Swansea vs Sunderland

14 December 2024 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee A Davies

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Žan Vipotnik 5’
Liam Cullen 17’

Daniel Ballard 28’
Dan Neil 73’
Jobe Bellingham 75’

Match summary

Sunderland came back from 2 goals down to win 3-2 away at Swansea. Swansea led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Žan Vipotnik put Swansea ahead in the 5th minute, Liam Cullen made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 17th minute, and Daniel Ballard pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 28th minute. In the second half, Dan Neil equalised in the 73rd minute and Jobe Bellingham won it in the 75th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Swansea created 1.03 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Sunderland 0.97 from 13.

Match stats

10 Shots 13

4 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.03 xG 0.97

1.03 Non-penalty xG 0.97

Key events

Swansea Sunderland

Kick-off

Žan Vipotnik

1-0

5’

Liam Cullen

2-0

17’

28’

Daniel Ballard

2-1

Half-time2-1

73’

Dan Neil

2-2

75’

Jobe Bellingham

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Swansea

Ben Cabango

Sunderland

Dennis Cirkin
Jobe Bellingham
Chris Rigg
Wilson Isidor

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Swansea 1.03 xGSunderland 0.97 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sunderland attacking Swansea attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players13 players


Lawrence Vigouroux	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Key	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Cabango	90′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–
Harry Darling	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Josh Tymon	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gonçalo Franco	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Matt Grimes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Myles Peart-Harris Taken off	72′	–	–	1	0.14	–	–	–
Liam Cullen	90′	1	–	2	0.11	–	–	–
Ronald	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Žan Vipotnik Taken off	72′	1	–	2	0.60	–	–	–
Ji-sung Eom Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Florian Bianchini Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Anthony Patterson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trai Hume	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chris Mepham	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel Ballard	90′	1	–	1	0.16	–	–	–
Dennis Cirkin Taken off	70′	–	–	2	0.08	–	–
Dan Neil	90′	1	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Jobe Bellingham	90′	1	–	1	0.17	–	–
Patrick Roberts	90′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Chris Rigg	90′	–	–	2	0.18	–	–
Eliezer Mayenda	90′	–	–	3	0.15	–	–	–
Wilson Isidor	90′	–	–	2	0.15	–	–
Luke O'Nien Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Swansea win 34% Avg odds 2.75

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.21

Sunderland win 36% Avg odds 2.61

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Swansea L W D D W

Sunderland D D L W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sunderland 1-2 Swansea, 24 Feb 24 Next meeting: Sunderland 0-1 Swansea, 12 Apr 25 All Swansea vs Sunderland meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.