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Newcastle United vs Sunderland match centre

Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 31
Full timeFinished

Score

12Premier League Matchweek 31

Kick-off

22 Mar 2026, 12:00 UTC

Venue

St. James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance

52,253 official

Referee

Anthony Taylor

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Newcastle United

4-2-3-1
7.175 nations26.8 y185 cm24.1 apps
  • Confirmed3 outs

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

Away • Official lineup

Sunderland

4-1-4-1
7.219 nations24.5 y181 cm21.7 apps
  • Expected3 returns

Official lineup released in 4-1-4-1.

  1. Brobbey
    • 90'Brian Brobbey scored 90'
    • 91'Brian Brobbey booked 91'
    • 93'Brian Brobbey off 93'
  1. Rigg
  2. Diarra
    • 85'Habib Diarra off 85'
  3. Sadiki
    • 94'Noah Sadiki booked 94'
  4. Xhaka
  1. Talbi
    • 57'Chemsdine Talbi scored 57'
    • 93'Chemsdine Talbi off 93'
  1. Geertruida
    • 94'Lutsharel Geertruida booked 94'
  2. O'Nien
  3. Alderete
    • 82'Omar Alderete booked 82'
  4. Hume
    • 44'Trai Hume booked 44'
  1. Ellborg

Newcastle United

Bench

9
  1. 1N. Pope
    6.9733191 cm22 apps
  2. 9Y. Wissa
    6.59🇨🇩29176 cm14 apps
    • 89'Yoane Wissa on 89'
  3. 12M. Thiaw
    7.3224191 cm30 apps
    • 54'Malick Thiaw on 54'
  4. 18W. Osula
    7.1522180 cm19 apps
    • 76'William Osula on 76'
  5. 21T. Livramento
    7.2323182 cm17 apps
    • 65'Tino Livramento on 65'
  6. 23J. Murphy
    6.9331179 cm28 apps
    • 65'Jacob Murphy on 65'
  7. 28J. Willock
    6.7626179 cm20 apps
    • 65'Joe Willock on 65'
  8. 37A. Murphy
    6.2521188 cm1 app
  9. 62S. Neave
    6.2018184 cm0 apps

Sunderland

Bench

9
  1. 21S. Moore
    6.2035191 cm0 apps
  2. 3D. Cirkin
    6.60🇱🇻23182 cm7 apps
  3. 12E. Mayenda
    6.8020180 cm19 apps
    • 93'Eliezer Mayenda on 93'
  4. 17R. Mandava
    6.96🇲🇿32183 cm20 apps
    • 93'Reinildo Mandava on 93'
    • 99'Reinildo Mandava booked 99'
  5. 18W. Isidor
    6.83🇭🇹25186 cm28 apps
  6. 20N. Mukiele
    7.4028187 cm27 apps
  7. 28E. Le Fée
    7.4426170 cm31 apps
    • 85'Enzo Le Fée on 85'
  8. 50H. Jones
    6.2021178 cm0 apps
  9. 51J. Jones
    6.2019182 cm0 apps

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 10'
    Home1-0
    Anthony Gordon scored

    Newcastle United. Assist Nick Woltemade.

  2. 44'
    Away
    Trai Hume booked

    Sunderland.

  3. 54'
    Home
    Malick Thiaw on

    Newcastle United. Sven Botman off.

  4. 57'
    Away1-1
    Chemsdine Talbi scored

    Sunderland.

  5. 65'
    Home
    Jacob Murphy on

    Newcastle United. Anthony Elanga off.

  6. 65'
    Home
    Joe Willock on

    Newcastle United. Nick Woltemade off.

  7. 65'
    Home
    Tino Livramento on

    Newcastle United. Kieran Trippier off.

  8. 76'
    Home
    William Osula on

    Newcastle United. Harvey Barnes off.

  9. 82'
    Away
    Omar Alderete booked

    Sunderland.

  10. 85'
    Away
    Enzo Le Fée on

    Sunderland. Habib Diarra off.

  11. 89'
    Home
    Yoane Wissa on

    Newcastle United. Anthony Gordon off.

  12. 90'
    Away1-2
    Brian Brobbey scored

    Sunderland.

  13. 91'
    Home
    Joelinton booked

    Newcastle United.

  14. 91'
    Away
    Brian Brobbey booked

    Sunderland.

  15. 93'
    Away
    Eliezer Mayenda on

    Sunderland. Brian Brobbey off.

  16. 93'
    Away
    Reinildo Mandava on

    Sunderland. Chemsdine Talbi off.

  17. 94'
    Away
    Noah Sadiki booked

    Sunderland.

  18. 94'
    Away
    Lutsharel Geertruida booked

    Sunderland.

  19. 99'
    Away
    Reinildo Mandava booked

    Sunderland.

  20. FT
    Final 1-2

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 1.29
    AttackxG
    2.44
  2. 16
    AttackTotal Shots
    17
  3. 403
    PassingTotal Passes
    262
  4. 9
    DefendingTackles Won
    14
  5. 14
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    12

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 201 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:11 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC