Brentford — Sunderland 1:1, 5 September: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 3 Saturday 5 September · 14:00 UTC

Brentford 5th · 5 pts WDDDW

1 : 1 1st half 0:0

Sunderland 11th · 4 pts LLDWL

Brentford Community Stadium · referee T. Bramall

Match predictionSafe

This will not turn into a rout

92% · Brentford sit 6 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “This will not turn into a rout”, and the match finished 1:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Brentford 43% draw 27% Sunderland 30%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Brentford win, and the match finished 1:1. Fans backed Brentford win — they got it wrong.

fans 48 votes

Brentford 54% draw 17% Sunderland 29%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

N. Sadiki 14'

J. Schuster for N. Collins 17'

M. Sangare 30'

A. Hickey for M. Kayode 46'

Y. Yarmolyuk for M. Sangare 46'

J. Anthony for D. Ouattara 46'

V. Janelt 1-0 57'

V. Janelt 62'

W. Isidor for N. Angulo 64'

T. Hume for T. Meunier 64'

Y. Yarmolyuk 69'

M. Fofana for N. Sadiki 74'

E. Le Fee penalty 1-1 82'

C. Wilson for M. Damsgaard 86'

G. Xhaka 88'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Brentford 4-2-3-1 · Keith Andrews 4-2-3-1 · Regis Le Bris Sunderland

Caoimhin Kelleher  
Michael Kayode  20 Kristoffer Ajer  22 Nathan Collins  23 Keane Lewis-Potter  
Mamadou Sangare  27 Vitaly Janelt  
Dango Ouattara  24 Mikkel Damsgaard  7 Kevin Schade  
Igor Thiago  

Brian Brobbey  
Thomas Meunier  28 Enzo Le Fée  10 Nilson Angulo  
Granit Xhaka  27 Noah Sadiki  
Nordi Mukiele  4 Kevin Danso  5 Daniel Ballard  17 Reinildo Mandava  
Robin Roefs  

Brentford bench

2Aaron Hickey
13Callum Wilson
25El Hadji Malick Diouf
14Fabio Carvalho
12Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson
19Jaidon Anthony
44Jannik Schuster
3Rico Henry
6Yehor Yarmoliuk

Sunderland bench

11Chris Rigg
6Dayann Methalie
29Jules Ahoka
13Luke O'Nien
39Malick Fofana
31Melker Ellborg
15Omar Alderete
32Trai Hume
18Wilson Isidor

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

49%Possession51%

12Shots14

2Shots on target5

6Shots off target6

4Blocked shots3

7Shots inside box10

5Shots outside box4

101Attacks100

52Dangerous attacks44

4Corners3

0Offsides3

19Fouls8

3Yellow cards2

2Saves1

364Passes380

283Accurate passes289

12Free kicks19

22Throw-ins13

7Goal kicks6

0Penalties1

Brentford

SunderlandThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Brentford and Sunderland met on matchday 3 of the Premier League on 5 September at Brentford Community Stadium. Final score — 1:1.

Brentford sit 5th on 5 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches. Sunderland sit 11th on 4 points after 5 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Brentford won 1, Sunderland won 1. Aggregate score — 4:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Brentford last five Sunderland

WDDDW form LLDWL

5 Matches 5

2 — 3 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 1 — 3

10 — 4 Scored — conceded 6 — 10

1.8 Points per game 0.8

2 Goals scored per game 1.2

2 Clean sheets 1

0 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 5 Current streak winless in 3

Brentford at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 7—1, 2.33 points per match.

Sunderland away: 3 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 5—8, 0.33 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Brentford win 0 draws 1 Sunderland win goals 4:2 Brentford — Sunderland

07/01/2026	Brentford — Sunderland	3:0	Premier League
30/08/2025	Sunderland — Brentford	2:1	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	1	1	16—5	10
4	Brentford	5	2	3	0	10—4	9
5	Leeds United	5	2	3	0	7—3	9
…
13	Manchester United	3	1	1	1	7—6	4
14	Sunderland	3	1	1	1	3—3	4
15	Crystal Palace	5	1	1	3	6—11	4

Full Premier League table