Sunderland 1-1 Everton - Ndiaye opens scoring with solo effort
Xhaka equalises 44 seconds after restart
Hosts miss chance to move second
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Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Don Goodman
Former Sunderland striker on Sky Sports
In the last 10 minutes, Sunderland have come to life.
This is probably how Everton expected Sunderland to come flying out at the start of the game.
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The Sunderland fans are cranking up the noise levels. Bertrand Traore with some lovely footwork, but he wants to go past another Everton defender and in the end that stops him getting a shot away and he loses possession.
Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Sunderland's Enzo le Fee with a pass to Wilson Isidor, but he takes a touch and that gives Michael Keane the opportunity to get the block in with some solid defending.
Still, a decent few minutes from the Black Cats.
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We need Ivan Toney in the January transfer window, can’t keep missing chances like this.
Mark - Liverpool
Would be a good signing that one. Also good for England with few striking options apart from Harry Kane with the World Cup only eight months away.
Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Better from Sunderland and Lutsharel Geertruida fires in a volley and it dips over the top from the edge of the penalty area, but Jordan Pickford didn't look overly worried and stays on his feet.
That's been the hosts' best moment so far.
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That is why Everton won't get to the European places, they have strikers who can't score goals and miss complete sitters/ Whether it's Barry or Beto, it doesn't matter. Useless.
John - York
Feels like we've had a few seasons in a row now where Everton don't look like they even have a striker on the pitch.
Harry - Manchester
Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Everton have had seven shots, but the only one on target ended up in the net.
It has been a routine return to the Stadium of Light for Jordan Pickford so far as he has not had to make a save yet.
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The Blues are turning a corner.
Eddie - Liverpool
Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Don Goodman
Former Sunderland striker on Sky Sports
How on earth are David Moyes' strikers missing chances like this?
You can't miss it. Look, if you hit the target and it hits the goalkeeper and bounces away, then you can forgive it but Moyes' reaction is of a man who knows that's a big moment in this game.
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Sunderland are being sloppy in possession and it almost leads to a second Everton goal. Jack Grealish with a superb ball in, but Thierno Barry misses a sitter. He just has to hit the target, he was about four yards out and blazes it over the bar on the half volley.
David Moyes looks disgusted.
Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Iliman Ndiaye has scored six goals across his last 12 Premier League games, just one fewer than in his 32 previous appearances in the competition (seven).
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Iliman Ndiaye...take a bow!. What a goal
Jason - Peterborough
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Don Goodman
Former Sunderland striker on Sky Sports
Everton are the ones looking more likely. Grealish's shot is through the legs of Xhaka, and it's bending away ever so slightly.
Sunderland 0-1 Everton
So close to a second for the visitors. The ball is played square to Jack Grealish 22 yards out, and there doesn't look much on. But he shifts the ball, hits it through the legs of Granit Xhaka and it bounces off the bottom of the left upright.
Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Don Goodman
Former Sunderland striker on Sky Sports
Noah Sadiki is angry, and that is frustration. He needs to keep disciplined here.
They need to calm down here, Sunderland. They're losing their heads a little bit.
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Sunderland's Noah Sadiki is a bit lucky here. He thinks he is fouled by Iliman Ndiaye, he doesn't get a decision and bounces to his feet and absolutely charges into James Garner.
Petulant and silly. Worthy of a yellow, and that's what he gets.
Nordi Mukiele then joins Sadiki in the book for talking out of turn.
Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Don Goodman
Former Sunderland striker on Sky Sports
I watched him come through at Sheffield United, and he displayed this dribbling ability week in, week out.
Just admire that dribbling ability and the finish to bend it in the corner.
How composed is Iliman Ndiaye? It's an outstanding finish.
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Iliman Ndiaye
The visitors take the lead and it is a superb goal from Iliman Ndiaye. He picks up the ball midway in the Sunderland half and off he goes.
He jinks past three defenders and then whips his left foot around the ball from just inside the penalty area to curl the ball just inside the post.
Sunderland wanted a foul from Thierno Barry before Ndiaye got the ball, but nothing given and Everton are ahead.
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A first attempt for Sunderland but it is a poor effort from Bertrand Traore and it goes well wide.
Sunderland 0-0 Everton
Everton's Thierno Barry tries to link up with Iliman Ndiaye, who had earlier intercepted a pass from Granit Xhaka.
But a chance of a quick counter and then a shot breaks down with Barry's pass back to Ndiaye not effective enough and Sunderland clear for a throw-in.
At a glance
Ndiaye puts Everton ahead with solo goal but Toffees outplayed most of game
Xhaka scores first Premier League goal for Sunderland equaliser
Point takes Sunderland back into top four, Everton are 14th
Granit Xhaka scored his first Sunderland goal as the Black Cats came from behind to draw with Everton and move up to fourth place in the Premier League.
