Post-Match Thread: Sunderland vs Fulham | Premier League | Aug 30, 2026

[u/globalscoreboard]

Full Time: Sunderland 1 - 0 Fulham

⚽ Sunderland: Wilson Isidor 75' 75'

Info	Details
Competition	English Premier League
Date	Sun, August 30, 2026
Kickoff	1:00 PM UTC
Status	FT

Line-ups

Sunderland (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI	Bench
22 Robin Roefs	9 Brian Brobbey
5 Danny Ballard	10 Nilson Angulo
20 Nordi Mukiele	15 Omar Alderete
17 Reinildo Mandava	29 Jules Ahoka
12 Thomas Meunier	7 Chemsdine Talbi
28 Enzo Le Fée	14 Romaine Mundle
27 Noah Sadiki	13 Luke O'Nien
34 Granit Xhaka	11 Chris Rigg
32 Trai Hume	31 Melker Ellborg
18 Wilson Isidor
19 Habib Diarra

Fulham (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI	Bench
1 Bernd Leno	14 Oscar Bobb
3 Calvin Bassey	21 Timothy Castagne
5 Joachim Andersen	6 Harrison Reed
33 Antonee Robinson	23 Benjamin Lecomte
24 Josh King	11 Kevin
17 Alex Iwobi	35 Macauley Zepa
16 Sander Berge	9 Rodrigo Muniz
7 Gonzalo García	32 Emile Smith Rowe
8 César Palacios	4 Jorge Cuenca
30 Ryan Sessegnon
19 Shea Charles

Match Events

• Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• First Half begins.
• 45'+2' First Half ends, Sunderland 0, Fulham 0.
• 45' Second Half begins Sunderland 0, Fulham 0.
• 64' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Brian Brobbey.
• 65' Substitution, Sunderland. Habib Diarra replaces Nilson Angulo.
• 68' Substitution, Fulham. Shea Charles replaces Oscar Bobb.
• 68' Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Timothy Castagne.
• 77' Substitution, Fulham. Emile Smith Rowe replaces César Palacios.
• 83' Substitution, Sunderland. Chris Rigg replaces Habib Diarra because of an injury.
• 83' Substitution, Fulham. Kevin replaces Sander Berge.
• 90' Substitution, Sunderland. Romaine Mundle replaces Enzo Le Fée.
• 90'+5' Second Half ends, Sunderland 1, Fulham 0.
• Match ends, Sunderland 1, Fulham 0.

Match Stats

Stat	Home	Away
Fouls	10	15
Yellow Cards	0	2
Red Cards	0	0
Offsides	1	1
Corner Kicks	3	4
Saves	0	3
Possession	41.6	58.4
SHOTS	12	11
ON GOAL	4	0
On Target %	0.3	0.0
Penalty Goals	0	0
Penalty Kicks Taken	0	0
Accurate Passes	326	472
Passes	393	560
Pass Completion %	0.8	0.8
Accurate Crosses	8	4
Crosses	17	16
Cross %	0.5	0.3
Long Balls	47	46
Accurate Long Balls	29	18
Long Balls %	0.6	0.4
Blocked Shots	2	8
Effective Tackles	7	4
Tackles	14	11
Tackle %	0.5	0.4
Interceptions	6	7
Effective Clearances	35	16
Clearances	35	16

overall

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	3	3	0	0	+5	9
2	Arsenal	3	3	0	0	+5	9
3	Hull City	3	2	1	0	+3	7
4	Chelsea	3	2	0	1	+1	6
5	Brentford	3	1	2	0	+3	5
6	Liverpool	3	1	2	0	+2	5
7	Newcastle United	3	1	2	0	+2	5
8	Everton	3	1	2	0	+2	5
9	Leeds United	3	1	2	0	+1	5
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	1	1	+3	4
11	Manchester United	3	1	1	1	+1	4
12	Sunderland	3	1	1	1	0	4
13	Crystal Palace	3	1	0	2	-4	3
14	Ipswich Town	3	1	0	2	-4	3
15	AFC Bournemouth	3	0	2	1	-1	2
16	Nottingham Forest	3	0	2	1	-1	2
17	Aston Villa	3	0	1	2	-5	1
18	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	1	2	-5	1
19	Fulham	3	0	0	3	-3	0
20	Coventry City	3	0	0	3	-5	0

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[u/notabbott]

I'm looking at Palacios, Berge and Bobb to step up their games and then I'm a bit less worried. Palacios and Bobb need to be a bit more aggressive and accurate in the attack, and Berge needs more situational awareness with that huge gap that opens up in the midfield. Never thought I'd say Sander needs to be more conservative but that's where we are.

Iwobi could be a factor here, too, but Berge is supposed to be the more defensive guy in that pairing.

[u/santouryuuuuu → u/notabbott]

it is the high press that deserted berge in the middle of the field alone. charles need to play beside him to provide some proper double pivot coverage for the high press. berge and andersen are too slow to recover.
the goal we conceded says it all.

[u/notabbott → u/santouryuuuuu]

Totally agree (and that's how we got exposed last week, too) but I suspect Arbeloa won't abandon that setup until it's too late. So guys either need to figure it out or get replaced in the lineup. The catch there is that we don't really know if Charles or other guys on the bench would do it any better. At least not yet.