Sunderland vs Cardiff City

Championship

Sunderland

19-11-6

2-1

Final

Cardiff

8-12-16

Stadium of Light

Match pulse

SUNAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'CAR

0Shots0

0On target0

0Corners0

0Saves0

0Fouls0

56'Leo HjeldeSUN63'Calum ChambersCAR69'Joel BaganCAR

Team	1H	2H	T
SUN	1	1	2
CAR	1	0	1

Who won: Sunderland 2-1

Sunderland beat Cardiff City 2-1 on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Stadium of Light. Goals for Sunderland: Eliezer Mayenda (2') and Chris Mepham (77'). Goals for Cardiff: Isaak Davies (41').

What it means

Cardiff has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1Ethan HorvathG
2Joel BaganCD-L
3Dimitrios GoutasCD-R
4Callum O'DowdaLB
5Perry NgRB
6Callum RobinsonAM
7Sivert MannsverkLM
8Calum ChambersRM
9Yousef SalechF
10Rubin ColwillAM-L
11Isaak DaviesAM-R

Sunderland17th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-3-3)

1Anthony PattersonG
2Luke O'NienCD-L
3Chris MephamCD-R
4Leo HjeldeLB
5Trai HumeRB
6Daniel NeilCM
7Jobe BellinghamLM
8Patrick RobertsRM
9Eliezer MayendaF
10Romaine MundleLF
11Alan BrowneRF

Head to head

SUN leads series 3-2

Last meeting: Cardiff 1, Sunderland 0 (Nov 5)

Last 5

CAR

Lvs BUR1-2
L@ AVL0-2
Wvs HUL1-0
T@ PLY1-1
Tvs BRC1-1

SUN

W@ SHW2-1
Lvs HUL0-1
L@ LEE1-2
Wvs LTN2-0
Tvs WAT2-2

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Game info

Venue: Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England · Attendance 40,644
Officials: Darren Bond

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