Brentford 3-0 Sunderland: result and report

Brentford 3-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2026, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Brentford defeated Sunderland 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 7 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Igor Thiago opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Brentford's goals came from Igor Thiago (30'), Igor Thiago (65') and Yegor Yarmolyuk (73'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brentford were 7th on 30 points from 20 and Sunderland 8th on 30 points from 20. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Sunderland 7th with 54.

Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Igor Thiago of Brentford (9.1), ahead of Caoimhín Kelleher (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brentford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Brentford's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Sunderland's D-D-D-D-W.