Matchday 27 · Premier League 2025-26 · February 22, 2026
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Sunderland 1–3 Fulham: lucky or expected?
Fulham beat Sunderland 3–1, but the goals lean toward Sunderland: 4 wins in 10 to Fulham’s 3, 3 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Sunderland were expected to score 1.2 here and Fulham 0.9.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
 Sunderland | 1 |
 Fulham | 3 |
What the goals say
Luck index +57 Fulham lucky · −57 Sunderland
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Sunderland win 4, 3 end level, Fulham win 3.
- 1 SUN 1 FUL 0
- 2 SUN 2 FUL 1
- 3 SUN 2 FUL 0
- 4 SUN 3 FUL 0
- 5 SUN 0 FUL 0
- 6 SUN 1 FUL 1
- 7 SUN 0 FUL 0
- 8 SUN 0 FUL 2
- 9 SUN 0 FUL 1
- 10 SUN 0 FUL 1
The goals
Sunderland’s chance of winning
As low as 0% and as high as 57%. Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 54' | Raul Jimenez (Fulham) | 0–1 | +34% Fulham |
| 2. 61' | Raul Jimenez (Fulham, penalty) | 0–2 | +14% Fulham |
| 3. 76' | Enzo Le Fee (Sunderland, penalty) | 1–2 | +9% Sunderland |
| 4. 85' | Alex Iwobi (Fulham) | 1–3 | +4% Fulham |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain). It has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Fulham win 43% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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