Sunderland v Aston Villa, 21 September 2025

Score1-1
RefereeSam Barrott
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStadium of Light
Attendance46,261

View Sunderland v Aston Villa head to head

Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 31 Sunderland won: 7 Drawn: 13 Aston Villa won: 11 Sunderland scored: 25 Aston Villa scored: 37 . Aston Villa failed in their attempt to win three consecutive league meetings with Sunderland for the first time since December 2009 in the Premier League.

1 Sunderland

Manager: Régis Le Bris

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Wilson Isidor 75 G

Goals:

Matty Cash 67 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robin Roefs
Defender Omar Alderete
Defender Trai Hume
Defender Nordi Mukiele
Defender/Midfielder Reinildo
Defender/Midfielder Noah Sadiki
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Enzo Le Fée
Midfielder Chris Rigg
Midfielder/Forward Chemsdine Talbi
Forward Wilson Isidor

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Tyrone Mings Defender
Matty Cash Defender/Midfielder
Lucas Digne Defender/Midfielder
Boubacar Kamara Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Emi Buendía Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Morgan Rogers Midfielder/Forward
Evann Guessand Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Dan Ballard for Chris Rigg 37
Eliezer Mayenda for Wilson Isidor 80
Arthur Masuaku for Chemsdine Talbi 80
Lutsharel Geertruida for Enzo Le Fée 81
Dan Neil for Noah Sadiki 90+1

Substitutions:

Harvey Elliott for Lucas Digne 58
Ian Maatsen for Emi Buendía 58
Donyell Malen for Evann Guessand 73
Jadon Sancho for Morgan Rogers 82
Lamare Bogarde for Boubacar Kamara 82

Cards:

Reinildo 33 R
Noah Sadiki 74 Y
Granit Xhaka 88 Y

Cards:

Ian Maatsen 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Anthony Patterson
Defender/Midfielder Dan Ballard
Defender/Midfielder Lutsharel Geertruida
Defender/Midfielder Arthur Masuaku
Midfielder Dan Neil
Midfielder/Forward Simon Adingra
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré
Forward Brian Brobbey
Forward Eliezer Mayenda

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
Midfielder/Forward Donyell Malen
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

Comments:

League position: 7th . Sunderland failed in their attempt to win three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2012. . The Black Cats failed in their attempt to win their first three home games of a season in the top division for the first time since 1965-66 in League Division One. . Wilson Isidor had now become the first player to score in each of the first three home games of a season in the Premier League for Sunderland since Darren Bent in 2010-11.

Comments:

League position: 18th . Aston Villa avoided becoming the third team to fail to score in their first five games of a season in the top division: previously Ipswich Town in 1970-71 in League Division One (five) and Crystal Palace in 2017-18 in the Premier League (seven). . Villa now remained unbeaten in the Premier League against newly prompted teams since their 3-0 defeat at Fulham on 20 October 2022, which was manager Steven Gerrard’s last game in charge. . In their fifth game in this Premier League season, they had now become the last team in the top four divisions to score a league goal in 2025-26.

1 Sunderland

Manager: Régis Le Bris

Goals:

Wilson Isidor 75 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robin Roefs
Defender Omar Alderete
Defender Trai Hume
Defender Nordi Mukiele
Defender/Midfielder Reinildo
Defender/Midfielder Noah Sadiki
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Enzo Le Fée
Midfielder Chris Rigg
Midfielder/Forward Chemsdine Talbi
Forward Wilson Isidor

Substitutions:

Dan Ballard for Chris Rigg 37
Eliezer Mayenda for Wilson Isidor 80
Arthur Masuaku for Chemsdine Talbi 80
Lutsharel Geertruida for Enzo Le Fée 81
Dan Neil for Noah Sadiki 90+1

Cards:

Reinildo 33 R
Noah Sadiki 74 Y
Granit Xhaka 88 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Anthony Patterson
Defender/Midfielder Dan Ballard
Defender/Midfielder Lutsharel Geertruida
Defender/Midfielder Arthur Masuaku
Midfielder Dan Neil
Midfielder/Forward Simon Adingra
Midfielder/Forward Bertrand Traoré
Forward Brian Brobbey
Forward Eliezer Mayenda

Comments:

League position: 7th . Sunderland failed in their attempt to win three consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since February 2012. . The Black Cats failed in their attempt to win their first three home games of a season in the top division for the first time since 1965-66 in League Division One. . Wilson Isidor had now become the first player to score in each of the first three home games of a season in the Premier League for Sunderland since Darren Bent in 2010-11.

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

Matty Cash 67 G

Starting lineup:

Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper
Tyrone Mings Defender
Matty Cash Defender/Midfielder
Lucas Digne Defender/Midfielder
Boubacar Kamara Defender/Midfielder
Ezri Konsa Defender/Midfielder
Emi Buendía Midfielder
John McGinn Midfielder
Morgan Rogers Midfielder/Forward
Evann Guessand Forward
Ollie Watkins Forward

Substitutions:

Harvey Elliott for Lucas Digne 58
Ian Maatsen for Emi Buendía 58
Donyell Malen for Evann Guessand 73
Jadon Sancho for Morgan Rogers 82
Lamare Bogarde for Boubacar Kamara 82

Cards:

Ian Maatsen 63 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Victor Lindelöf
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
Midfielder/Forward Donyell Malen
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho

Comments:

League position: 18th . Aston Villa avoided becoming the third team to fail to score in their first five games of a season in the top division: previously Ipswich Town in 1970-71 in League Division One (five) and Crystal Palace in 2017-18 in the Premier League (seven). . Villa now remained unbeaten in the Premier League against newly prompted teams since their 3-0 defeat at Fulham on 20 October 2022, which was manager Steven Gerrard’s last game in charge. . In their fifth game in this Premier League season, they had now become the last team in the top four divisions to score a league goal in 2025-26.