Sunderland 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2026
Result
Sunderland 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sunderland · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions
Sunderland 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 March 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Yankuba Minteh of Brighton & Hove Albion in the 58th minute.
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 11th on 40 points from 29 and Brighton & Hove Albion 14th on 37 points from 29. Sunderland went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Dunk of Brighton & Hove Albion (7.9), ahead of Yankuba Minteh (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · Diego Gómez
- 58'Goal · Yankuba Minteh
- 74'Yellow card · Yankuba Minteh
- 75'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Melker Ellborg, Lutsharel Geertruida, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Trai Hume, Granit Xhaka, Chris Rigg, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Chemsdine Talbi, Brian Brobbey
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, James Milner, Pascal Groß, Diego Gómez, Jack Hinshelwood, Yankuba Minteh, Danny Welbeck