⏱️How it unfolded
Every goal and card, from kick-off to full time.
Sunderland above the line
Fulham belowGoals and cards
Half-time 0-0
75'
GoalWilson Isidor, right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Set up by Habib Diarra1-0- 83'
InjuryHabib Diarra went off injured, Chris Rigg on
The score, against the pace we expected
Sunderland stayed close to the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SUN better than we expected
▼ FUL better than we expected
The second half was where it moved most, about a goal better than we expected for Sunderland.
⚽Good plays, bad plays
The goals and saves that went each side's way, and what each side did to itself.

Sunderland
Good plays
- WINNER
Wilson Isidor, right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal, set up by Habib Diarra
75' · SUN 1-0 FUL
Bad plays
- BIG MISS
Enzo Le Fée missed from the left side of the box, just wide
6' · SUN 0-0 FUL
- WOODWORK
Wilson Isidor hit the woodwork from the centre of the box
71' · SUN 0-0 FUL

Fulham
Good plays
- SAVE
Bernd Leno kept out Enzo Le Fée from the left side of the box
81' · SUN 1-0 FUL
- SAVE
Bernd Leno kept out Romaine Mundle from the left side of the box
90+3' · SUN 1-0 FUL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
⭐Who stood out
The players who made the difference, and the ones it went wrong for.

Sunderland
- ★
Wilson Isidor Substitute, off the bench
Goal 75'
- ★
Habib Diarra Substitute, off the bench
Set up Isidor
- ✗
Enzo Le Fée Attacking Midfielder
Big chance missed 6', 4 shots, 1 on target

Fulham
- ★
Bernd Leno Goalkeeper
3 saves
⚖️What decided it
Why Sunderland won, and why Fulham did not.
From the game
Fulham were without Joachim Andersen and Tom Cairney
Won it with 42% of the ball
Broke the deadlock through Wilson Isidor in the 75th minute
Key battles
📊The numbers
| SUN | FUL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Possession | 58% |
| 12 | Shots | 11 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 0 |
| 3 | Corners | 4 |
| 0 | Saves | 3 |
| 326 | Passes completed | 472 |
| 83% | Pass accuracy | 84% |
| 7 | Tackles won | 4 |
| 10 | Fouls | 15 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 60% | Share of the chances | 40% |
| 5 | Passes completed near goal | 6 |
| 16 | Passes allowed before winning it back | 8 |

