Sunderland 1-0 Fulham: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2017

Result

Sunderland 1-0 Fulham

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sunderland · Fulham · Championship predictions

Sunderland 1-0 Fulham: match report

Sunderland won against Fulham 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 16 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Josh Maja of Sunderland in the 77th minute.

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 23rd on 15 points from 21 and Fulham 12th on 29 points from 21. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Fulham 2nd with 91.

Sunderland lined up in a 5-3-2 and Fulham in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Matthews of Sunderland (8.5), ahead of Tom Cairney (7.8).

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

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-L-W-L-D and Fulham's W-L-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 60'Yellow card · S. OjoFulham
  • 62'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 77'Goal · Josh MajaSunderland · 1-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Ryan FredericksFulham

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 4, Fulham 4.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (5-3-2)

Robbin Ruiter, John O'Shea, Tyias Browning, Adam Matthews, Donald Love, Marc Wilson, Darron Gibson, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch, James Vaughan, Lewis Grabban

Fulham line-up (4-3-3)

Marcus Bettinelli, Kazım Nas, Ryan Sessegnon, Tim Ream, Tomas Kalas, K. McDonald, Tom Cairney, Oliver Norwood, Stefan Johansen, Pedro Rostoll, Sheyi Ojo