# Sunderland 2026-27 · Matches, squad and NVP | Sir Balone > Sunderland in the 2026-27 season: 8 matches in Premier League and Europa League, with 3 wins, 1 draws and 4 defeats (9 goals scored and 13 conceded). In the Premier League they finished 17th with 4 points. URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/sunderland-3/2026-27/ Datos al: 2026-10-16 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/). § Team · 2026-27 ## Sunderland [2025-26](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/sunderland-3/2025-26/) Sunderland in the 2026-27 season: 8 matches in Premier League and Europa League, with 3 wins, 1 draws and 4 defeats (9 goals scored and 13 conceded). In the Premier League they finished 17th with 4 points. Their best NVP belongs to Granit Xhaka, at 82. ### Best NVP in the team The highest season NVP in each position, the same as on the player card. #### Centre-backs - 1 40 [Dan Ballard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dan-ballard-12433171/) Sunderland #### Full-backs - 1 43 [Nordi Mukiele](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nordi-mukiele-97669/) Sunderland #### Defensive midfielders - 1 82 [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) Sunderland - 2 58 [Noah Sadiki](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/noah-sadiki-37630179/) Sunderland #### Attacking midfielders - 1 33 [Enzo Le Fée](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/enzo-le-fee-7026744/) Sunderland ### Top producers What they produce against the average for their position (1× = average). - 1 1.65× [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) Sunderland - 2 1.45× [Nordi Mukiele](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nordi-mukiele-97669/) Sunderland - 3 1.07× [Dan Ballard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dan-ballard-12433171/) Sunderland - 4 0.88× [Enzo Le Fée](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/enzo-le-fee-7026744/) Sunderland - 5 0.80× [Noah Sadiki](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/noah-sadiki-37630179/) Sunderland ### Best performances The highest ratings by a player in a single match. - 1 72 [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) Sunderland · [Sunderland 1 – 0 Fulham](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-fulham-2026-08-30/) - 2 68 [Brian Brobbey](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/brian-brobbey-7330507/) Sunderland · [Manchester City 5 – 3 Sunderland](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/manchester-city-sunderland-2026-09-20/) - 3 62 [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) Sunderland · [Manchester City 5 – 3 Sunderland](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/manchester-city-sunderland-2026-09-20/) - 4 60 [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) Sunderland · [Sunderland 0 – 2 Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-arsenal-2026-09-12/) - 5 60 [Nordi Mukiele](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nordi-mukiele-97669/) Sunderland · [Manchester City 5 – 3 Sunderland](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/manchester-city-sunderland-2026-09-20/) - 6 55 [Enzo Le Fée](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/enzo-le-fee-7026744/) Sunderland · [Manchester City 5 – 3 Sunderland](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/manchester-city-sunderland-2026-09-20/) - 7 54 [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) Sunderland · [Ipswich Town 2 – 1 Sunderland](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/ipswich-town-sunderland-2026-08-22/) - 8 54 [Noah Sadiki](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/noah-sadiki-37630179/) Sunderland · [Sunderland 0 – 2 Brighton & Hove Albion](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-brighton-hove-albion-2026-10-10/) - 9 54 [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) Sunderland · [Sunderland 0 – 2 Brighton & Hove Albion](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-brighton-hove-albion-2026-10-10/) - 10 53 [Noah Sadiki](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/noah-sadiki-37630179/) Sunderland · [Brentford 1 – 1 Sunderland](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brentford-sunderland-2026-09-05/) ### Matches - [22 Aug Ipswich Town 2–1 Sunderland 70 Emersonn](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/ipswich-town-sunderland-2026-08-22/) - [30 Aug Sunderland 1–0 Fulham 72 Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-fulham-2026-08-30/) - [5 Sep Brentford 1–1 Sunderland 55 Janelt](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brentford-sunderland-2026-09-05/) - [12 Sep Sunderland 0–2 Arsenal 69 Rice](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-arsenal-2026-09-12/) - [16 Sep Sunderland 1–0 AZ Alkmaar 60 Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-az-alkmaar-2026-09-16/) - [20 Sep Manchester City 5–3 Sunderland 68 Brobbey](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/manchester-city-sunderland-2026-09-20/) - [10 Oct Sunderland 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 54 Sadiki](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/sunderland-brighton-hove-albion-2026-10-10/) - [15 Oct Torreense 1–2 Sunderland 62 Mutombo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/torreense-sunderland-2026-10-15/) ### Squad Everyone who played this season, by minutes. League NVP, the same as on their card. | Player | Position | P | Min | POTM | NVP | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | [Robin Roefs](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/robin-roefs-37397144/) | | 8 | 720 | | — | | [Noah Sadiki](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/noah-sadiki-37630179/) | Midfielder | 8 | 682 | 1 | 58 | | [Granit Xhaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/granit-xhaka-1887/) | Midfielder | 8 | 661 | 2 | 82 | | [Enzo Le Fée](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/enzo-le-fee-7026744/) | Midfielder | 8 | 643 | | 33 | | [Nordi Mukiele](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nordi-mukiele-97669/) | Defender | 7 | 571 | | 43 | | [Reinildo Mandava](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/reinildo-mandava-163108/) | Defender | 7 | 555 | | — | | [Dan Ballard](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dan-ballard-12433171/) | Defender | 6 | 488 | | 40 | | [Nilson Angulo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nilson-angulo-37567350/) | | 8 | 473 | | — | | [Thomas Meunier](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/thomas-meunier-61517/) | Defender | 7 | 456 | | — | | [Kevin Danso](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kevin-danso-33079/) | Defender | 5 | 444 | | — | | [Brian Brobbey](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/brian-brobbey-7330507/) | Forward | 6 | 424 | 1 | — | | [Trai Hume](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/trai-hume-24816771/) | Defender | 6 | 412 | | — | | [Wilson Isidor](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/wilson-isidor-5666460/) | Forward | 7 | 274 | | — | | [Malick Fofana](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/malick-fofana-37590635/) | Forward | 4 | 211 | | — | | [Omar Alderete](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/omar-alderete-258137/) | Defender | 3 | 165 | | — | | [Luke O'Nien](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/luke-o-nien-5999/) | Defender | 2 | 157 | | — | | [Dayann Methalie](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dayann-methalie-37734644/) | Defender | 2 | 148 | | — | | [Chris Rigg](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/chris-rigg-37598297/) | Midfielder | 1 | 90 | | — | | Jules Ahoka | | 1 | 90 | | — | | Timur Tuterov | | 1 | 90 | | — | | [Chemsdine Talbi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/chemsdine-talbi-37590634/) | Forward | 1 | 31 | | — | [Open La Lente Player cards, comparisons, form and La Lente's AI.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos)