Preston North End 0-3 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023

Result

Preston North End 0-3 Sunderland

Championship · Monday 8 May 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Preston North End · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Preston North End 0-3 Sunderland: match report

Preston North End lost to Sunderland 0-3 in the Championship on Monday 8 May 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

A. Diallo opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Preston North End did not score. Sunderland scored through A. Diallo (54'), Alex Pritchard (61') and Jack Clarke (65').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 63 points from 45 and Sunderland 7th on 66 points from 45. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ali McCann of Preston North End (8.5), ahead of Jack Clarke (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Jordan StoreyPreston North End
  • 54'Goal · A. DialloSunderland · 0-1
  • 61'Goal · Alex PritchardSunderland · 0-2
  • 65'Goal · Jack ClarkeSunderland · 0-3
  • 84'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 2, Sunderland 0.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Patrick Bauer, Liam Lindsay, Ali McCann, Brad Potts, Troy Parrott, Ryan Ledson, Álvaro Carreras, Liam Delap, Tom Cannon

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

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