Sunderland 1-0 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 12 December 2023

Result

Sunderland 1-0 Leeds United

Championship · Tuesday 12 December 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 1-0 Leeds United: match report

Sunderland won against Leeds United 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 12 December 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jobe Bellingham of Sunderland in the 78th minute.

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 8th on 30 points from 20 and Leeds United 3rd on 41 points from 20. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Leeds United 3rd with 94.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Trai Hume of Sunderland (8.1), ahead of Alex Pritchard (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 5 for Leeds United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Archie GrayLeeds United
  • 40'Yellow card · Luke O'NienSunderland
  • 64'Yellow card · Ethan AmpaduLeeds United
  • 70'Yellow card · Daniel JamesLeeds United
  • 78'Goal · Jobe BellinghamSunderland · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 4, draws 1, Leeds United 5.

Team news

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

Anthony Patterson, Jenson Seelt, Dan Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Trai Hume, Jobe Bellingham, Dan Neil, Niall Huggins, Abdoullah Ba, Alex Pritchard, Jack Clarke

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Illan Meslier, Archie Gray, Joe Rodon, Pascal Struijk, Djed Spence, Ethan Ampadu, Glen Kamara, Daniel James, Joël Piroe, Crysencio Summerville, Georginio Rutter