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Saturday 20 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · American Express Stadium, Falmer · Referee Darren England

Brighton & Hove Albion v Sunderland: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Brighton & Hove Albion's last 8 home games and Sunderland's last 8 away games in the Premier League before kick-off, both teams scored in 9 of 16, over 2.5 goals in 8 of 16, with 9.9 corners per match (league 9.9) and 3.4 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Brighton & Hove Albion v Sunderland, full match

57%

Possession

43%

1.13

Expected goals (xG)

1.38

16

Shots

14

4

Shots on target

6

3

Corners

4

11

Fouls

15

2

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

19'

Yellow card

Brajan Gruda BRI

34'

Yellow card

Diego Coppola BRI

79'

Yellow card

Daniel Ballard SUN

86'

Yellow card

Enzo Le Fée SUN

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Brighton & Hove Albion's last 8 home games and Sunderland's last 8 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

56%

9/16 games · League 56%

Over 1.5 goals

81%

13/16 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

8/16 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 goals

13%

2/16 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

69%

11/16 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

8/16 games · League 57%

Brighton & Hove Albion clean sheet

13%

1/8 games · League 26%

Sunderland clean sheet

25%

2/8 games · League 26%

Brighton & Hove Albion fail to score

0%

0/8 games · League 26%

Sunderland fail to score

63%

5/8 games · League 26%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.8

Corners

9.9

League 9.9

Cards

3.4

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

Brighton & Hove Albion

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Bart Verbruggen

DEFENDERS

21

24

27

42

MIDFIELDERS

8

Brajan Gruda

13

Jack Hinshelwood

26

Yasin Ayari

FORWARDS

10

Georginio Rutter

11

Yankuba Minteh

29

Maxim De Cuyper

SUBSTITUTES

23

34

54

20

22

49

14

19

Charalampos Kostoulas

58

Nehemiah Oriola

Sunderland

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

22

Robin Roefs

DEFENDERS

5

15

20

32

MIDFIELDERS

6

Lutsharel Geertruida

28

Enzo Le Fée

34

Granit Xhaka

FORWARDS

9

Brian Brobbey

11

Chris Rigg

24

Simon Adingra

SUBSTITUTES

1

3

33

4

19

50

12

14

18

Referee: Darren England

23 games in the Premier League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.6

Red cards per game

0.13

Fouls per game

22.0

League 21.6

Penalties per game

0.13

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

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Result

Goals

Halves

Corners

Cards & fouls

Shots

Players

Offsides

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Match result

Bet

BRI

SUN

Match

League

Win

38%

6/16

44%

7/16

39%

Draw

31%

5/16

31%

5/16

31%

10/32

22%

Loss

31%

5/16

25%

4/16

39%

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Bet

BRI

SUN

League

Clean sheet

19%

3/16

31%

5/16

26%

Win to nil

13%

2/16

25%

4/16

21%

To score

81%

13/16

69%

11/16

74%

Fail to score

19%

3/16

31%

5/16

26%

Total match goals

Both teams to score

Total match corners

Total match cards

Goalscorer
Per start this season

Player shots on target
Per start this season

Player to be carded
Per start this season

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Brighton & Hove Albion

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Liverpool

(A)

0-2

L

7 Dec

West Ham United

(H)

1-1

D

3 Dec

Aston Villa

(H)

3-4

L

30 Nov

Nottingham Forest

(A)

2-0

W

22 Nov

Brentford

(H)

2-1

W

Sunderland

Last 5 games before this match

14 Dec

Newcastle United

(H)

1-0

W

6 Dec

Manchester City

(A)

0-3

L

3 Dec

Liverpool

(A)

1-1

D

29 Nov

Bournemouth

(H)

3-2

W

22 Nov

Fulham

(A)

0-1

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Brighton & Hove Albion and Sunderland haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Premier League table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Arsenal

38

26

7

5

71

27

+44

85

W

2

Manchester City

38

23

9

6

77

35

+42

78

L

D

W

D

3

Manchester United

38

20

11

7

69

50

+19

71

W

D

W

4

Aston Villa

38

19

8

11

56

49

+7

65

W

D

L

5

Liverpool

38

17

9

12

63

53

+10

60

D

L

D

L

W

6

Bournemouth

38

13

18

7

58

54

+4

57

D

W

D

7

Sunderland

38

14

12

42

48

-6

54

W

D

L

8

Brighton & Hove Albion

38

14

11

13

52

46

+6

53

L

W

L

W

9

Brentford

38

14

11

13

55

52

+3

53

D

L

W

L

10

Chelsea

38

14

10

14

58

52

+6

52

L

W

D

L

11

Fulham

38

15

7

16

47

51

-4

52

W

D

L

W

12

Newcastle United

38

14

7

17

53

55

-2

49

L

W

D

W

L

13

Everton

38

13

10

15

47

50

-3

49

L

D

L

14

Leeds United

38

11

14

13

49

56

-7

47

L

W

D

W

D

15

Crystal Palace

38

11

12

15

41

51

-10

45

L

D

L

D

L

16

Nottingham Forest

38

11

16

48

51

-3

44

D

L

D

W

17

Tottenham Hotspur

38

10

11

17

48

57

-9

41

W

L

D

W

18

West Ham United

38

10

9

19

46

65

-19

39

W

L

W

19

Burnley

38

4

10

24

38

75

-37

22

D

L

D

L

20

Wolverhampton

38

3

11

24

27

68

-41

20

D

L

D

L

Champions League

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Brighton & Hove Albion v Sunderland: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion

Sunderland

Referee: Darren England

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Brighton & Hove Albion

Sunderland

Head to head

Premier League table

Match result

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Total match goals

Both teams to score

Total match corners

Total match cards

Goalscorer
Per start this season

Player shots on target
Per start this season

Player to be carded
Per start this season