Newcastle United 1-2 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 March 2026
Result
Newcastle United 1-2 Sunderland
Premier League · Sunday 22 March 2026, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newcastle United 1-2 Sunderland: match report
Newcastle United lost to Sunderland 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Anthony Gordon opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Anthony Gordon (10'). Sunderland scored through Chemsdine Talbi (57') and Brian Brobbey (90').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 42 points from 30 and Sunderland 13th on 40 points from 30. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Sunderland 7th with 54.
Newcastle 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 Chris Rigg of Sunderland (7.8), ahead of Anthony Gordon (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 7 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Sunderland's L-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Anthony Gordon
- 44'Yellow card · Trai Hume
- 57'Goal · Chemsdine Talbi
- 82'Yellow card · Omar Alderete
- 90'Goal · Brian Brobbey
- 90+1'Yellow card · Brian Brobbey
- 90+1'Yellow card · Joelinton
- 90+4'Yellow card · Lutsharel Geertruida
- 90+4'Yellow card · Noah Sadiki
- 90+9'Yellow card · Reinildo Mandava
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aaron Ramsdale, Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall, Joelinton, Jacob Ramsey, Anthony Elanga, Nick Woltemade, Harvey Barnes, Anthony Gordon
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Melker Ellborg, Lutsharel Geertruida, Luke O'Nien, Omar Alderete, Trai Hume, Granit Xhaka, Chris Rigg, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Chemsdine Talbi, Brian Brobbey