90 | 26 | | [Yoane Wissa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/yoane-wissa-96928/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19427614)