Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Sunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough

Championship · Sunday 22 January 2023, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship on Sunday 22 January 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ross Stewart opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Sunderland's goals came from Ross Stewart (51') and A. Diallo (81'). Middlesbrough did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 12th on 38 points from 27 and Middlesbrough 5th on 42 points from 27. Sunderland went on to finish that season 6th with 72 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Anthony Patterson of Sunderland (8.5), ahead of Patrick Roberts (8.2).

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

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