Top Sunderland Stories
Are Aston Villa in title hunt - and should Arsenal start to worry?
Unai Emery continues to deny Aston Villa are in the Premier League title race but Arsenal now look vulnerable.
Published an hour ago on BBC Football
Guimarães scores from corner before Newcastle cling on against 10-man Burnley
First-half goals from Bruno Guimarães, directly from a corner, and an Anthony Gordon penalty gave Newcastle a 2-1 win against Burnley, who had Lucas Pires sent off
Published 35 minutes ago on Guardian - Premier League
Dias and Foden sink Sunderland to help Manchester City pressure Arsenal
Manchester City’s 3-0 win against Sunderland, who had Luke O’Nien sent off late on for an awful challenge, took them to within two points of Arsenal
Published 40 minutes ago on Guardian - Premier League
Spurs remember how to win at home as Xavi Simons solo goal helps sink Brentford
Tottenham won their first home league game since the opening day of the season with a 2-0 victory over Brentford
Published 45 minutes ago on Guardian - Premier League
Are Aston Villa in title hunt - and should Arsenal start to worry?
Unai Emery continues to deny Aston Villa are in the Premier League title race but Arsenal now look vulnerable.
Published an hour ago on BBC Football - Premier League
Leeds United v Liverpool: Premier League – live
Minute-by-minute report: The misfiring champions travel to Elland Road. How will they fare? Join Scott Murray for updates
Published an hour ago on Guardian - Premier League
'Always in my mind to start' - Slot on Salah
Liverpool boss Arne Slot says Mohamed Salah is 'always in my mind to start' after the Egypt forward was left out of the last two starting line-ups.
Published 2 hours ago on BBC Football - Premier League
Can anyone stop Lampard's Coventry winning the Championship?
Frank Lampard's Coventry City are 10 points clear at the top of the Championship and could create history - but will anything stand in their way?
Published 3 hours ago on BBC Football - Championship
Villa’s Buendia scores with last kick of the game to stun leaders Arsenal
Emi Buendía struck in the closing seconds to give Villa a 2-1 win and condemn Arsenal to a first defeat in more than three months, leaving Unai Emery’s side only three points behind the leaders
Published 3 hours ago on Guardian - Premier League
Five things to look out for in EFL: Promotion pushes past and present
BBC Sport highlights five things to keep an eye on in the EFL this weekend, including Derby v Leicester and Ipswich v Coventry.
Published 3 hours ago on BBC Football - Championship
Can anyone stop Lampard's Coventry winning the Championship?
Frank Lampard's Coventry City are 10 points clear at the top of the Championship and could create history - but will anything stand in their way?
Published 4 hours ago on BBC Football - Championship
| Sunderland's Results | |||
| Dec 6 | Manchester City | 0 - 3 | A |
| Dec 3 | Liverpool | -1 - -1 | A |
| Nov 29 | AFC Bournemouth | 3 - 2 | H |
| Sunderland's Fixtures | |||
| Dec 14 | Newcastle United | H | |
| Dec 20 | Brighton and Hove Albion | A | |
| Dec 28 | Leeds United | H | |
| Premier League Table | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Everton | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Brighton | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Tottenham | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 9 | Newcastle | 14 | 2 | 21 |