Sunderland 3-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 February 2018

Result

Sunderland 3-3 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 24 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Sunderland · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Sunderland 3-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Sunderland drew with Middlesbrough 3-3 in the Championship on Saturday 24 February 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joel Asoro opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Joel Asoro (11'), Jonathan Williams (58') and Callum McManaman (90+6'). Middlesbrough scored through P. Bamford (49'), Grant Leadbitter (53', penalty) and P. Bamford (68').

Discipline: Sunderland received 5 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 24th on 26 points from 33 and Middlesbrough 8th on 51 points from 33. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Sunderland lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick Bamford of Middlesbrough (8.4), ahead of Callum McManaman (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Joel AsoroSunderland · 1-0
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Josh MajaSunderland
  • 49'Goal · P. BamfordMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 53'Penalty goal · Grant LeadbitterMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Grant LeadbitterMiddlesbrough
  • 58'Goal · Jonathan WilliamsSunderland · 2-2
  • 65'Yellow card · George HoneymanSunderland
  • 68'Goal · P. BamfordMiddlesbrough · 2-3
  • 84'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadySunderland
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Bryan OviedoSunderland
  • 90+6'Goal · Callum McManamanSunderland · 3-3
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Callum McManamanSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 2, Middlesbrough 5.

Team news

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

Lee Camp, John O'Shea, Lamine Koné, Jake Clarke-Salter, Bryan Oviedo, Paddy McNair, Lee Cattermole, Adam Matthews, George Honeyman, Josh Maja, Joel Asoro

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

Darren Randolph, George Friend, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Ben Gibson, Grant Leadbitter, Patrick Bamford, Stewart Downing, M. Bešić, Adama Traoré, Britt Assombalonga