Preview

• Anticipation builds as Sunderland prepare to host Huddersfield Town at Stadium of Light on 2025-08-26 (kick-off 19:45 GMT), in the 2nd Round of the 2025-2026 League Cup.
• There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between R. Le Bris and L. Grant.
• Both teams have no missing players.
• Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Sunderland should be met by Huddersfield Town's expected 4-2-3-1.
• Last time out, J. Bellingham registered the best mark for Sunderland - 6.6 - and R. Roosken did likewise for Huddersfield Town with an 7.3 score.
• Sunderland were beaten 0-2 by Burnley, whereas Huddersfield Town secured a win 1-0 against Stevenage.
• Sunderland's form is 2-0-3 recently, but Huddersfield Town are on a roll with 3-1-1 in their last 5 matches.
• Huddersfield Town hold the upper hand H2H: of 4 meetings, they've triumphed 2 times, conceded 1 time and shared 1 draw.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

26/08/2025 18:45

Stadium of Light

N/A

League Cup

Team Kits

Events

9'		0 - 1	L. Castledine
38'	A. Masuaku
38'			D. Charles
HT 0 - 1
46'	J. Jones N. Huggins
68'			B. Wiles L. Castledine
76'			M. Harness J. Taylor
76'			J. Smith Sway C. Ashia
78'	M. Aleksic W. Isidor
78'	J. Seelt N. Mukiele
84'	M. Aleksic M. Guiu	1 - 1
90+4'	D. Neil
90+10'			H. Kane D. Vost
90+10'			B. Radulovic D. Charles

Penalty shootout

1

H. Kane 0 - 1

1

E. Le Fee 1 - 1

2

B. Radulovic 1 - 2

2

P. Roberts 2 - 2

3

M. Harness 2 - 3

3

D. Neil 3 - 3

4

B. Wiles 3 - 4

4

C. Rigg 4 - 4

5

L. Gooch 4 - 5

5

J. Seelt 5 - 5

6

D. Kasumu 5 - 6

6

M. Aleksic

Stats

Lineups

H2H