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Sunderland vs Hull City lineups

Sunderland host Hull City at Stadium of Light on 2 January 2027. The fixture is Matchweek 19 of the Premier League. They last met on 22 February 2025, when Hull City won 1-0.

Sunderland vs Hull City match facts

Kick-off
Sat 2 Jan 2027, 15:00
Stadium
Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 19

Sunderland vs Hull City lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Sunderland vs Hull City head to head

6
Sunderland wins
7
Draws
6
Hull City wins

21–22 on goals in 19 meetings since 2 November 2013

Recent Sunderland vs Hull City results

  1. Sunderland0–1Hull CityStadium of Light
  2. Hull City0–1SunderlandThe MKM Stadium
  3. Sunderland0–1Hull CityStadium of Light
  4. Hull City0–1SunderlandThe MKM Stadium
  5. Sunderland4–4Hull CityStadium of Light

All in the Championship

Sunderland vs Hull City history

Sunderland have won two of the last five, with one drawn. Hull City last won at Stadium of Light on 22 February 2025, by 1-0. Four of the last five were decided by a single goal. Both clubs scored in one of the last five. Sunderland hold the longest unbeaten run in the fixture, twelve meetings.

Stadium of Light

Sunderland play at Stadium of Light in Sunderland. The ground holds 49,000. Hull City have won there twice in eight visits, most recently in February 2025. Sunderland have won three of those, with three drawn. The pitch is grass. Hull City's most recent visit was on 22 February 2025, a 1-0 win.

Last meeting: Sunderland 0-1 Hull City, February 2025

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Sunderland, 4-2-3-1
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Hull City, 4-2-2-2
Sunderland crest
SunderlandFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 1Anthony PattersonG
  2. 32Trai HumeD
  3. 5Daniel BallardD
  4. 13Luke O'NienD
  5. 3Dennis CirkinD
  6. 7J. BellinghamM
  7. 4Daniel NeilM
  8. 10Patrick RobertsM
  9. 11Christopher RiggM
  10. 28Enzo Le FéeM
  11. 18Wilson IsidorF

Bench

  1. 14Romaine MundleF
  2. 26Christopher MephamD
  3. 12Eliezer MayendaF
  4. 33Leo HjeldeD
  5. 8BrowneM
  6. 21Simon MooreG
  7. 30Milan Aleksić
  8. 20S. Abdul SamedM
  9. 36I. PovedaF

Coach: R. Le Bris

Hull City crest
Hull CityFormation 4-2-2-2
  1. 1I. PandurG
  2. 2Lewie CoyleD
  3. 5A. JonesD
  4. 4C. HughesD
  5. 6S. McLoughlinD
  6. 19S. AlzateM
  7. 36E. MatazoM
  8. 30Joseph GelhardtM
  9. 22Louie BarryM
  10. 28K. JosephF
  11. 24Matt CrooksF

Bench

  1. 16LincolnM
  2. 20G. PuertaM
  3. 12João PedroF
  4. 15John EganD
  5. 27Regan SlaterM
  6. 37N. AmrabatF
  7. 23Cody DramehD
  8. 32T. Lo-TutalaG
  9. 48Mason Paul James BurstowF

Coach: Rubén Sellés

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hull City in a 4-2-2-2 when the clubs last met, on 22 February 2025 in the Championship. Hull City won 1-0. Anthony Patterson scored. Anthony Patterson and I. Pandur started in goal. R. Le Bris and Rubén Sellés picked the sides.

Sunderland vs Hull City lineups — common questions

When is Sunderland vs Hull City?
Sunderland vs Hull City kicks off at 15:00 UK time on 2 January 2027 at Stadium of Light in Sunderland. The match is Matchweek 19 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.
What was the score in the last Sunderland vs Hull City match?
In the meeting before this one, Hull City won 1-0 on 22 February 2025 in the Championship. The time before that, Sunderland won 1-0 on 20 October 2024 in the Championship. Sunderland have won 6 of the 19 meetings between the clubs and Hull City have won 6.

Hull City vs Sunderland at MKM Stadium

Updated 9 August 2026