Sunderland 1-5 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023

Result

Sunderland 1-5 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 1-5 Stoke City: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Stoke City 1-5 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Josh Laurent opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Sunderland's goal came from Alex Pritchard (62'). Stoke City scored through Josh Laurent (41'), T. Campbell (53'), T. Campbell (57'), Dwight Gayle (68') and Dwight Gayle (76').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 9th on 49 points from 34 and Stoke City 17th on 40 points from 34. Sunderland went on to finish that season 6th with 72 points, and Stoke City 16th with 53.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dwight Gayle of Stoke City (8.8), ahead of Tyrese Campbell (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 3 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Dan NeilSunderland
  • 41'Goal · Josh LaurentStoke City · 0-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Ben PearsonStoke City
  • 52'Yellow card · Josh LaurentStoke City
  • 53'Goal · T. CampbellStoke City · 0-2
  • 57'Goal · T. CampbellStoke City · 0-3
  • 62'Goal · Alex PritchardSunderland · 1-3
  • 68'Goal · Dwight GayleStoke City · 1-4
  • 76'Goal · Dwight GayleStoke City · 1-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 4, draws 3, Stoke City 3.

Team news

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

Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Dan Ballard, Danny Batth, Aji Alese, Dan Neil, Alex Pritchard, Amad Diallo, Patrick Roberts, Jack Clarke, Joe Gelhardt

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

Matija Šarkić, Ki-Jana Hoever, Ben Wilmot, Phil Jagielka, Dujon Sterling, Ben Pearson, Josh Laurent, Jacob Brown, Will Smallbone, Tyrese Campbell, Dwight Gayle