Sunderland 1-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Sunday 5 January 2025

Result

Sunderland 1-0 Portsmouth

Championship · Sunday 5 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sunderland · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Sunderland 1-0 Portsmouth: match report

Sunderland beat Portsmouth 1-0 in the Championship on Sunday 5 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Wilson Isidor of Sunderland in the 7th minute.

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 4th on 47 points from 25 and Portsmouth 21st on 23 points from 23. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 54.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Trai Hume of Sunderland (7.9), ahead of Luke O'Nien (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Wilson IsidorSunderland · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Ryley TowlerPortsmouth
  • 64'Yellow card · Zak SwansonPortsmouth
  • 67'Red card · Marlon PackPortsmouth
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Christopher James MephamSunderland

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 2, Portsmouth 5.

Team news

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

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Chris Mepham, Luke O'Nien, Aji Alese, Dan Neil, Jobe Bellingham, Patrick Roberts, Eliezer Mayenda Dossou, Adil Aouchiche, Wilson Isidor

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

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Marlon Pack, Ryley Towler, Connor Ogilvie, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Paddy Lane, Callum Lang, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop