English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 24, 2026
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Sunderland LLDDW 2
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Stadium of Light · Peacock

Match Report

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Chelsea miss out on European spots in loss to Sunderland

Sunderland completed their Premier League return in style after a 2-1 win over Chelsea confirmed their spot in the Europa League next season.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
5
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
2
56.1
Possession
43.9
8
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
376
Accurate Passes
285
452
Passes
346
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
1
9
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.1
50
Long Balls
44
19
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
7
3
Effective Tackles
12
7
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
11
23
Effective Clearances
19
23
Clearances
19

Highlights

00:53 Leboeuf: Chelsea need to 'wake up' ahead of Xabi Alonso's arrival Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

CHE leads series 3-2

Lineups

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 13Luke O'NienCD-L
  3. 20Nordi MukieleCD-R
  4. 17Reinildo MandavaLB
  5. 6Lutsharel GeertruidaRB
  6. 28Enzo Le FéeAM
  7. 27Noah SadikiLM
  8. 34Granit XhakaRM
  9. 9Brian BrobbeyF
  10. 10Nilson AnguloAM-L
  11. 32Trai HumeAM-R

CHE · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 6Levi ColwillCD
  3. 21Jorrel HatoCD-L
  4. 29Wesley FofanaCD-R
  5. 8Enzo FernándezCM-L
  6. 25Moisés CaicedoCM-R
  7. 10Cole PalmerAM
  8. 3Marc CucurellaLM
  9. 27Malo GustoRM
  10. 20João PedroCF-L
  11. 7Pedro NetoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Sunderland 1, Chelsea 0. Trai Hume (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luke O'Nien.
  2. 42' Nilson Angulo (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Own Goal by Malo Gusto, Chelsea. Sunderland 2, Chelsea 0.
  4. 51' Lutsharel Geertruida (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  5. 52' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Jorrel Hato.
  6. 54' Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Goal! Sunderland 2, Chelsea 1. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedro Neto.
  8. 61' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Brian Brobbey.
  9. 61' Substitution, Sunderland. Habib Diarra replaces Nilson Angulo.
  10. 62' Second yellow card to Wesley Fofana (Chelsea) for a bad foul.
  11. 65' Substitution, Chelsea. Trevoh Chalobah replaces Pedro Neto.
  12. 69' Enzo Fernández (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 73' Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 81' Habib Diarra (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 85' Substitution, Chelsea. Liam Delap replaces Moisés Caicedo.
  16. 85' Substitution, Chelsea. Josh Acheampong replaces Malo Gusto.
  17. 89' Noah Sadiki (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+7' João Pedro (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+8' Substitution, Sunderland. Chris Rigg replaces Enzo Le Fée.
  20. 90'+11' Cole Palmer (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

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