Sunderland v Preston North End

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Monday 1st January

Championship Table

On Monday 1st January

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, 4, 5, 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 1st January 2024 at 19:13

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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

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

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

away team, Preston North End

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

Sunderland
Preston North End

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

Substitutes

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

Referee:: Oliver Langford
Assistant Referee 1:: George Byrne
Assistant Referee 2:: Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official:: Dean Whitestone

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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 21 minutes
Attempt saved. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ajibola Alese.
Postat 19 minutes
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
Postat 15 minutes
Luke O'Nien (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 15 minutes
Foul by Liam Millar (Preston North End).
Postat 14 minutes
Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 14 minutes
Foul by Alan Browne (Preston North End).
Goal!at 10 minutes
Goal! Sunderland 1, Preston North End 0. Alex Pritchard (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pierre Ekwah.
Postat 8 minutes
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Pierre Ekwah.
Postat 7 minutes
Attempt missed. Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Postat 5 minutes
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Postat 5 minutes
Attempt blocked. Liam Millar (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Hughes.
Postat 3 minutes
Foul by Jack Clarke (Sunderland).
Postat 3 minutes
Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 2 minutes
Attempt missed. Jack Clarke (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jobe Bellingham.
Kick Offat 1 minute
First Half begins.
Postat 1 minute
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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