Everton FC vs Sunderland AFC, Premier League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Everton FC vs Sunderland AFC — Premier League at Everton Stadium.
- Everton FC 38 games · 49 pts (2025/26)
- Sunderland AFC 38 games · 54 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee John Brooks
- Assistant 1 Simon Bennett
- Assistant 2 Craig Taylor
19 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 38 85 2 Manchester City FC 38 78 3 Manchester United FC 38 71 4 Aston Villa FC 38 65 5 Liverpool FC 38 60 6 AFC Bournemouth 38 57 7 Sunderland AFC 38 54 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 38 53 9 Brentford FC 38 53 10 Chelsea FC 38 52 11 Fulham FC 38 52 12 Newcastle United FC 38 49 13 Everton FC 38 49 14 Leeds United FC 38 47 15 Crystal Palace FC 38 45 16 Nottingham Forest FC 38 44 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 38 41 18 West Ham United FC 38 39 19 Burnley FC 38 22 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 20 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Sunderland AFC H 1–3 L 10 May Crystal Palace FC A 2–2 D 04 May Manchester City FC H 3–3 D 25 Apr West Ham United FC A 1–2 L 19 Apr Liverpool FC H 1–2 L 11 Apr Brentford FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Everton FC A 3–1 W 09 May Manchester United FC H 0–0 D 02 May Wolverhampton Wanderers FC A 1–1 D 24 Apr Nottingham Forest FC H 0–5 L 19 Apr Aston Villa FC A 3–4 L 12 Apr Tottenham Hotspur FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
Everton FC Sunderland AFC #13 Position #7 49 Points 54 38 Played 38 13 / 10 / 15 W / D / L 14 / 12 / 12 47 Scored 42 50 Conceded 48 -3 GD -6 1.29 PPG 1.42 34% Win % 37% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Everton FC this season29% Clean Sheets
Sunderland AFC this seasonEverton FC are 13th (49 pts). Sunderland AFC are 7th (54 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Everton FC0-151/116-301/131-451/346-602/261-752/–76+3/8■ Scored ■ ConcededSunderland AFC0-151/116-303/–31-45–/546-601/361-751/–76+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Everton FC and Sunderland AFC is underway.
- 5' Everton FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Everton FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' Granit Xhaka needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 25' Tim Iroegbunam was booked on 25.
- 30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jordan Pickford, as he is very good at scoring at Everton Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sunderland AFC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 40' It looks surprising Sunderland AFC does not make any changes. Reinildo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 43' GOAL! Merlin Rohl scores on 43.
- 47' The referee calls foul for Jake O'Brien. He receives a card.
- 52' Sunderland AFC is showing some good football. However, Sunderland AFC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 57' Sunderland AFC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 59' What a strike from Brian Brobbey! The score is 1-1.
- 64' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 69' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Sunderland AFC winning 66.67% of all matches.
- 74' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 79' Nilson Angulo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 38 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 81' Sensational shot from Enzo Le Fee. Sunderland AFC is back in the lead.
- 86' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 90' James Garner was booked on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-3.
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Lineups
Everton FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 10
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 16
- 37
- 9
- 15
- 22
- 34
- 42
Bench
- 12
- 7
- 23
- 24
- 2
- 11
- 20
- 19
- 45
Coach David MoyesSunderland AFC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 34
- 6
- 20
- 17
- 15
- 28
- 32
- 22
- 9
- 27
- 10
Bench
- 13
- 18
- 31
- 19
- 3
- 12
- 11
- 7
- 37
Coach Regis Le Bris -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Brian Brobbey 1 Merlin Rohl 1 Wilson Isidor 1 Enzo Le Fee 1 Head to Head
Everton FC Form
Sunderland AFC Form
2026-05-17 Everton FC 1–3 Sunderland AFC W 2026-05-09 Sunderland AFC 0–0 Manchester United FC D 2026-05-02 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1–1 Sunderland AFC D 2026-04-24 Sunderland AFC 0–5 Nottingham Forest FC L 2026-04-19 Aston Villa FC 4–3 Sunderland AFC L 2026-04-12 Sunderland AFC 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.39 Everton FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.86 Sunderland AFC xGI would bet for: Everton FC or Sunderland AFC 74% + Both teams to score 63%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sunderland AFC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.25Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 62% 38% ± 3.5 41% 59% ± 4.5 23% 77% Double Chance
Everton FC or Draw 55%Draw or Sunderland AFC 71%Everton FC or Sunderland AFC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Everton FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.9%1 – 2 9%2 – 1 6.7%0 – 2 6.7%0 – 1 6.5%2 – 2 6.2%1 – 3 Actual0 – 0 5.4%1 – 0 4.7%0 – 3 4%2 – 3 3.9%2 – 0 3.8%Asian Handicap — Everton FC
Handicap Everton FC covers Push Sunderland AFC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 8% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 15% 72% -0.5 28% — 72% +0.5 53% — 47% +1 53% 20% 27% +1.5 73% — 27% +2 73% 14% 12% +2.5 88% — 12% Clean Sheet
Everton FC keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.