📅 24/05/26🕒 15:00🏟️ Stadium of Light🧑⚖️ Chris Kavanagh, England
Biggest Swing+1.66 xT62' W. FofanaCards11
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea — xTears 18.46 (24/05/26)
Sunderland won 2-1 against Chelsea on 24 May 2026 during Matchday 38 of the Premier League, even with the xTears split tilting slightly the other way. Total damage: 18.46 xTears.
Even with the xTears split leaning slightly the other way, the heaviest moments for Sunderland still ran through C. Palmer 56' goal (+1.07 xT) and T. Hume 25' goal (+1.41 xT).
The scoreboard and xTears did not tell exactly the same story: Sunderland punished better without fully owning the emotional volume. The match lost its cool with 10 yellows and 1 red. W. Fofana eventually walked for a second booking.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
25'
Goal
T. Hume - Sunderland
Assist: L. O'Nien
50'
Own goal
M. Gusto - Sunderland
56'
Goal
C. Palmer - Chelsea
Assist: Pedro Neto
62'
Red card
W. Fofana - Chelsea
All-out war
🟥
11.29
62'
Red card
+1.66 xT
W. Fofana - Chelsea
90+7'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
João Pedro - Chelsea
90+11'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
C. Palmer - Chelsea
89'
Yellow card
+1.00 xT
N. Sadiki - Sunderland
Absolute chaos
🧨
7.25
62'
Red card
+1.66 xT
W. Fofana - Chelsea
50'
Own goal
+1.63 xT
M. Gusto - Sunderland
25'
Goal
+1.41 xT
T. Hume - Sunderland
Assist: L. O'Nien
56'
Goal
+1.07 xT
C. Palmer - Chelsea
Assist: Pedro Neto
Late drama
🔥
5.81
90+7'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
João Pedro - Chelsea
90+11'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
C. Palmer - Chelsea
89'
Yellow card
+1.00 xT
N. Sadiki - Sunderland
81'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
H. Diarra - Sunderland
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
1.66
62'
Red card
+1.66 xT
W. Fofana - Chelsea
Cruelty
😈
1.63
50'
Own goal
+1.63 xT
M. Gusto - Sunderland
Crushed hope
💔
Never really sparked
0
Nothing big fed this one.