English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 20, 2025
Sunderland LWDLW 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWLDL 0
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American Express Stadium · 31,426 att. · NBCSN

Match Report

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Impressive Sunderland season continues with draw at Brighton

Sunderland's impressive season following promotion to the Premier League continued with a battling goalless draw at Brighton.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
6
43.2
Possession
56.8
14
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
255
Accurate Passes
364
334
Passes
441
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
8
14
Crosses
21
0.4
Cross %
0.4
58
Long Balls
42
24
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
8
25
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
7
22
Effective Clearances
30
22
Clearances
30

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 21Olivier BoscagliCD-L
  3. 42Diego CoppolaCD-R
  4. 24Ferdi KadiogluLB
  5. 27Mats WiefferRB
  6. 8Brajan GrudaAM
  7. 13Jack HinshelwoodLM
  8. 26Yasin AyariRM
  9. 10Georginio RutterF
  10. 29Maxim De CuyperAM-L
  11. 11Yankuba MintehAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Charalambos KostoulasSUB
  2. 54Freddie SimmondsSUB
  3. 22Kaoru MitomaSUB
  4. 58Nehemiah OriolaSUB
  5. 49Joe KnightSUB
  6. 34Joël VeltmanSUB
  7. 23Jason SteeleSUB
  8. 20James MilnerSUB
  9. 14Tom WatsonSUB

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 5Danny BallardCD-R
  4. 32Trai HumeLB
  5. 20Nordi MukieleRB
  6. 28Enzo Le FéeAM
  7. 6Lutsharel GeertruidaLM
  8. 34Granit XhakaRM
  9. 9Brian BrobbeyF
  10. 24Simon AdingraAM-L
  11. 11Chris RiggAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Anthony PattersonSUB
  2. 19Habib DiarraSUB
  3. 12Eliezer MayendaSUB
  4. 4Daniel NeilSUB
  5. 18Wilson IsidorSUB
  6. 14Romaine MundleSUB
  7. 50Harrison JonesSUB
  8. 33Leo HjeldeSUB
  9. 3Dennis CirkinSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Diego Coppola (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Mats Wieffer because of an injury.
  4. 63' Substitution, Sunderland. Romaine Mundle replaces Simon Adingra.
  5. 64' Substitution, Sunderland. Habib Diarra replaces Chris Rigg.
  6. 64' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  7. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Milner replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  8. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Yankuba Minteh.
  9. 72' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Brian Brobbey.
  10. 79' Dan Ballard (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tom Watson replaces Brajan Gruda.

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