Sunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2026
Result
Sunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Sunderland defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Yéremy Pino opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Enzo Le Fée (33') and Brian Brobbey (71'). Crystal Palace scored through Yéremy Pino (30').
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 10th on 30 points from 21 and Crystal Palace 13th on 28 points from 21. Sunderland went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 45.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yéremy Pino of Crystal Palace (8.0), ahead of Brian Brobbey (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 4 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Chris Richards
- 30'Goal · Yéremy Pino
- 33'Goal · Enzo Le Fée
- 36'Yellow card · Adam Wharton
- 48'Yellow card · Trai Hume
- 63'Yellow card · Tyrick Mitchell
- 63'Yellow card · Nordi Mukiele
- 66'Yellow card · Omar Alderete
- 71'Goal · Brian Brobbey
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Trai Hume, Enzo Le Fée, Romaine Mundle, Brian Brobbey
Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-2-1)
Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Jefferson Lerma, Justin Devenny, Adam Wharton, Will Hughes, Tyrick Mitchell, Brennan Johnson, Yéremy Pino, Jean-Philippe Mateta