Sunderland 1-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 11 March 2025

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 11 March 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 1-1 Preston North End: match report

Sunderland drew with Preston North End 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 11 March 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Emil Riis opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Romaine Mundle (86'). Preston North End scored through Emil Riis (65').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 4th on 68 points from 36 and Preston North End 16th on 43 points from 36. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Preston North End 20th with 50.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Romaine Mundle of Sunderland (7.9), ahead of Jobe Bellingham (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 4 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Trai HumeSunderland
  • 23'Yellow card · Lewis GibsonPreston North End
  • 52'Yellow card · Kaine Kesler-HaydenPreston North End
  • 65'Goal · Emil RiisPreston North End · 0-1
  • 86'Goal · Romaine MundleSunderland · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Freddie WoodmanPreston North End

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 3, Preston North End 4.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Chris Mepham, Luke O'Nien, Dennis Cirkin, Patrick Roberts, Dan Neil, Jobe Bellingham, Tommy Watson, Eliezer Mayenda Dossou, Wilson Isidor

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

Freddie Woodman, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Ryan Porteous, Lewis Gibson, Jayden Meghoma, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Ledson, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Brad Potts, Emil Riis, Sam Greenwood