Everton started brightly and led through Iliman Ndiaye's fine solo goal - picking the ball up on the right before beating several defenders and leaving the goalkeeper rooted to the spot.
The Toffees were well on top, with Jack Grealish hitting the post, until Thierno Barry missed a sitter from three yards out in the 28th minute - and suddenly everything changed.
Sunderland took control of the game.
Xhaka scored their equaliser early in the second half with a deflected strike from 20 yards out after Enzo le Fee's effort was blocked.
The Black Cats had the game's next 16 shots after that Barry miss - but could not find a winner.
Sunderland are back in the Champions League places, more than a quarter of the way through the season, while Everton move above Fulham into 14th.
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Former Arsenal captain Xhaka has been a sensational summer signing for Sunderland from Bayer Leverkusen, leading the way in a whole list of statistics for the team.
And now he has a goal to add to that after another hugely impressive performance.
But this was a team effort and they were unlucky not to win, which would have taken them second.
It was a remarkable in-game turnaround as they were being completely overrun, losing their heads and could have been behind by more with 30 minutes on the clock.
But between the 28th and 85th minutes they had all 16 shots.
Not many were clear-cut efforts admittedly - there were few moments where you felt they had to score - but they have now come from losing positions to grab eight points this season.
Everton should have 'put game away' - David Moyes
Everton have two strikers - with a combined one goal.
Beto - who has that goal - usually starts, and Barry usually comes on. This time they switched it around with Barry starting before being replaced by Beto early in the second half.
It did not make a difference.
And Barry, a £27m summer signing from Villarreal, really should have got his first goal in English football when Grealish picked him out with a cross which he skied over from inside the six-yard box.
Everton could have been two or three goals clear by then - with Grealish having hit the post earlier.
After that Barry miss it all just stopped. Their only other chance came in the closing moments through Vitalii Mykolenko.
Everton, managed by ex-Black Cats boss David Moyes, now have one win in their past eight matches.
Sunderland host leaders Arsenal on Saturday at 17:30 GMT. A win would narrow the gap to four points.
Everton are at home to Fulham, who are one place behind them, at 15:00 that day.
Then there is the third international break of the season.
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
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| 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 19 |
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| 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
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| 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
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| 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 18 |
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| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
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| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 17 |
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| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
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| 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
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| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 15 |
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| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
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| 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 13 |
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| 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
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| 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
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| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 11 |
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| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 11 |
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| 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 10 |
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| 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 7 |
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| 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 6 |
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| 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 2 |
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Sunderland lost both Premier League meetings with Everton the last time they faced in 2016-17, last losing more consecutively against the Toffees between November 2007 and May 2009 (4).
Having won four consecutive Premier League games at the Stadium of Light between August 2002 and May 2009, Everton won just two of their last eight visits to Sunderland (D4 L2). However, one of these was in their most recent visit in September 2016 (3-0).
Everton lost 1-0 at Leeds in their opening Premier League match this season. They last lost consecutive league games against promoted sides in the 2021-22 campaign, losing three in a row against Watford, Brentford and Norwich.
Sunderland have 17 points from nine Premier League games this season, their best record at this stage of a top-flight campaign since 1999-00 (also 17). The Black Cats won their 10th game back then, 4-0 at Bradford City.
Sunderland have won five of their nine Premier League games so far in 2025-26 (D2 L2), just one fewer than they managed in the entirety of their last top-flight campaign in 2016-17 (W6 D6 L26). The Black Cats are looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since May 2014 (a run of four).
Everton have lost 2-0 against Man City and 3-0 against Tottenham in their last two Premier League games. They’ve not lost three in a row under David Moyes since October 2011, while they last did so without scoring under the Scot in October 2005 (6 in a row).
Coming into this weekend’s games, no side has won more points from losing positions in the Premier League this season than Sunderland (7). It’s already one more than the Black Cats earned from behind in their last top-flight campaign of 2016-17 (6).
Wilson Isidor is Sunderland’s top scorer in the Premier League this season (4 goals in 9 games), with no other player netting more than once for the Black Cats. Only four players have reached five Premier League goals in 10 or fewer appearances for Sunderland – Steven Fletcher (4), Kevin Phillips (6), Darren Bent (6) and Asamoah Gyan (10).
Only Chris Richards (10) has made more successful long throws into the box than Nordi Mukiele this season (8), with Mukiele’s long throw eventually leading to Sunderland’s equaliser at Chelsea last time out.
Everton winger Jack Grealish has won more fouls (28) and created more chances from open play (19) than any other player in the Premier League this season.
