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Sunderland

Dan Ballard

Centre-back27 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.040 non-penalty goals from 5 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.030 assists, 2 key passes
Finishing
-0.16goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.348% of Sunderland’s build-up value

Dan Ballard ranks 101st of 138 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.7m on average, with 72% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Injured. Hamstring injury - Unknown return date. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

81 defenders

Average match rating6.97

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.04
Non-penalty xG
0.04
Shots
1.00
Shots on target
0.00
Shot accuracy
–not ranked
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
-0.2

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.03
Key passes
0.40
npxG + xA
0.07
xG chain
0.38
xG build-up
0.34
Assists against xA
-0.2

On the ball

per 90
Touches
61.67
Passes
45.33
Pass completion
88%
Take-ons attempted
0.67
Take-on success
–not ranked
Dispossessed
0.00

Defending

per 90
Tackles
2.67
Tackles won
–not ranked
Interceptions
0.33
Clearances
7.00
Aerials won
4.67
Aerial success
48%
Dribbled past
1.00

Discipline

per 90
Fouls committed
1.00
Caught offside
0.00
Errors
0season count
Yellow cards
2season count
Red cards
0season count

Ranked against 81 defenders with half a match a round or more, the same comparison the compare page makes. Where less is better, such as being dispossessed, the order is turned round, so a high percentile is always the good end.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Bournemouth

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Bournemouth concede 10.8 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against centre-backs (6 shots so far). A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.87

1.00 per 90 × 0.87

Projected on target
0.00

0.00 per 90 × 0.97

Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.

Shots

5 appearances
  • Over 0.54 of 580%± 18
  • Over 1.51 of 520%± 18
  • Over 2.50 of 50%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 50%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 1 of 5.

Shooting profile

5 shots

Where they shoot

5 shots
Every shotBy zone
20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20%20%20%20%20%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Dan Ballard, 2026/27, final 35m.

left
0%
Centre
56%
right
44%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.036
Shots per 90
1.00
Key passes per 90
0.40
Average shot distance
11.7m
From set pieces
72%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
100%

Club role

Sunderland

What they are for

  • On the pitch83% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Dan Ballard’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Kevin Danso0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Granit Xhaka0.0 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Thomas Meunier0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Brian Brobbey0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Noah Sadiki0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2026/27

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Dan Ballard carries 7.8% of Sunderland’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.345
    65% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.385
    63% of defenders

Ranked against 52 defenders with a comparable sample. Build-up is the value of possessions a player was involved in, with their own shots and final passes removed, so it credits the work before the chance rather than the chance.

Match by match

Match log

5 appearances, oldest first

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Man City2 shots
0 on target

1 blankno shot
not placed

Height is shots, solid is on target, and the dashed rule is the 1.5 line. The feed cannot date an appearance with no shot in it, so one sits at the end, counted but unplaced.

How to read the ties. Each rate ties back to the league average: solid where the sample is settled, broken where it is still being shrunk toward the league, an open circle where there is no cohort to rank against.