Sunderland vs Leeds Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form across competitions

Sunderland's recent matches cover the Premier League, League Cup and Europa League. There's a Europa League win over AZ Alkmaar and League Cup progress past Hull, but also a 0-2 home defeat to Arsenal and a heavy 5-3 loss away at Manchester City most recently.

Sunderland: 20 completed matches; Leeds: 20 completed matches.

Sunderland

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

29

Difference

+1

Leeds

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

23

Difference

+13

Leeds' sample runs from pre-season friendlies through to competitive fixtures, and it's a mixed bag too. They put four past Newcastle at home but shipped six in a League Cup defeat at Chelsea. Across their last 20 matches overall, Leeds have won ten, drawn six and lost four, conceding 23. Sunderland's equivalent run shows ten wins, three draws and seven losses, conceding 29.

Leeds' broader form sample looks tighter at the back than Sunderland's, which lines up with the early table gap.

Comparative Team Statistics: Sunderland vs Leeds

How these two have got on before

The head-to-head record spans several competitions and seasons, from Championship clashes to last term's Premier League meetings. The two most recent competitive games were close: Leeds won 1-0 at home in March 2026, and the sides drew 1-1 at Sunderland back in December 2025.

There was also a pre-season friendly in July 2026 which Leeds won 1-0 away, though that carries far less weight than the league fixtures. Looking further back, most of their meetings have been decided by a single goal or ended level, so this hasn't historically been a fixture with a dominant side.

Nothing in the head-to-head record points to one side having a clear edge, even though Leeds have the better of the very recent meetings.

Where they sit early on

Leeds are up in fifth after five games, with nine points from two wins and three draws. Sunderland are down in fourteenth on four points, having won just once in the same number of matches.

The goal difference tells its own story. Leeds have scored seven and conceded three, while Sunderland have shipped ten goals against six scored. It's a small sample, only five games, but it's the clearest current gap between the two.

Leeds' tidier defensive numbers early on suggest they're the more settled side right now, though five games is still a short window.

Players carrying the goal threat

Brobbey has been Sunderland's main source of goals, with three in his last five appearances. Leeds have a similar focal point in Calvert-Lewin, who's also scored three in five.

Sunderland:

Best scorers:

B. Brobbey - 3

Penalty cards:

Reinildo x 1 x 1

Leeds:

Best scorers:

D. Calvert-Lewin - 3

Penalty cards:

D. Calvert-Lewin x 3

J. Bogle x 2

Calvert-Lewin has picked up three yellow cards in that same five-game stretch, and teammate Bogle has two. Sunderland's Reinildo has one yellow in four games. It's worth remembering this is a partial list rather than full squad or injury information, and the fixture is still a month away, so nothing here should be read as a confirmed lineup.