Sunderland 2-1 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 30 August 2025
Result
Sunderland 2-1 Brentford
Premier League · Saturday 30 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sunderland 2-1 Brentford: match report
Sunderland defeated Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 August 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Igor Thiago opened the scoring in the 77th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Enzo Le Fée (82', penalty) and Wilson Isidor (90+6'). Brentford scored through Igor Thiago (77').
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 7th on 3 points from 2 and Brentford 10th on 3 points from 2. Sunderland went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Brentford 9th with 53.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Enzo Le Fée of Sunderland (7.8), ahead of Wilson Isidor (7.4).
Key events
- 57'Yellow card · Reinildo Mandava
- 58'Yellow card · Habib Diarra
- 59'Missed penalty · Kevin Schade
- 61'Yellow card · Igor Thiago
- 77'Goal · Igor Thiago
- 80'Yellow card · Rico Henry
- 82'Penalty goal · Enzo Le Fée
- 90+4'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 90+6'Goal · Wilson Isidor
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)
Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava, Habib Diarra, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Chemsdine Talbi, Eliezer Mayenda Dossou, Enzo Le Fée
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Keane Lewis-Potter, Jordan Henderson, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Dango Ouattara, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago