Season so far

Championship

Key, Sunderland v Leeds
League position, Sunderland 1st, Leeds United 5thTotal points, Sunderland 18, Leeds United 15

Goals scored

Sunderland 16Leeds United 13

Goals conceded

Sunderland 6Leeds United 5

Shots

Sunderland 73Leeds United 84

Shots on target

Sunderland 33Leeds United 43

Shots off target

Sunderland 40Leeds United 41

Blocked shots

Sunderland 30Leeds United 34

Passing accuracy %

Sunderland 82.07Leeds United 86.24

Points dropped from a winning position

Sunderland 3Leeds United 2

Form guide

All competitions

Sunderland won
v Derby County
2
0
Championship
Leeds United draw
v Norwich City
1
1
Championship
Sunderland lose
v Watford
2
1
Championship
Leeds United won
v Coventry City
3
0
Championship
Sunderland won
v Middlesbrough
1
0
Championship
Leeds United won
v Cardiff City
0
2
Championship
Sunderland lose
v Plymouth Argyle
3
2
Championship
Leeds United lose
v Burnley
0
1
Championship
Sunderland won
v Portsmouth
1
3
Championship
Leeds United won
v Hull City
2
0
Championship

Previous meetings

All competitions

Sunderland and Leeds United
Played
71
Sunderland Won 26Leeds United Won 31Draw 14

Previous scores

All competitions

Championship

Leeds United 0 , Sunderland 0 on the 9th of April 2024
Leeds United
Sunderland
9th of April 2024
Sunderland 1 , Leeds United 0 on the 12th of December 2023
Sunderland
Leeds United
12th of December 2023
Leeds United 1 , Sunderland 1 on the 7th of April 2018
Leeds United
Sunderland
7th of April 2018

Match Facts

  • Sunderland won 1-0 against Leeds United at the Stadium of Light last season, last winning consecutive league games against the Whites on home soil in December 1963.

  • Since beating Sunderland 3-2 on Boxing Day 2004, Leeds have only scored three goals in seven games against the Black Cats in all competitions (W1 D2 L4), failing to score in either game in 2023-24.

  • Sunderland have won six of their first eight Championship matches this season (L2), their most wins at this stage of a second tier league season since 1963-64 (W6 D1 L1), going on to finish 2nd that campaign and win promotion.

  • Largie Ramazani has had a hand in at least one goal in all three of his Championship starts for Leeds United (2 goals, 1 assist), scoring in both away starts so far at Cardiff and Norwich.

  • Leeds have won four of their last six league games on a Friday (D1 L1), with their one Friday game this season a 2-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday. Their last Friday game against Sunderland came back in September 2004, won 1-0 by the Black Cats at Elland Road.