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Sunday 28 December 2025 · 14:00 · HT 1-0 · Stadium of Light, Sunderland · Referee Tony Harrington

Sunderland v Leeds United: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Sunderland's last 8 home games and Leeds United's last 8 away games in the Premier League before kick-off, both teams scored in 9 of 16, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 16, with 7.1 corners per match (league 9.9) and 3.6 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Sunderland v Leeds United, full match

43%

Possession

57%

0.70

Expected goals (xG)

2.17

8

Shots

17

3

Shots on target

6

3

Corners

9

7

Fouls

9

1

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

4

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

28'

Goal

Simon Adingra SUN

47'

Goal

Dominic Calvert-Lewin LEE

61'

Yellow card

Trai Hume SUN

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Sunderland's last 8 home games and Leeds United'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

88%

14/16 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

56%

9/16 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 goals

38%

6/16 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

25%

4/16 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 cards

38%

6/16 games · League 57%

Sunderland clean sheet

38%

3/8 games · League 26%

Leeds United clean sheet

0%

0/8 games · League 26%

Sunderland fail to score

0%

0/8 games · League 26%

Leeds United fail to score

50%

4/8 games · League 26%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.0

League 2.8

Corners

7.1

League 9.9

Cards

3.6

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Sunderland

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

22

Robin Roefs

DEFENDERS

3

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

33

51

4

50

12

14

18

57

Leeds United

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Lucas Perri

DEFENDERS

2

3

5

6

15

MIDFIELDERS

4

Ethan Ampadu

11

Brenden Aaronson

18

Anton Stach

FORWARDS

9

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

19

Noah Okafor

SUBSTITUTES

26

23

24

22

44

10

14

20

29

Referee: Tony Harrington

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

Cards per game

3.2

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.1

Red cards per game

0.09

Fouls per game

20.9

League 21.6

Penalties per game

0.09

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

SUN

LEE

Match

League

Win

41%

7/17

29%

5/17

39%

Draw

35%

6/17

24%

4/17

29%

10/34

21%

Loss

24%

4/17

47%

8/17

39%

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Bet

SUN

LEE

League

Clean sheet

35%

6/17

12%

2/17

26%

Win to nil

24%

4/17

6%

1/17

21%

To score

65%

11/17

71%

12/17

74%

Fail to score

35%

6/17

29%

5/17

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

Sunderland

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Brighton & Hove Albion

(A)

0-0

D

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

Leeds United

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Crystal Palace

(H)

4-1

W

14 Dec

Brentford

(A)

1-1

D

6 Dec

Liverpool

(H)

3-3

D

3 Dec

Chelsea

(H)

3-1

W

29 Nov

Manchester City

(A)

2-3

L

Head to head

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

Sunderland and Leeds United 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

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Sunderland v Leeds United: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Sunderland

Leeds United

Referee: Tony Harrington

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

Leeds United

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