Brighton and Hove Albion v Sunderland, 20 December 2025

Score0-0
RefereeDarren England
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAmerican Express Stadium
Attendance31,426

View Brighton and Hove Albion v Sunderland head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 1 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 0 Drawn: 1 Sunderland won: 0 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 0 Sunderland scored: 0 . This was the first meeting in the top division since April 1983 (a 1-1 draw at Roker Park in League Division One).

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

0 Sunderland

Manager: Régis Le Bris

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Diego Coppola
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Defender/Midfielder Mats Wieffer
Midfielder/Forward Yasin Ayari
Midfielder/Forward Brajan Gruda
Midfielder/Forward Yankuba Minteh
Forward Georginio Rutter

Starting lineup:

Robin Roefs Goalkeeper
Omar Alderete Defender
Trai Hume Defender
Nordi Mukiele Defender
Dan Ballard Defender/Midfielder
Lutsharel Geertruida Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Enzo Le Fée Midfielder
Chris Rigg Midfielder
Simon Adingra Midfielder/Forward
Brian Brobbey Forward

Substitutions:

Joël Veltman for Mats Wieffer 46
Kaoru Mitoma for Maxim De Cuyper 64
James Milner for Jack Hinshelwood 71
Charalampos Kostoulas for Yankuba Minteh 71
Tom Watson for Brajan Gruda 87

Substitutions:

Habib Diarra for Chris Rigg 64
Romaine Mundle for Simon Adingra 64
Wilson Isidor for Brian Brobbey 72

Cards:

Brajan Gruda 19 Y
Diego Coppola 34 Y

Cards:

Dan Ballard 79 Y
Enzo Le Fée 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Freddie Simmonds
Defender Joël Veltman
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder Joe Knight
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Midfielder/Forward Nehemiah Oriola
Midfielder/Forward Tom Watson
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Anthony Patterson
Defender Dennis Cirkin
Defender Leo Hjelde
Defender/Midfielder Habib Diarra
Midfielder Harrison Jones
Midfielder Romaine Mundle
Midfielder Dan Neil
Forward Wilson Isidor
Forward Eliezer Mayenda

Comments:

League position: 9th . Brighton and Hove Albion had now failed to score in consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2025. . Eight of Albion's last 13 games in the Premier League against newly promoted teams had now ended in a draw (won four). . The Seagulls were now without a win in their last ten games in the Premier League played in December (lost four).

Comments:

League position: 6th . Sunderland had now equalled the best 17-game start to a season in the Premier League by a newly promoted team since Hull City in 2008-09 (27 points). . The Black Cats had now kept a clean sheet in six of their 17 games so far in this Premier League season: as many as in their entire most recent season in the division (six in 2016-17). . They had now failed to score in nine of their last 14 away league games (scored six).

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Diego Coppola
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Defender/Midfielder Mats Wieffer
Midfielder/Forward Yasin Ayari
Midfielder/Forward Brajan Gruda
Midfielder/Forward Yankuba Minteh
Forward Georginio Rutter

Substitutions:

Joël Veltman for Mats Wieffer 46
Kaoru Mitoma for Maxim De Cuyper 64
James Milner for Jack Hinshelwood 71
Charalampos Kostoulas for Yankuba Minteh 71
Tom Watson for Brajan Gruda 87

Cards:

Brajan Gruda 19 Y
Diego Coppola 34 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Freddie Simmonds
Defender Joël Veltman
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder Joe Knight
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Midfielder/Forward Nehemiah Oriola
Midfielder/Forward Tom Watson
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas

Comments:

League position: 9th . Brighton and Hove Albion had now failed to score in consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2025. . Eight of Albion's last 13 games in the Premier League against newly promoted teams had now ended in a draw (won four). . The Seagulls were now without a win in their last ten games in the Premier League played in December (lost four).

0 Sunderland

Manager: Régis Le Bris

Starting lineup:

Robin Roefs Goalkeeper
Omar Alderete Defender
Trai Hume Defender
Nordi Mukiele Defender
Dan Ballard Defender/Midfielder
Lutsharel Geertruida Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Enzo Le Fée Midfielder
Chris Rigg Midfielder
Simon Adingra Midfielder/Forward
Brian Brobbey Forward

Substitutions:

Habib Diarra for Chris Rigg 64
Romaine Mundle for Simon Adingra 64
Wilson Isidor for Brian Brobbey 72

Cards:

Dan Ballard 79 Y
Enzo Le Fée 86 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Anthony Patterson
Defender Dennis Cirkin
Defender Leo Hjelde
Defender/Midfielder Habib Diarra
Midfielder Harrison Jones
Midfielder Romaine Mundle
Midfielder Dan Neil
Forward Wilson Isidor
Forward Eliezer Mayenda

Comments:

League position: 6th . Sunderland had now equalled the best 17-game start to a season in the Premier League by a newly promoted team since Hull City in 2008-09 (27 points). . The Black Cats had now kept a clean sheet in six of their 17 games so far in this Premier League season: as many as in their entire most recent season in the division (six in 2016-17). . They had now failed to score in nine of their last 14 away league games (scored six).