Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Sunderland: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 May 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Nordi Mukiele opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goal came from Santiago Bueno (54'). Sunderland scored through Nordi Mukiele (17').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 20th on 17 points from 34 and Sunderland 12th on 46 points from 34. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 20th with 20 points, and Sunderland 7th with 54.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Granit Xhaka of Sunderland (8.0), ahead of Santiago Bueno (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Nordi MukieleSunderland · 0-1
  • 24'Red card · Dan BallardSunderland
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Brian BrobbeySunderland
  • 54'Goal · Santiago BuenoWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Granit XhakaSunderland
  • 81'Yellow card · Dennis CirkinSunderland
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Robin RoefsSunderland

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-2-1)

Daniel Bentley, Yerson Mosquera, Santiago Bueno, Toti, Pedro Lima, André, João Gomes, Hugo Bueno, Mateus Mané, Adam Armstrong, Tolu Arokodare

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

Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Trai Hume, Enzo Le Fée, Chemsdine Talbi, Brian Brobbey