Leeds United 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018

Result

Leeds United 1-1 Sunderland

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Leeds United · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Leeds United 1-1 Sunderland: match report

Leeds United drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Paddy McNair opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Leeds United's goal came from Pablo Hernández (72'). Sunderland scored through Paddy McNair (48').

Discipline: Leeds United received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leeds United were 14th on 53 points from 40 and Sunderland 23rd on 31 points from 40. Leeds United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bailey Peacock-Farrell of Leeds United (8.1), ahead of Pablo Hernández (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leeds United wins, 0 draws and 4 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · George HoneymanSunderland
  • 48'Goal · Paddy McNairSunderland · 0-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Lamine KonéSunderland
  • 72'Goal · Pablo HernándezLeeds United · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Paudie O'ConnorLeeds United
  • 83'Yellow card · Ezgjan AlioskiLeeds United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Pontus JanssonLeeds United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Callum McManamanSunderland

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Leeds United 5, draws 0, Sunderland 4.

Team news

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Stuart Dallas, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Paudie O'Connor, Ezgjan Alioski, Pablo Hernández, Samu Saiz, Kalvin Phillips, Ronaldo Vieira, Pierre-Michel Lasogga

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

Lee Camp, John O'Shea, Donald Love, Lamine Koné, Marc Wilson, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Aiden McGeady, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch, Ashley Fletcher