Start with the recent run. 10 recorded matches have brought 2 wins and 6 losses, 9-18 on goals at 0.8 a game. Behind it the model carries them at 1449.
Across their last 41 matches in our records, all competitions included, their rate comes to 0.98 goals a game at one end and 1.46 at the other. The gap to average is carried mainly on the defensive side. Against the 1500 seed they sit 51 points below. In our record of their last 41 games across competitions, a margin of 3 — the 3-0 — is the high-water mark in that sample. Compared with the rest of the competition (22 teams): 106 points below the mean, scores 0.36 below average scoring, concedes 0.20 above average conceding. Scoring ran at 0.90 a game with 1.80 conceded. In our record of their last 41 games across competitions, their heaviest defeat reads 0-5. Their expected share against the field-average side: 35.2%. Goal difference over the run is -9. In the five newest recorded matches they won 0 and lost 4. The figure is 1449, supported by 47 matches of record. They scored 40 and conceded 60 in their last 41 recorded matches, all competitions included.
Produced by our elo-poisson-v1 model over full match history.
Team Overview
Sunderland rate 1449 in our Elo model; they are one of the three lowest-rated sides in the Premier League. Sunderland lost to Ipswich Town 1-2 in the 2026/27 Premier League; next they beat Fulham 1-0, drew with Brentford 1-1, lost to Arsenal 0-2, lost to Man City 3-5, lost to Brighton Hove 0-2, lost to Bournemouth 0-2, drew with Leeds United 0-0 and lost to Coventry City 1-3. The recorded goals include contributions by Brian Brobbey (3), Enzo Le Fée (2), Nilson Angulo and Wilson Isidor. Sunderland conceded 60 goals over the latest 41 recorded matches across competitions, averaging 1.46 per game. Sunderland scored 40 goals at 0.98 per game. Sunderland kept 10 clean sheets, a 24.4% share. Their worst defeat was 0-5 on 24 April 2026. Sunderland's Elo fell 47 points between 22 August 2026 and 31 October 2026, moving from 1495 to 1449. Sunderland rate 106 Elo points below the other Premier League sides' average.
Sunderland are number 17 of 20 teams in the 2026/27 Premier League table, with 4 points from 6 matches. Those points come from 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats, 6 goals for and 12 goals against, a goal difference of -6.
The 2026/27 Premier League goal list for Sunderland is headed by Brian Brobbey (3), Enzo Le Fée (1) and Nilson Angulo (1). The side has goals from 4 players; in total, 6 goals.
Registered with Sunderland in our records: 47 players; by position, 3 goalkeepers, 13 defenders, 16 midfielders and 15 forwards. The median age of the registered players is 23.0, within a range of 18 to 36. Simon Moore is the oldest registered player, aged 36; Juan Angulo is the youngest, aged 18. The registered players cover 24 nationalities; the two largest groups are England (10) and France (4). Thomas Meunier has the greatest recorded height of the registered players, 190 cm.
Everything on this page that relates to the 2026/27 Premier League, including the squad, dates from 14 October 2026.
From 2010/11 to 2026/27, we hold 566 matches of Sunderland over 17 seasons and 3 competitions. The 534 matches with a final result break down into 155 wins, 153 draws and 226 defeats for the side: 29% won. Those matches produced 597 goals for and 741 goals against, an average of 1.1 scored and 1.4 conceded per match. Among matches with a result: no goals conceded in 27%, no goals scored in 34%. The widest winning margin in these records is 5-0 against Southampton in the Championship on 2 September 2023. On 18 October 2014, Southampton won 8-0 in the Premier League, the heaviest defeat we hold. Away from home, the side has 70 wins, 75 draws and 123 defeats; at home the figures are 85 wins, 78 draws and 103 defeats. The calendar year with the most matches of the side in our data is 2023, with 51 matches. Between 18 March 2023 and 13 May 2023, the side was unbeaten in 10 matches, a record in our data. The longest winning run we hold, reached 2 times, is 4 matches. Across 4 seasons of the Championship with a final table, the side’s best finish is position 4 in 2024/25 and the lowest position 24 in 2017/18. Across 8 seasons of the Premier League with a final table, the side’s best finish is position 7 in 2025/26 and the lowest position 20 in 2016/17. Over 9 seasons of the Premier League, the side has 79 wins, 91 draws and 140 defeats in 310 matches with a result, goals 328-460. Over 4 seasons of the Championship, the side has 65 wins, 53 draws and 71 defeats in 189 matches with a result, goals 237-239. Over 15 seasons of the FA Cup, the side has 11 wins, 9 draws and 15 defeats in 35 matches with a result, goals 32-42. The club’s first match in our data is Sunderland 2-2 Birmingham, Premier League, on 14 August 2010.
No team has faced Sunderland more often in our records than Stoke, 21 matches. The record in those matches is 9 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats for the side, goals 28-26. They last met on 11 January 2025, Sunderland 1-2 Stoke in the FA Cup. The next most frequent opponent is West Brom, met 20 times, with 5 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats for the side. The club has also met Arsenal 19 times, with 1 win, 6 draws and 12 defeats.