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Sunderland vs Watford
8 Feb 2025, 12:30 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Robert JonesChampionship 2024/2025 · 3 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
SunderlandMin
Watford- ⚽
Luke O'Nien 1-0
Goal · Header
With: Trai Hume
Header
16′ - 32′
Mamadou Doumbia
Yellowcard
Roughing
Dennis Cirkin
Yellowcard
Tripping
33′Wilson Isidor
Yellowcard
Holding
35′- 42′⚽
Tom Dele-Bashiru 1-1
Penalty · Penalty
Penalty
- 46′⚽
Imrân Louza 1-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Edo Kayembe
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Milan Aleksic
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Salis Abdul Samed
59′ - ⇄
Ian Poveda
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Patrick Roberts
59′ - 61′⇄
Jeremy Ngakia
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Yasser Larouci
Enzo Le Fée
Yellowcard
Roughing
65′- ⇄
Eliezer Mayenda
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Chris Rigg
72′ - 80′
Giorgi Chakvetadze
Yellowcard
Foul
- 81′⇄
Tom Ince
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Mamadou Doumbia
- ⇄
Dan Ballard
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Christopher James Mepham
84′ - 85′⇄
Francisco Sierralta
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Moussa Sissoko
- ⚽
Dennis Cirkin 2-2
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Wilson Isidor
Left foot shot
89′ Ian Poveda
Yellowcard
Foul
90+6′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.32 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 7.81 | |
| 84 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.74 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.38 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.48 | |
| 59 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.58 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.90 | |
| 59 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.52 | |
| 72 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 7.09 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | 7.75 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 7.23 | |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.77 | |
| 18 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.94 | |
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| 31 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.90 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 31 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.88 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Sunderland
Latest: Plymouth Argyle · 2–2
Match stats
25 Jan 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Plymouth Argyle · 2024/2025
Watford
Latest: Coventry City · 1–2
Match stats
25 Jan 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Coventry City · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Sunderland’s ground: 5 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Sunderland’s home games with Watford’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Sunderland
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Watford
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Sunderland
Watford
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Sunderland
Watford
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Sunderland
Watford
Previous meetings
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