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Sunderland
FT
0–2
10 Oct 2026
Brighton & Hove Albion
Europa League Sat 10 Oct, 15:00London Stadium of Light, Sunderland 47,196 attendance

Timeline

  1. 34' Malick Fofana for Thomas Meunier
  2. 36' Olivier Boscagli Yellow Card
  3. 53' Maxim De Cuyper assist Pascal Gross
  4. 57' Pascal Struijk Red Card
  5. 60' Lewis Dunk for Charalambos Kostoulas
  6. 68' Costinha for Olivier Boscagli
  7. 68' Malick Yalcouyé for Maxim De Cuyper
  8. 73' Dayann Methalie for Reinildo Mandava
  9. 73' Jocelin Ta Bi for Nilson Angulo
  10. 81' Juan Angulo for Enzo Le Fée
  11. 88' Jaouen Hadjam for Diego Gómez
  12. 88' Georginio Rutter for Yasin Ayari
  13. 90'+3' Jaouen Hadjam assist Georginio Rutter

Match stats

62.3% Possession 37.7%
12 Shots 13
3 On target 4
8 Fouls 12
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 1
5 Offsides 0
2 Saves 3
385 Accurate passes 206

Lineups

Sunderland 4-2-3-1
22 Roefs
17 Mandava 4 Danso 20 Mukiele 32 Hume
27 Sadiki 34 Xhaka
10 Angulo 28 Le Fée 12 Meunier
18 Isidor
Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1
1 Verbruggen
21 Boscagli 4 Struijk 44 Vuskovic 24 Kadioglu
14 Andrés 13 Gross
29 De Cuyper 26 Ayari 25 Gómez
19 Kostoulas
Sunderland 4-2-3-1
  1. 22 Robin Roefs G
  2. 4 Kevin Danso CD-L
  3. 20 Nordi Mukiele CD-R
  4. 17 Reinildo Mandava ▼ LB
  5. 32 Trai Hume RB
  6. 28 Enzo Le Fée ▼ AM
  7. 27 Noah Sadiki LM
  8. 34 Granit Xhaka RM
  9. 18 Wilson Isidor F
  10. 10 Nilson Angulo ▼ AM-L
  11. 12 Thomas Meunier ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 50 Juan Angulo ▲ SUB
  2. 39 Malick Fofana ▲ SUB
  3. 37 Jocelin Ta Bi ▲ SUB
  4. 6 Dayann Methalie ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 15 Omar Alderete SUB
  2. 7 Chemsdine Talbi SUB
  3. 11 Chris Rigg SUB
  4. 31 Melker Ellborg SUB
  5. 13 Luke O'Nien SUB
Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Bart Verbruggen G
  2. 4 Pascal Struijk CD-L
  3. 44 Luka Vuskovic CD-R
  4. 21 Olivier Boscagli ▼ LB
  5. 24 Ferdi Kadioglu RB
  6. 26 Yasin Ayari ▼ AM
  7. 14 Chema Andrés LM
  8. 13 Pascal Gross RM
  9. 19 Charalambos Kostoulas ▼ F
  10. 29 Maxim De Cuyper ▼ AM-L
  11. 25 Diego Gómez ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 3 Jaouen Hadjam ▲ SUB
  2. 5 Lewis Dunk ▲ SUB
  3. 10 Georginio Rutter ▲ SUB
  4. 35 Malick Yalcouyé ▲ SUB
  5. 20 Costinha ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 23 Jason Steele SUB
  2. 15 Ibrahim Osman SUB
  3. 12 Promise David SUB
  4. 33 Matt O'Riley SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
  2. 90'+8' Second Half ends, Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
  3. 90'+7' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Kevin Danso.
  4. 90'+6' Foul by Noah Sadiki (Sunderland).
  5. 90'+6' Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  6. 90'+3' Goal! Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Jaouen Hadjam (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Georginio Rutter following a fast break.
  7. 90'+1' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Georginio Rutter.
  8. 90' Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  9. 90' Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  10. 90' Foul by Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  11. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Yasin Ayari.
  12. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jaouen Hadjam replaces Diego Gómez.
91 earlier entries
  1. 84' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Costinha.
  2. 81' Substitution, Sunderland. Juan Angulo replaces Enzo Le Fée.
  3. 80' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Malick Yalcouyé.
  4. 80' Attempt blocked. Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Sadiki.
  5. 79' Malick Fofana (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  6. 79' Foul by Costinha (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  7. 79' Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  8. 79' Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  9. 78' Attempt blocked. Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Danso.
  10. 78' Attempt missed. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right following a fast break.
  11. 76' Attempt missed. Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis Dunk following a corner.
  12. 75' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Dayann Méthalie.
  13. 75' Attempt blocked. Wilson Isidor (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée with a cross.
  14. 74' Attempt blocked. Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Sadiki.
  15. 73' Substitution, Sunderland. Jocelin Ta Bi replaces Nilson Angulo.
  16. 73' Substitution, Sunderland. Dayann Méthalie replaces Reinildo Mandava.
  17. 72' Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Reinildo Mandava.
  18. 71' Attempt missed. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Diego Gómez following a fast break.
  19. 68' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Malick Yalcouyé.
  20. 68' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  21. 68' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Olivier Boscagli.
  22. 67' Attempt saved. Malick Fofana (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Reinildo Mandava.
  23. 65' Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Noah Sadiki.
  24. 63' Noah Sadiki (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  25. 63' Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  26. 63' Foul by Nilson Angulo (Sunderland).
  27. 63' Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  28. 61' Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing misses to the left following a fast break.
