Football: Xhaka scores for Sunderland

ByJean-Michel November 4, 2025November 4, 2025

🔥 An impressive start to the season for Xhaka in England

Ten matches, one goal, three assists, captain's armband and a central role in the team: at 33 years old, Granit Xhaka is already establishing himself as one of the Premier League's key signings of the season..

Having arrived this summer from Bayer Leverkusen, the Swiss player is leading a surprising Sunderland, promoted but already 4th in the English championship after their draw (1-1) against Everton.

⚽ His first goal for Sunderland

Starting for the tenth time in a row, Xhaka scored his first Premier League goal with Sunderland at the very beginning of the second period. Played back by Enzo Le Fée, he unleashes a powerful shot from the edge of the box, deflected, hitting the crossbar before crossing the line.
An important goal that allowed the Black Cats to equalize just 43 seconds after the restart.

📊 Xhaka's current stats with Sunderland

Competition	Matches	Goals	Assists	Status
Premier League	10	1	3	Captain

🐈 Sunderland, the surprise of the early season

After eight years away from the top flight, Sunderland signs a a spectacular return to the Premier League (5 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses).
With 18 points in 10 matches, the club finds itself 4th place and provisionally qualified for the Champions League.

Too early to dream of Europe? Perhaps. But With Xhaka at this level, anything becomes possible..

Video of Granit Xhaka's goal, his first with Sunderland

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The captain of the Swiss national team is in good shape

Approximately 240 days until the next World Cup, Our leader is in top form; he will be the spearhead of the North American campaign 🇺🇸 next summer, provided the Swiss national team secures its qualification by the end of the month. 2026 World Cup Qualifiers .

Premier League standings

Cls	Team	M	B	Pts
1.	Arsenal	10	18-3	25
2.	Manchester City	10	20-8	19
3.	Liverpool	10	18-14	18
4.	Sunderland	10	12-8	18

5.	Bournemouth	10	17-14	18

6.	Tottenham	10	17-8	17
7.	Chelsea	10	18-11	17
8.	Manchester United	10	17-16	17
9.	Crystal Palace	10	14-9	16
10.	Brighton	10	17-15	15
11.	Aston Villa	10	9-10	15
12.	Brentford	10	14-16	13
13.	Newcastle	10	10-11	12
14.	Everton	10	10-13	12
15.	Fulham	10	12-14	11
16.	Leeds United	10	9-17	11
17.	Burnley	10	12-19	10

18.	West Ham United	10	10-21	7
19.	Nottingham Forest	10	7-19	6
20.	Wolverhampton	10	7-22	2

Premier League, goalscorers

Cls	Name	B
1.	Erling Braut Haaland	13
2.	Danny Welbeck	6
	Jean-Philippe Mateta	6
	Antoine Semenyo	6
	Igor Thiago	6
6.	Nick Woltemade	4
	Eli Junior Kroupi	4
	Mohamed Salah	4
	Viktor Gyökeres	4
	Bryan Mbeumo	4
	Wilson Isidor	4
	Jaiden Anthony	4
	Iliman Ndiaye	4

📌 Xhaka Granite Quarry – Chronological Summary

Years)	Club / Selection	Competition	Key statistics
2010-2012	FC Basel	Super League	67 matches – 3 goals – 2x champion
2012-2016	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bundesliga	140 matches – 9 goals – captain at 22 years old
2016-2023	Arsenal	Premier League	297 matches – 23 goals – 2 FA Cups
2023-2025	Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga	50+ matches – German champion 2024
2025-	Sunderland	Premier League	10 matches – 1 goal – 3 assists – captain
2011-	Swiss team	Selection A	+120 caps – 14 goals – captain