Sunderland — AZ 1:0, 16 September: match result

match finished UEFA Europa League · Matchday 1 Wednesday 16 September · 19:00 UTC

Sunderland 8th · 3 pts LDWW

1 : 0 1st half 0:0

AZ 31th · 0 pts LWWL

Stadium of Light · referee J. Pignard

Match predictionSafe

AZ to lose by two at most

93%

Prediction landed. We predicted “AZ to lose by two at most”, and the match finished 1:0.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Sunderland 40% draw 27% AZ 33%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Sunderland win, and the match finished 1:0. Fans backed Sunderland win — they got it right.

fans 39 votes

Sunderland 54% draw 15% AZ 31%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

T. Hume 22'

O. Alderete 30'

A. Oufkir 39'

Weslley Patati for A. Oufkir 46'

D. Ballard for O. Alderete 52'

V. Byskov for K. Smit 59'

Weslley Patati 64'

E. Le Fee penalty 1-0 66'

N. Angulo for W. Isidor 67'

T. Meunier for T. Hume 67'

B. Brobbey for M. Fofana 67'

N. Mukiele 72'

D. Kwakman for J. Clasie 76'

J. Hornkamp for M. Meerdink 83'

C. Stengs for L. Schouten 83'

C. Rigg for K. Danso 84'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Sunderland 4-2-3-1 · Regis Le Bris 4-2-3-1 · Leeroy Echteld AZ

Robin Roefs  
Nordi Mukiele  4 Kevin Danso  15 Omar Alderete  17 Reinildo Mandava  
Granit Xhaka  27 Noah Sadiki  
Trai Hume  28 Enzo Le Fée  39 Malick Fofana  
Wilson Isidor  

Mexx Meerdink  
Ayoub Oufkir  10 Kees Smit  11 Ro-Zangelo Daal  
Jordy Clasie  6 Peer Koopmeiners  
Elijah Dijkstra  3 Wouter Goes  4 Lewis Schouten  5 Mateo Chávez  
Jari De Busser  

Sunderland bench

9Brian Brobbey
11Chris Rigg
5Daniel Ballard
6Dayann Methalie
48Jenson Jones
29Jules Ahoka
13Luke O'Nien
10Nilson Angulo
21Simon Moore
12Thomas Meunier
57Timur Tuterov
77Tom Proctor

AZ bench

18Bendegúz Kovács
14Calvin Stengs
21Dave Kwakman
19Jizz Hornkamp
34Mees De Wit
31Rion Ichihara
1Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro
2Seiya Maikuma
17Valdemar Byskov
29Wesley Hoedt
7Weslley Patati

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

45%Possession55%

20Shots11

5Shots on target2

11Shots off target3

4Blocked shots6

15Shots inside box7

5Shots outside box4

104Attacks95

47Dangerous attacks49

12Corners5

1Offsides0

14Fouls13

3Yellow cards2

2Saves4

382Passes493

299Accurate passes405

12Free kicks16

13Throw-ins19

6Goal kicks8

1Penalties0

Sunderland

AZThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Sunderland and AZ met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League on 16 September at Stadium of Light. Final score — 1:0.

Sunderland sit 8th on 3 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss). AZ sit 31th on 0 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Sunderland last five AZ

LDWW form LWWL

4 Matches 4

2 — 1 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 0 — 2

4 — 4 Scored — conceded 7 — 4

1.75 Points per game 1.5

1 Goals scored per game 1.75

1 Clean sheets 1

1 Failed to score 1

winless in 2 Current streak winless in 1

Sunderland at home: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 1—2, 1.5 points per match.

AZ away: 2 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 4—1, 1.5 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Levski Sofia	4	2	1	1	4—3	7
11	Sunderland	4	2	1	1	4—4	7
12	NEC	4	2	1	1	8—9	7
13	Olympique Lyonnais	4	2	1	1	6—7	7
14	AZ	4	2	0	2	7—4	6
15	Anderlecht	4	2	0	2	6—3	6

Full UEFA Europa League table