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Saturday 14 March 2026 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · Stadium of Light, Sunderland · Referee Thomas Kirk

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

In Sunderland's last 10 home games and Brighton & Hove Albion's last 10 away games in the Premier League before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 20, with 8.8 corners per match (league 9.9) and 4.4 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Sunderland v Brighton & Hove Albion, full match

47%

Possession

53%

0.97

Expected goals (xG)

1.57

14

Shots

12

4

Shots on target

4

7

Corners

3

7

Fouls

12

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

51'

Yellow card

Diego Gómez BRI

58'

Goal

Yankuba Minteh BRI

74'

Yellow card

Yankuba Minteh BRI

75'

Yellow card

Granit Xhaka SUN

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Sunderland's last 10 home games and Brighton & Hove Albion's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

55%

11/20 games · League 56%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

15/20 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 goals

25%

5/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

45%

9/20 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 cards

55%

11/20 games · League 57%

Sunderland clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 26%

Brighton & Hove Albion clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 26%

Sunderland fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 26%

Brighton & Hove Albion fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 26%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.5

League 2.8

Corners

8.8

League 9.9

Cards

4.4

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Sunderland

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

31

Melker Ellborg

DEFENDERS

5

6

15

32

MIDFIELDERS

7

11

19

27

34

FORWARDS

9

Brian Brobbey

SUBSTITUTES

21

3

51

13

50

52

53

12

18

Brighton & Hove Albion

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Bart Verbruggen

DEFENDERS

5

6

24

27

MIDFIELDERS

13

Jack Hinshelwood

20

James Milner

30

Pascal Groß

FORWARDS

11

Yankuba Minteh

18

Danny Welbeck

25

Diego Gómez

SUBSTITUTES

23

21

29

34

7

10

26

33

53

Referee: Thomas Kirk

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

Cards per game

3.5

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.3

Red cards per game

0.50

Fouls per game

24.2

League 21.6

Penalties per game

0.33

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.

Popular

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

SUN

BRI

Match

League

Win

34%

10/29

31%

9/29

37%

Draw

34%

10/29

34%

10/29

34%

20/58

26%

Loss

31%

9/29

34%

10/29

37%

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Bet

SUN

BRI

League

Clean sheet

31%

9/29

21%

6/29

25%

Win to nil

21%

6/29

14%

4/29

18%

To score

66%

19/29

76%

22/29

75%

Fail to score

34%

10/29

24%

7/29

25%

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

Sunderland

Last 5 games before this match

3 Mar

Leeds United

(A)

1-0

W

28 Feb

Bournemouth

(A)

1-1

D

22 Feb

Fulham

(H)

1-3

L

11 Feb

Liverpool

(H)

0-1

L

7 Feb

Arsenal

(A)

0-3

L

Brighton & Hove Albion

Last 5 games before this match

4 Mar

Arsenal

(H)

0-1

L

1 Mar

Nottingham Forest

(H)

2-1

W

21 Feb

Brentford

(A)

2-0

W

11 Feb

Aston Villa

(A)

0-1

L

8 Feb

Crystal Palace

(H)

0-1

L

Head to head

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

Sunderland 0 wins · 1 draw · Brighton & Hove Albion 0 wins

Both scored 0/1 · Over 2.5 goals 0/1 · 0.0 goals, 7.0 corners, 4.0 cards per meeting

20 Dec '25

Brighton & Hove Albion

(A)

0-0

D

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

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Sunderland

Brighton & Hove Albion

Referee: Thomas Kirk

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

Sunderland

Brighton & Hove Albion

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