Sunderland 3-0 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Monday 2 February 2026
Result
Sunderland 3-0 Burnley
Premier League · Monday 2 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sunderland 3-0 Burnley: match report
Sunderland defeated Burnley 3-0 in the Premier League on Monday 2 February 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.
Sunderland's goals came from an own goal by Axel Tuanzebe (9'), Habib Diarra (32') and Chemsdine Talbi (72'). Burnley did not score.
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Burnley received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 11th on 33 points from 23 and Burnley 19th on 15 points from 23. Sunderland went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Burnley 19th with 22.
Sunderland lined up in a 5-4-1 and Burnley in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chemsdine Talbi of Sunderland (7.7), ahead of Enzo Le Fée (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 4 draws and 3 for Burnley.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Burnley's D-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 9'Own goal · Axel Tuanzebe
- 32'Goal · Habib Diarra
- 45'Yellow card · Lesley Ugochukwu
- 67'Yellow card · Martin Dúbravka
- 67'Yellow card · Trai Hume
- 70'Yellow card · Jaidon Anthony
- 72'Goal · Chemsdine Talbi
- 90+1'Yellow card · Kyle Walker
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (5-4-1)
Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Nordi Mukiele, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Enzo Le Fée, Chemsdine Talbi, Brian Brobbey
Burnley line-up (3-4-2-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Axel Tuanzebe, Maxime Estève, Bashir Humphreys, Kyle Walker, Lesley Ugochukwu, Florentino, Lucas Pires, Marcus Edwards, Jaidon Anthony, Lyle Foster