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Sunderland v Leeds United
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1–1
Premier League
28/12/2025
Stadium of Light
Leeds United
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All-time record vs Sunderland
99
Played
41
Won
22
Drawn
36
Lost
+8
GD
41%
Win %
Away record
50
Played
17
Won
9
Drawn
24
Lost
-17
GD
34%
Win %
DateGroundScoreCompetition
17/02/2025 Elland Road 2–1 W Championship
04/10/2024 Stadium of Light 2–2 D Championship
09/04/2024 Elland Road 0–0 D Championship
12/12/2023 Stadium of Light 1–0 L Championship
07/04/2018 Elland Road 1–1 D Championship
All-time top scorers vs Sunderland
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1 Russell Wainscoat 5
2 Harry Duggan 5
3 Tom Jennings 5
4 Jimmy Greenhoff 4
5 Billy Furness 3
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22 Tanaka
14 Nmecha
29 Gnonto
Unused Substitutes
26 Darlow
24 Justin
23 Bornauw
44 Gruev
20 Harrison
10 Piroe
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Good second half from us
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Shame the pressure in the second half did not get us the win ,Good point on the road.
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Struijk another good header away before the final whistle

Great match to watch 1-1 FT
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Would’ve taken the point before kickoff. But man, I thought we deserved more!
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SG90 wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 3:56 pm We'd have been much better off with the blunts going up instead, as they, Wolves and Burnley would've comfortably gone down. Sunderland staying up means we need two established sides going down, so have to hope West Ham and Forest remain dire, or perhaps an outlier like Bournemouth get dragged in.

Look up not down. We are closer to 12th than 18th with better form than most above.
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Played well should have won really but I’ll also take the point.
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7 points and 10 goals clear of WH..
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JoeDenver wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 3:57 pm Would’ve taken the point before kickoff. But man, I thought we deserved more!

Feels pretty fair, both teams trying to win it, both getting chances. But it was ther for us in the second half.
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ElKapitan wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 3:56 pm Not sure DCL off for gnonto was the one with so little time left..... Can't imagine it would have put too much more pressure on his body but my god have we lost an outlet and defensive presence.

I'd have had Gnonto on earlier, when he brought on Nmecha.
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The first 20 minutes of the second half, we were excellent.
Sunderland were hanging on by their fingernails but they came back into it towards the end as we tired.
Excellent point though.
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The Subhuman wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 3:58 pm 7 points and 10 goals clear of WH..
Not too much better off, they now need 8 more points than us rather than 7. We were 7 clear after we beat them and that gap soon evaporated. But they don't have the new manager bounce this time around.
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Very good second half felt farke fired them up half time.... Noticed that we seem a lot better in the first 10 after half time recently.

Their goal was on an injured rodon and bogle switching off who was obviously not able to play on and immobile. Nothing on rodon or farke as in the moment wanted to fight on and not let the team down can't ask for more as a Leeds fan.

We could of had them quite easily they could have scored too.... Draws a fair result.
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Stach motm for me, offensive threat and stopped Xhaka from dominating
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YorkshireSquare wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 4:00 pm I'd have had Gnonto on earlier, when he brought on Nmecha.
Same, okafor for gnonto is kind of the same type of player for me.... Nmecha for DCL is the closest match but down think close to a straight swap. Need a big burly forward and definitely a cb now that Rodon looks injured for a period of a month at least if its ankle ligaments.
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I’ll take point away, but a win would have been nice.

Shame that rodon got crocked and not subbed. That contributed to their goal.

Nice to see aaronson play well again.
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Still can't believe our goal - incredible
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YorkshireSquare wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 3:58 pm Look up not down. We are closer to 12th than 18th with better form than most above.
I agree, but we need to start picking up wins on the road. Hopefully starting at Anfield. 🙏
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Shame not to get the win after that second half but I’d always take a point away in the prem.
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What a performance!

We dominated them & deserved all three points.
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ElKapitan wrote: Sun Dec 28, 2025 4:02 pm Same, okafor for gnonto is kind of the same type of player for me.... Nmecha for DCL is the closest match but down think close to a straight swap. Need a big burly forward and definitely a cb now that Rodon looks injured for a period of a month at least if its ankle ligaments.
I'll be fuming if Okafor starts on Thursday given how poor he's been. Bogle could do with being dropped too.
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