Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2026
Result
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea: match report
Sunderland defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 May 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Trai Hume opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Trai Hume (25') and an own goal by Malo Gusto (50'). Chelsea scored through Cole Palmer (56').
Discipline: Sunderland received 5 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 10th on 51 points from 37 and Chelsea 8th on 52 points from 37. Sunderland went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Chelsea 10th with 52.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Enzo Le Fée of Sunderland (8.2), ahead of Trai Hume (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Trai Hume
- 42'Yellow card · Nilson Angulo
- 50'Own goal · Malo Gusto
- 51'Yellow card · Lutsharel Geertruida
- 54'Yellow card · Wesley Fofana
- 56'Goal · Cole Palmer
- 62'Second yellow · Wesley Fofana
- 69'Yellow card · Enzo Fernández
- 73'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 81'Yellow card · Habib Diarra
- 89'Yellow card · Noah Sadiki
- 90+7'Yellow card · João Pedro
- 90+11'Yellow card · Cole Palmer
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robin Roefs, Lutsharel Geertruida, Nordi Mukiele, Luke O'Nien, Reinildo Mandava, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Trai Hume, Enzo Le Fée, Nilson Angulo, Brian Brobbey
Chelsea line-up (3-4-1-2)
Robert Sánchez, Wesley Fofana, Levi Colwill, Jorrel Hato, Malo Gusto, M. Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Marc Cucurella, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, João Pedro