Sunderland v Brentford, 30 August 2025

Score2-1 to Sunderland
RefereeAnthony Taylor
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStadium of Light
Attendance46,267

View Sunderland v Brentford head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 1 Sunderland won: 1 Drawn: 0 Brentford won: 1 Sunderland scored: 2 Brentford scored: 1 . Sunderland versus Brentford had now become the 940th different fixture to have been played in the Premier League.

2 Sunderland

Manager: Régis Le Bris

1 Brentford

Manager: Keith Andrews

Goals:

Enzo Le Fée penalty 82 P
Wilson Isidor 90+6 G

Goals:

Igor Thiago 77 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robin Roefs
Defender Omar Alderete
Defender Trai Hume
Defender Nordi Mukiele
Defender/Midfielder Habib Diarra
Defender/Midfielder Reinildo
Defender/Midfielder Noah Sadiki
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Enzo Le Fée
Midfielder/Forward Chemsdine Talbi
Forward Eliezer Mayenda

Starting lineup:

Caoimhin Kelleher Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Michael Kayode Defender
Sepp Van Den Berg Defender
Jordan Henderson Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder/Forward
Dango Ouattara Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward
Igor Thiago Forward

Substitutions:

Simon Adingra for Chemsdine Talbi 65
Wilson Isidor for Eliezer Mayenda 65
Marc Guiu for Habib Diarra 87

Substitutions:

Frank Onyeka for Jordan Henderson 71
Rico Henry for Keane Lewis-Potter 72
Fábio Carvalho for Kevin Schade 90

Cards:

Reinildo 57 Y
Habib Diarra 58 Y
Granit Xhaka 90+4 Y

Cards:

Igor Thiago 61 Y
Rico Henry 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Anthony Patterson
Defender Jenson Seelt
Defender/Midfielder Arthur Masuaku
Midfielder Dan Neil
Midfielder Chris Rigg
Midfielder/Forward Simon Adingra
Midfielder/Forward Patrick Roberts
Forward Wilson Isidor
Forward Marc Guiu

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Rico Henry
Defender Aaron Hickey
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Midfielder Fábio Carvalho
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Antoni Milambo

Comments:

League position: 6th . Sunderland had now won their first two home games in a season in the Premier League for the second time; previously in 2001-02. . They had now won 100 home games in the Premier League (played 306, lost 120). . Kevin Schade's penalty in the 59th penalty was saved by Robin Roefs, who became the first Black Cats goalkeeper to save a penalty in a home game in the Premier League. [c/o Rob Mason]

Comments:

League position: 13th . This defeat ended Brentford's run of eight consecutive wins against newly-promoted teams in the Premier League. . The Bees had now scored in ten consecutive games in the top division for the first time since March 1939 in League Division One. . They had now conceded 11 goals in their last 13 away games in the Premier League. . Dango Ouattara scored in the 21st minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.

2 Sunderland

Manager: Régis Le Bris

Goals:

Enzo Le Fée penalty 82 P
Wilson Isidor 90+6 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robin Roefs
Defender Omar Alderete
Defender Trai Hume
Defender Nordi Mukiele
Defender/Midfielder Habib Diarra
Defender/Midfielder Reinildo
Defender/Midfielder Noah Sadiki
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Enzo Le Fée
Midfielder/Forward Chemsdine Talbi
Forward Eliezer Mayenda

Substitutions:

Simon Adingra for Chemsdine Talbi 65
Wilson Isidor for Eliezer Mayenda 65
Marc Guiu for Habib Diarra 87

Cards:

Reinildo 57 Y
Habib Diarra 58 Y
Granit Xhaka 90+4 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Anthony Patterson
Defender Jenson Seelt
Defender/Midfielder Arthur Masuaku
Midfielder Dan Neil
Midfielder Chris Rigg
Midfielder/Forward Simon Adingra
Midfielder/Forward Patrick Roberts
Forward Wilson Isidor
Forward Marc Guiu

Comments:

League position: 6th . Sunderland had now won their first two home games in a season in the Premier League for the second time; previously in 2001-02. . They had now won 100 home games in the Premier League (played 306, lost 120). . Kevin Schade's penalty in the 59th penalty was saved by Robin Roefs, who became the first Black Cats goalkeeper to save a penalty in a home game in the Premier League. [c/o Rob Mason]

1 Brentford

Manager: Keith Andrews

Goals:

Igor Thiago 77 G

Starting lineup:

Caoimhin Kelleher Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Michael Kayode Defender
Sepp Van Den Berg Defender
Jordan Henderson Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder/Forward
Dango Ouattara Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward
Igor Thiago Forward

Substitutions:

Frank Onyeka for Jordan Henderson 71
Rico Henry for Keane Lewis-Potter 72
Fábio Carvalho for Kevin Schade 90

Cards:

Igor Thiago 61 Y
Rico Henry 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Rico Henry
Defender Aaron Hickey
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Midfielder Fábio Carvalho
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Antoni Milambo

Comments:

League position: 13th . This defeat ended Brentford's run of eight consecutive wins against newly-promoted teams in the Premier League. . The Bees had now scored in ten consecutive games in the top division for the first time since March 1939 in League Division One. . They had now conceded 11 goals in their last 13 away games in the Premier League. . Dango Ouattara scored in the 21st minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.