Bristol City vs Sunderland match stats & report

2–1 Full time

Championship · England · Regular Season - 43 · Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol · Ref O. Langford

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Bristol City beat Sunderland 2–1 in the Championship on 18 April 2025. Expected goals finished 2.00–0.37. Bristol City had 77% of the ball.

Bristol City vs Sunderland match statistics

Bristol CitySunderland

77% Ball possession 23%
2.00 Expected goals (xG) 0.37
27 Total shots 4
7 Shots on target 2
14 Shots off target 1
6 Blocked shots 1
14 Shots inside the box 2
5 Corners 2
5 Fouls 9
2 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 1
713 Passes 212
89% Pass accuracy 64%
1 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

7' Red card T. Hume Sunderland
31' Goal Eliezer Mayenda Sunderland
48' Yellow card C. Pring Bristol City
55' Goal R. Dickie Bristol City
66' Yellow card A. Patterson Sunderland
76' Goal R. McCrorie Bristol City
80' Yellow card Leo Fuhr Hjelde Sunderland
89' Yellow card J. Anderson Sunderland

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Bristol City

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 L. Manning

1 M. O’Leary

14 Z. Vyner 16 R. Dickie 19 G. Tanner

3 C. Pring 12 J. Knight 8 J. Williams 2 R. McCrorie

40 George Earthy 6 M. Bird

21 N. Wells

Bench Y. Hirakawa , S. Twine , A. Mehmeti , Marcus McGuane , H. Roberts , Sinclair Armstrong , S. Bajić , E. Morrison , S. Bell

Sunderland

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 R. Le Bris

1 A. Patterson

33 Leo Fuhr Hjelde 13 L. O'Nien 26 C. Mepham 32 T. Hume

28 E. Le Fée 4 D. Neil

40 T. Watson 11 C. Rigg 10 P. Roberts

12 Eliezer Mayenda

Bench W. Isidor , Salis Abdul Samed , J. Bellingham , A. Browne , J. Anderson , B. Middlemas , M. AleksiÄ‡ , Harrison Jones , S. Moore

Form guide

Bristol City at home

4–1–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.1 per game
Conceded: 1.1 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 5.0 per game
Shots on target: 4.0 per game

27% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sunderland away

5–2–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.3 per game
Conceded: 1.7 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 4.6 per game
Shots on target: 5.3 per game

35% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Bristol City vs Sunderland head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
10 Dec 24	Sunderland v Bristol City	1–1
6 Apr 24	Sunderland v Bristol City	0–0
16 Dec 23	Bristol City v Sunderland	1–0

Only 3 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Bristol City vs Sunderland head-to-head record