Match Centre: Sunderland vs Stoke City
Player of the match Tom Watson 9.3
GolVolt rating 9.9GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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0:1 → 2:1
Sunderland came from behind to win.
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86'
The winner came late: Tom Watson (Sunderland).
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Winner at 86′, Watson scored the winner.
- Dramaweight 50% Winner at 86′, comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Watson scored the winner, keeper Johansson: 8 saves, Watson: rated 9.3.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 36 shots. Quality of play: 9.7 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.9more watchable than 99% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 6' Goal: Lewis KoumasStoke City0:1
- 7' Goal: Tom Watsonassist: Bellingham1:1
- Half-time · 1:1
- 73' SubstitutionVidigal for Manhoef
- 79' 2 substitutionsCirkin for AleseMayenda for Rigg
- 84' SubstitutionWilmot for Bae
- 86' Goal: Tom Watsonassist: Roberts2:1
- 90+2' SubstitutionHjelde for Isidor
- Full-time · 2:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Sunderland
Stoke City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Sunderland
- 21 Simon Moore GK —
- 3 Dennis Cirkin DEF on
- 33 Leo Hjelde DEF on
- 41 Zak Johnson DEF —
- 22 Adil Aouchiche MID —
- 12 Eliezer Mayenda ATT on
- 15 Nazariy Rusyn ATT —
- 24 Aaron Connolly ATT —
- 30 Milan Aleksic ATT —
Stoke City
- 13 Jack Bonham GK —
- 16 Ben Wilmot DEF on
- 2 Lynden Gooch MID —
- 6 Wouter Burger MID —
- 7 André Vidigal MID on
- 15 Jordan Andrew Thompson MID —
- 30 Sol Sidibé MID —
- 14 Niall Ennis ATT —
- 37 Emre Tezgel ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Sunderland Tom Watson
- 2. place · Stoke City Viktor Johansson
- 3. place · Sunderland Patrick Roberts
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