Sunderland 3-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 January 2024

Result

Sunderland 3-1 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 27 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 3-1 Stoke City: match report

Sunderland defeated Stoke City 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 January 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Mason Burstow opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Mason Burstow (43'), Abdoullah Ba (49') and Pierre Ekwah (70'). Stoke City scored through an own goal by Jenson Seelt (74').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 10th on 40 points from 28 and Stoke City 19th on 32 points from 28. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Stoke City 17th with 56.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Abdoullah Ba of Sunderland (8.8), level with Jack Clarke (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 4 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Ben WilmotStoke City
  • 32'Yellow card · Luke CundleStoke City
  • 39'Yellow card · Jordan ThompsonStoke City
  • 43'Goal · Mason BurstowSunderland · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Abdoullah BaSunderland · 2-0
  • 70'Goal · Pierre EkwahSunderland · 3-0
  • 74'Own goal · Jenson SeeltStoke City · 3-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Daniel BallardSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 4, draws 2, Stoke City 4.

Team news

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

Anthony Patterson, Jenson Seelt, Dan Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Trai Hume, Dan Neil, Abdoullah Ba, Pierre Ekwah, Jobe Bellingham, Jack Clarke, Mason Burstow

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

Daniel Iversen, Lynden Gooch, Ben Wilmot, Michael Rose, Jordan Thompson, Luke Cundle, Wouter Burger, Jun-ho Bae, Mehdi Léris, Tyrese Campbell, Sead Haksabanovic