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Monday 1st January

Championship Table

On Monday 1st January

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	26	21	2	3	54	18	36	65	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
2	Ipswich Town	26	16	7	3	48	33	15	55	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
3	Southampton	26	15	7	4	46	31	15	52	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
4	Leeds United	26	14	6	6	45	25	20	48	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
5	West Bromwich Albion	26	12	6	8	36	24	12	42	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
6	Sunderland	26	12	4	10	36	28	8	40	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
7	Hull City	26	11	6	9	40	36	4	39	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
8	Coventry City	26	9	10	7	38	28	10	37	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
9	Cardiff City	26	11	4	11	34	33	1	37	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
10	Watford	26	9	9	8	42	36	6	36	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
11	Bristol City	26	10	6	10	30	28	2	36	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
12	Middlesbrough	26	11	3	12	38	39	-1	36	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
13	Norwich City	26	10	5	11	42	42	0	35	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
14	Preston North End	26	10	5	11	31	44	-13	35	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
15	Millwall	26	8	8	10	28	31	-3	32	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
16	Swansea City	26	8	8	10	35	39	-4	32	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
17	Blackburn Rovers	26	10	2	14	39	48	-9	32	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
18	Plymouth Argyle	26	7	8	11	43	45	-2	29	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
19	Stoke City	26	7	8	11	25	32	-7	29	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
20	Birmingham City	26	7	7	12	30	41	-11	28	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
21	Huddersfield Town	26	5	10	11	26	44	-18	25	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
22	Sheffield Wednesday	26	6	4	16	21	40	-19	22	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
23	Queens Park Rangers	26	5	6	15	21	37	-16	21	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
24	Rotherham United	26	3	9	14	24	50	-26	18	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 1st January 2024 at 19:13

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Sunderland

Manager: Michael Beale

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 1,
A. Patterson
Number 42,
A. Alese , substituted for T. Pembélé at 70 minutes
Number 5,
D. Ballard
Number 13,
L. O'Nien , Captain
Number 32,
T. Hume
Number 24,
D. Neil
Number 39,
P. Ekwah
Number 20,
J. Clarke
Number 7,
J. Bellingham , substituted for Eliezer Mayenda at 85 minutes
Number 21,
A. Pritchard , substituted for J. Seelt at 85 minutes
Number 15,
N. Rusyn , substituted for A. Ba at 76 minutes

away team, Preston North End

Manager: Ryan Lowe

Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1

Number 1,
F. Woodman
Number 16,
A. Hughes
Number 6,
L. Lindsay , Yellow Card at 39 minutes
Number 14,
J. Storey
Number 44,
B. Potts
Number 13,
A. McCann , substituted for W. Keane at 67 minutes
Number 23,
L. Millar
Number 10,
M. Frøkjær-Jensen , substituted for E. Riis at 79 minutes
Number 4,
B. Whiteman
Number 8,
A. Browne , Captain
Number 9,
C. Evans , substituted for M. Osmajić at 67 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Sunderland

Number 22,
A. Aouchiche
Number 17,
A. Ba
Number 30,
N. Bishop
Number 11,
M. Burstow
Number 12,
Eliezer Mayenda
Number 6,
T. Pembélé
Number 31,
C. Rigg
Number 23,
J. Seelt
Number 25,
N. Triantis

away team, Preston North End

Number 33,
K. Best
Number 21,
D. Cornell
Number 3,
G. Cunningham
Number 25,
D. Holmes
Number 7,
W. Keane
Number 18,
R. Ledson
Number 28,
M. Osmajić
Number 19,
E. Riis
Number 20,
B. Woodburn

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Match Facts

Sunderland have won just one of their last eight league games against Preston (D2 L5), a 3-0 away win in May 2023.
Preston North End are looking to secure a league double over Sunderland for the first time since the 2006-07 campaign.
This is the seventh time Sunderland and Preston have met on New Year’s Day, meeting five times between 1894 and 1914 (four Sunderland wins, one draw) and most recently in 2005, a 3-2 win for Preston under Billy Davies.
Sunderland have won just one of their last six league games on New Year’s Day (D2 L3), a 1-0 win at Blackpool in 2019. This is their first on home soil since 2018 when they lost 1-0 to Barnsley.
Preston have lost their last three league matches on New Year’s Day, with this their first since 2020 when they were beaten 2-0 by Middlesbrough.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Match ends, Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 5
Second Half ends, Sunderland 2, Preston North End 0.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Offside, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic is caught offside.
Postat 90 minutes
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman.
Postat 86 minutes
Attempt missed. Brad Potts (Preston North End) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Liam Millar with a cross.
Substitutionat 85 minutes
Substitution, Sunderland. Eliezer Mayenda replaces Jobe Bellingham.
Substitutionat 85 minutes
Substitution, Sunderland. Jenson Seelt replaces Alex Pritchard.
Postat 80 minutes
Foul by Liam Lindsay (Preston North End).
Postat 80 minutes
Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitutionat 79 minutes
Substitution, Preston North End. Emil Riis replaces Mads Frökjaer-Jensen.
Postat 77 minutes
Foul by Will Keane (Preston North End).
Postat 77 minutes
Dan Ballard (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitutionat 76 minutes
Substitution, Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba replaces Nazarii Rusyn.
Postat 72 minutes
Foul by Brad Potts (Preston North End).
Postat 72 minutes
Trai Hume (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 71 minutes
Liam Millar (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 71 minutes
Foul by Timothée Pembélé (Sunderland).
Substitutionat 70 minutes
Substitution, Sunderland. Timothée Pembélé replaces Ajibola Alese.
Substitutionat 67 minutes
Substitution, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic replaces Ched Evans.
Substitutionat 67 minutes
Substitution, Preston North End. Will Keane replaces Ali McCann.