Sunderland vs Cardiff City

What it means

• Cardiff has won 4 of the last 5.
• Sunderland has won 3 straight.

Latest headlines

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ESPN · Mar 30

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Lineups

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (4-3-3)

1. 1Jak AlnwickG
2. 2Mark McGuinnessCD-L
3. 3Dimitrios GoutasCD-R
4. 4Jamilu CollinsLB
5. 5Perry NgRB
6. 6Manolis SiopisCM
7. 7Joe RallsLM
8. 8Ryan WintleRM
9. 9Ike UgboF
10. 10Karlan GrantLF
11. 11Yakou MeiteRF

Sunderland17th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-1-4-1)

1. 1Anthony PattersonG
2. 2Danny BallardCD-L
3. 3Luke O'NienCD-R
4. 4Daniel NeilDM
5. 5Niall HugginsLB
6. 6Trai HumeRB
7. 7Alex PritchardCM-L
8. 8Jobe BellinghamCM-R
9. 9Jack ClarkeLM
10. 10Abdoullah BaRM
11. 11Mason BurstowF

Head to head

Last 5

CAR

• Wvs COV3-2
• Wvs SWA2-0
• L@ IPS2-3
• W@ BIR3-1
• Wvs SHW2-1

SUN

• W@ BLK3-1
• W@ QPR3-1
• Wvs SOU5-0
• T@ COV0-0
• Wvs ROT2-1

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England · Attendance 41,581

Officials

Steve Martin