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Premier League · Matchweek 6

Sunderland

SUN

0–2Full time

Brighton & Hove Albion

BHA

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

47%Possession53%
34%Territory35%
51%From set plays40%
0.06Chance quality0.11
5.1%Directness7.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Sunderland, 3 for Brighton. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 27 of 89 matches, not the full season.