Sunderland compared to Premier League rivals as Brian Brobbey racks up unique achievement

Brian Brobbey scored a hat-trick for Sunderland in a 5-3 defeat against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. The three-goal performance marked the Netherlands international's first goals for the club after failing to score in his initial six appearances of the season.

According to The xG Philosophy, Brobbey registered an individual expected goals figure of 3.09xG, surpassing the expected goals tally of Manchester City and every other Premier League team over the weekend except Sunderland itself, which recorded 4.61xG in the match.