Sunderland 1-1 Leeds United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2025
Result
Sunderland 1-1 Leeds United
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 1-1 Leeds United: match report
Sunderland drew with Leeds United 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Simon Adingra opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Simon Adingra (28'). Leeds United scored through Dominic Calvert-Lewin (47').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Leeds United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 7th on 27 points from 17 and Leeds United 16th on 19 points from 17. Sunderland went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Leeds United 14th with 47.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leeds United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Anton Stach of Leeds United (8.2), ahead of Granit Xhaka (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 4 for Leeds United.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-W-L-D-W and Leeds United's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Simon Adingra
- 47'Goal · Dominic Calvert-Lewin
- 61'Yellow card · Trai Hume
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Dennis Cirkin, Granit Xhaka, Lutsharel Geertruida, Chris Rigg, Enzo Le Fée, Simon Adingra, Brian Brobbey
Leeds United line-up (3-5-2)
Lucas Perri, Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol, Pascal Struijk, Jayden Bogle, Brenden Aaronson, Ethan Ampadu, Anton Stach, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Noah Okafor