Sunderland 0-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 24 September 2023

Result

Sunderland 0-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Sunday 24 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Sunderland · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Sunderland 0-1 Cardiff City: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Cardiff City 0-1 in the Championship on Sunday 24 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Mark McGuinness of Cardiff City in the 87th minute.

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 5th on 13 points from 7 and Cardiff City 12th on 10 points from 7. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jak Alnwick of Cardiff City (8.8), ahead of Mark McGuinness (8.4).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Abdoullah BaSunderland
  • 55'Yellow card · Manolis SiopisCardiff City
  • 58'Yellow card · Mason BurstowSunderland
  • 77'Yellow card · Rubin ColwillCardiff City
  • 87'Goal · Mark McGuinnessCardiff City · 0-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Sunderland 4, draws 0, Cardiff City 4.

Team news

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

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Dan Ballard, Niall Huggins, Dan Neil, Abdoullah Ba, Jobe Bellingham, Alex Pritchard, Jack Clarke, Mason Burstow

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Jamilu Collins, Ryan Wintle, Manolis Siopis, Joe Ralls, Yakou Méïté, Iké Ugbo, Karlan Grant