Sunderland 3–0 West Ham United
- Mayenda 61'
- Ballard 73'
- Isidor 90+2'
16 August 2025
The match in data
Sunderland got the better of West Ham United, 3–0, on 16 August 2025, on matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Dan Ballard (Sunderland), rated 66, thanks above all to 10 duels won and 6 aerials won. Ballard produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For West Ham United, the highest-rated player was James Ward-Prowse, with 66.
Dan Ballard
Sunderland · 90'
Produced 1.32× and cost 0.42× their position's average
- 10 duels won 2.1×
- 6 aerials won 3.0×
- 7 final-third passes 1.3×
- 3 duels lost 0.8×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Alderete | Defender | 37 | 71 |
| Dan Ballard ★ | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Eliezer Mayenda | Forward | 76 | 56 |
| Robin Roefs | Goalkeeper | 90 | 53 |
| Chemsdine Talbi | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Trai Hume | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Reinildo Mandava | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Noah Sadiki | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Jenson Seelt | Defender | 53 | 39 |
| Habib Diarra | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Simon Adingra | Forward | 76 | 27 |
| Enzo Le Fée | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Wilson Isidor | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Chris Rigg | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Ward-Prowse | Midfielder | 71 | 66 |
| Maximilian Kilman | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Jean-Clair Todibo | Defender | 82 | 65 |
| Nayef Aguerd | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Aaron Wan-Bissaka | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Lucas Paquetá | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Jarrod Bowen | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Guido Rodríguez | Midfielder | 71 | 41 |
| El Hadji Malick Diouf | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Niclas Füllkrug | Forward | 90 | 34 |
| Mads Hermansen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 26 |
| Callum Wilson | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Tomáš Souček | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Andrew Irving | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which West Ham United player won the most aerial duels?
Lucas Paquetá, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Niclas Füllkrug 3, El Hadji Malick Diouf 3.
In the 3–0 loss to Sunderland, Lucas Paquetá won the most aerial duels for West Ham United with 5. Niclas Füllkrug and El Hadji Malick Diouf trailed behind with 3 each.
Which Sunderland player won the most aerial duels?
Dan Ballard, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Trai Hume 4, Granit Xhaka 2.
Dan Ballard dominated the aerial contest for Sunderland by winning 6 aerial duels. Trai Hume followed with 4, while Granit Xhaka recorded 2.
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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