EPL ~ Sunderland vs Man United | Match info, preview & Lineup
| Sunderland vs Man United | |
| Match Info | |
| Date | 09 May 2026 |
Time |
07:30 PM IST 🇮🇳 06:00 PM 🇦🇪 05:00 PM 🇸🇦 |
| Stadium | Stadium of Light |
| League | Premier League |
| Round | 36 |
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➡️ Sunderland vs Man United
Sunderland head into this match following a 1-1 Premier League drawn match versus Wolverhampton Wanderers.
In that match, Sunderland managed 42% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Sunderland was Nordi Mukiele (17'). At the other end, Wolverhampton Wanderers got 20 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Santiago Bueno (54') scored for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
It has been seldom in recent games where Sunderland haven’t conceded. The reality is that Sunderland have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 12 goals along the way. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, however.
Ahead of this meeting, Sunderland are winless against Manchester United in their last 3 matches in the league.
Manchester United ~ WDLWWW 📈
Manchester United will come into the clash after a 3-2 Premier League win to beat Liverpool in their last outing.
In that match, Manchester United had 38% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Manchester United, goals were scored by Cunha (6'), Benjamin Šeško (14') and Kobbie Mainoo (77'). Liverpool had 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Dominik Szoboszlai (47') and Cody Gakpo (56') scored for Liverpool.
Manchester United have attacked well leading up to this encounter, having scored 12 times in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Manchester United have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same outings.
Going into this contest, Manchester United haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 28/02/2015 tells us that Sunderland have won 1 of these games & Manchester United 5, with the tally of draws being 0.
A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between them in this period, with 3 for The Black Cats and 14 belonging to The Red Devils. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was Premier League match day 7 on 04/10/2025 and the score finished Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland.
In that game, Manchester United managed 51% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Mason Mount (8') and Benjamin Šeško (31').
Sunderland had 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.
The referee was Stuart Attwell.
📰 Team News: Sunderland
Simon Moore (Broken hand), Romaine Mundle (Hamstring injury), Nilson Angulo (Muscle injury) and Bertrand Traoré (Knee injury) will be missing for Sunderland gaffer Régis Le Bris. Dan Ballard cannot play in this game through suspension.
It seems likely that The Black Cats should line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, utilising Robin Roefs, Lutsharel Geertruida, Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Reinildo, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Trai Hume, Enzo Le Fee, Chemsdine Talbi and Brian Brobbey.
📋 Team News: Manchester United
We reckon that The Red Devils could decide to elect for a 4-2-3-1 system, going with Senne Lammens, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Bryan Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes, Mason Mount and Matheus Cunha.
🧠Prediction
Sunderland will really need to work well to put one past this Manchester United side who we think should score at least once to put them ahead.
We’re therefore predicting a hard-fought 0-1 advantage for Manchester United at the end of this game.
Should be interesting.
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