Sunderland 0-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Sunderland 0-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sunderland · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Sunderland 0-2 Preston North End: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Preston North End 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sean Maguire opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Sunderland did not score. Preston North End scored through Sean Maguire (50') and Callum Robinson (63').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 24th on 28 points from 37 and Preston North End 10th on 57 points from 37. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Preston North End 7th with 73.

Sunderland lined up in a 5-3-2 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ovie Ejaria of Sunderland (8.1), ahead of Chris Maxwell (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 2 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Jake Clarke-SalterSunderland
  • 50'Goal · Sean MaguirePreston North End · 0-1
  • 63'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 0-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Josh EarlPreston North End

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 1, Preston North End 2.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (5-3-2)

Lee Camp, Bryan Oviedo, John O'Shea, Adam Matthews, Lamine Koné, Jake Clarke-Salter, Lee Cattermole, George Honeyman, Ovie Ejaria, Josh Maja, Joel Asoro

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Chris Maxwell, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Paul Huntington, Josh Earl, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Callum Robinson, Sean Maguire