Sunderland welcome Leeds United on 2025-12-28 at 14:00 GMT in week 18 of the 2025-2026 Premier League at Stadium of Light.
In the past 2 games, D. Farke recorded 1 victory against R. Le Bris, who recorded no wins, with 1 draw.
Current league positions have Sunderland 6th on 27 points and Leeds United 16th on 19 points.
Sunderland have 8 players out: A. Alese (Shoulder Injury), H. Diarra (International duty), R. Mandava (International duty), A. Masuaku (International duty), L. O'Nien (Red Card), N. Sadiki (International duty), C. Talbi (International duty), B. Traore (International duty) while Leeds United have 3 players missing: D. James (Hamstring Injury), S. Longstaff (Calf Injury), L. Nmecha (Thigh Injury).
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Sunderland should be met by Leeds United's expected 3-5-2.
Contrast in results: Sunderland had to share the points 0-0 with Brighton & Hove Albion, whereas Leeds United claimed victory 4-1 vs. Crystal Palace.
Sunderland (2-2-1) and Leeds United (2-2-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
Sunderland have clearly got the edge H2H: in 11 meetings, they've beaten Leeds United 5 times, with 3 draws and only 3 losses.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (5-3-0 vs 1-1-6) and scoring roughly 1.88-1.89 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
Sunderland is going head to head with Leeds on 28/12/2025 14:00 GMT at Stadium of Light for the England Premier League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Sunderland v Leeds H2H statistics!