West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Sunday 23 April 2023

Result

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Sunderland

Championship · Sunday 23 April 2023, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

West Bromwich Albion · Sunderland · Championship predictions

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Sunderland: match report

West Bromwich Albion were beaten by Sunderland 1-2 in the Championship on Sunday 23 April 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

John Swift opened the scoring in the 45th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goal came from John Swift (45+1', penalty). Sunderland scored through D. Cirkin (51') and D. Cirkin (84').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 8th on 63 points from 42 and Sunderland 10th on 62 points from 43. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dennis Cirkin of Sunderland (8.5), ahead of John Swift (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 West Bromwich Albion wins, 5 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Jayson MolumbyWest Bromwich Albion
  • 38'Yellow card · Okay YokusluWest Bromwich Albion
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · John SwiftWest Bromwich Albion · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · John SwiftWest Bromwich Albion
  • 51'Goal · D. CirkinSunderland · 1-1
  • 70'Yellow card · J. GelhardtSunderland
  • 78'Yellow card · Luke O'NienSunderland
  • 82'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 84'Goal · D. CirkinSunderland · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 4, draws 5, Sunderland 1.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Palmer, Darnell Furlong, Semi Ajayi, Erik Pieters, Conor Townsend, Jayson Molumby, Okay Yokuşlu, Jed Wallace, John Swift, Karlan Grant, Brandon Thomas-Asante

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

Anthony Patterson, Lynden Gooch, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Dennis Cirkin, Dan Neil, Pierre Ekwah, Amad Diallo, Abdoullah Ba, Jack Clarke, Joe Gelhardt