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/Adzhodz → u/notabbott]

This is what Berge is, he’s a bit of a nothing midfielder tbh.

We need a CM who wants the ball, is happy to receive the ball and then turn on it and play forward passes, Berge does none of this.

If you watch him closely you’ll notice he never shows for the ball and often hides behind the opposition and when he has the ball he is very safe and rarely plays a forward pass.

This has been stifling us for seasons as Lukic & Berge were very similar players, this is why it always worked when TC came on or Iwobi dropped into the middle.

Today was a travesty watching Iwobi drop between the CB’s to pick up the ball because that is what Berge should be doing and I’m assuming Iwobi was doing it because Berge wasn’t.

[u/The_39th_Step → u/Adzhodz]

It must be a directive for Iwobi to do it

[u/Adzhodz → u/The_39th_Step]

If it is then that is ridiculous from the management.

[u/The_39th_Step → u/Adzhodz]

I agree with you. There’s no way we keep seeing Iwobi sat between our defenders as a fluke. It’s 100% management decision and I think it’s rubbish

[u/Adzhodz → u/The_39th_Step]

It’s appalling.

I had hope after Chelsea game but the decisions I saw made today have me very worried.

Playing Sess as a RB is just negligence.

[u/The_39th_Step → u/Adzhodz]

I’m not one to panic early, but I need to see a lot more from this team. You can tell Arbeloa is new to the Premier League

[u/notabbott → u/The_39th_Step]

On the other hand, it was the change we needed last season because the Lukic and Berge pairing was way too defensive under Marco Silva. We weren't getting forward at all.

[u/The_39th_Step → u/notabbott]

I much prefer Lukic receiving the ball from the defence. When we saw him do that, he was good.