  29. 60' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
  30. 59' Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  31. 57' Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the red card.
  32. 56' VAR Decision: Card upgraded Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  33. 55' Wilson Isidor (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  34. 55' Foul by Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  35. 53' Goal! Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
  36. 52' Wilson Isidor (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  37. 52' Foul by Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  38. 51' Foul by Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland).
  39. 51' Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  40. 48' Offside, Sunderland. Nilson Angulo is caught offside.
  41. 47' Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  42. 47' Foul by Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  43. 46' Attempt saved. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Robin Roefs (Sunderland).
  44. 45' Second Half begins Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
  45. 45'+3' First Half ends, Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
  46. 45'+3' Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Olivier Boscagli with a cross following a set piece situation.
  47. 45'+2' Foul by Nilson Angulo (Sunderland).
  48. 45'+2' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  49. 45'+1' Noah Sadiki (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  50. 45'+1' Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  51. 45' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  52. 40' Foul by Enzo Le Fée (Sunderland).
  53. 40' Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  54. 39' Attempt saved. Nordi Mukiele (Sunderland) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Kevin Danso.
  55. 38' Offside, Sunderland. Nilson Angulo is caught offside.
  56. 37' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Pascal Struijk.
  57. 36' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  58. 36' Trai Hume (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  59. 36' Foul by Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  60. 34' Substitution, Sunderland. Malick Fofana replaces Thomas Meunier because of an injury.
  61. 34' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  62. 33' Delay in match because of an injury Thomas Meunier (Sunderland).
  63. 32' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Kevin Danso.
  64. 31' Foul by Kevin Danso (Sunderland).
  65. 31' Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  66. 29' Attempt blocked. Thomas Meunier (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Sadiki.
  67. 27' Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 27' Foul by Wilson Isidor (Sunderland).
  69. 22' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Pascal Struijk.
  70. 22' Attempt blocked. Wilson Isidor (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée with a cross.
  71. 21' Reinildo Mandava (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  72. 21' Foul by Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  73. 20' Attempt blocked. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
  74. 15' Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  75. 15' Foul by Thomas Meunier (Sunderland).
  76. 14' Offside, Sunderland. Nordi Mukiele is caught offside.
  77. 13' Offside, Sunderland. Nordi Mukiele is caught offside.
  78. 13' Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  79. 13' Foul by Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  80. 12' Attempt blocked. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Kostoulas.
  81. 11' Attempt missed. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  82. 10' Attempt missed. Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross following a corner.
  83. 9' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Robin Roefs.
  84. 8' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Kevin Danso.
  85. 8' Attempt saved. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Robin Roefs (Sunderland).
  86. 7' Attempt blocked. Kevin Danso (Sunderland) with an attempt from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée with a cross.
  87. 6' Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Luka Vuskovic.
  88. 5' Offside, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor is caught offside.
  89. 4' Handball by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  90. First Half begins.
  91. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Sunderland L W L W D

  • D at Brentford 1-1 Premier League
  • W Hull City 1-0 Carabao Cup
  • L Arsenal 2-0 Premier League
  • W AZ Alkmaar 1-0 UEFA Europa League
  • L at Manchester City 5-3 Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion W W W D L

  • L at Chelsea 4-3 Premier League
  • D Leeds United 1-1 Premier League
  • W at Coventry City 5-0 Premier League
  • W at Manchester United 3-2 Carabao Cup
  • W Arsenal 3-0 Premier League

Head to head

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  • 14 Mar 2026 Sunderland 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 2025-26 English Premier League
  • 20 Dec 2025 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Sunderland 2025-26 English Premier League
  • 23 Aug 2011 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Sunderland 2011/12 English Carling Cup
  • 19 Feb 2005 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Sunderland 2004/05 English League Championship
  • 30 Oct 2004 Sunderland 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 2004/05 English League Championship

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