Sunderland 2-4 Burnley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 October 2022

Result

Sunderland 2-4 Burnley

Championship · Saturday 22 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Sunderland · Burnley · Championship predictions

Sunderland 2-4 Burnley: match report

Sunderland lost to Burnley 2-4 in the Championship on Saturday 22 October 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.

A. Diallo opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Sunderland's goals came from A. Diallo (16') and Dan Neil (20'). Burnley scored through Nathan Tella (50'), Benson Manuel Hedilazio (61'), Anass Zaroury (69') and Josh Brownhill (87').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 13th on 20 points from 15 and Burnley 3rd on 26 points from 15. Sunderland went on to finish that season 6th with 72 points, and Burnley 1st with 101.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Manuel Benson of Burnley (8.4), ahead of Josh Brownhill (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 2 for Burnley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Yellow card · Jóhann Berg GudmundssonBurnley
16'Goal · A. DialloSunderland · 1-0
20'Goal · Dan NeilSunderland · 2-0
50'Goal · Nathan TellaBurnley · 2-1
52'Yellow card · T. Harwood-BellisBurnley
61'Goal · Benson Manuel HedilazioBurnley · 2-2
69'Goal · Anass ZarouryBurnley · 2-3
72'Yellow card · D. BatthSunderland
80'Yellow card · Josh BrownhillBurnley
87'Goal · Josh BrownhillBurnley · 2-4

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sunderland 4, draws 3, Burnley 2.

Burnley 1-3 SunderlandCarabao Cup · 28 Aug 2019
Sunderland 0-0 BurnleyPremier League · 18 Mar 2017
Burnley 4-1 SunderlandPremier League · 31 Dec 2016
Sunderland 2-0 BurnleyPremier League · 31 Jan 2015
Burnley 0-0 SunderlandPremier League · 20 Sep 2014
Sunderland 2-1 BurnleyPremier League · 17 Apr 2010

Team news

Unavailable

Ashley WestwoodBurnley · injury (Ankle Fracture)
Darko ChurlinovBurnley · injury (Unknown Injury)
Dan BallardSunderland · injury (Fractured Foot)
Scott TwineBurnley · injury (Unknown Injury)
Ross StewartSunderland · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Jordan BeyerBurnley · injury (Muscular problems)
Dara CostelloeBurnley · injury (Knee Injury)
Aji AleseSunderland · injury (Ankle Injury)

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Danny Batth, Dennis Cirkin, Josef Dvornik, Dan Neil, Amad Diallo, Elliot Embleton, Alex Pritchard, Jack Clarke

Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Arijanet Murić, Connor Roberts, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Charlie Taylor, Vitinho, Josh Cullen, Josh Brownhill, Nathan Tella, Johann Berg Guðmundsson, Anass Zaroury, Ashley Barnes