Sunderland 1-0 Hull City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Sunderland 1-0 Hull City

Championship · Saturday 20 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sunderland · Hull City · Championship predictions

Sunderland 1-0 Hull City: match report

Sunderland won against Hull City 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 20 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Joel Asoro of Sunderland in the 20th minute.

Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; Hull City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 24th on 22 points from 27 and Hull City 20th on 25 points from 27. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Hull City 18th with 49.

Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Hull City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Oviedo of Sunderland (8.0), ahead of Joel Asoro (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 3 for Hull City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Joel AsoroSunderland · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Jiang GuangtaiSunderland
  • 74'Yellow card · Michael DawsonHull City
  • 78'Yellow card · Joel AsoroSunderland
  • 81'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonHull City
  • 90'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 90+2'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 5, draws 2, Hull City 3.

Team news

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

Robbin Ruiter, John O'Shea, Tyias Browning, Jake Clarke-Salter, Billy Jones, Bryan Oviedo, Lee Cattermole, Ethan Robson, Josh Maja, George Honeyman, Joel Asoro

Hull City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Allan McGregor, Michael Hector, Michael Dawson, Fikayo Tomori, Ola Aina, David Meyler, Jon Toral, Evandro, Sebastian Larsson, Jarrod Bowen, Fraizer Campbell