Sunderland 0-2 Leeds United: result and report

Sunderland 0-2 Leeds United

Championship · Saturday 19 August 2017, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland lost to Leeds United 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 19 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Samu Saiz opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Sunderland did not score. Leeds United scored through Samu Saiz (21') and Stuart Dallas (76').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Leeds United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 10th on 5 points from 3 and Leeds United 12th on 5 points from 3. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Leeds United 13th with 60.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Cooper of Leeds United (7.8), level with Pontus Jansson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 4 for Leeds United.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-W-D and Leeds United's D-D-W.