Middlesbrough vs Sunderland

3 February 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee S Martin

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Delano Burgzorg 11’
Hayden Hackney 59’

Dan Neil 33’
Wilson Isidor 51’
Ryan Giles 87’ (og)

Match summary

Sunderland came from behind to win 3-2 away at Middlesbrough, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Delano Burgzorg put Middlesbrough ahead in the 11th minute and Dan Neil equalised in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Wilson Isidor put Sunderland in front in the 51st minute, Hayden Hackney equalised in the 59th minute, and Giles's own goal won it in the 87th minute.

The chances backed that up: Sunderland created 2.09 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Middlesbrough's 1.43 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 12

4 Shots on Target 9

1 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.43 xG 2.07

1.43 Non-penalty xG 2.07

Key events

Middlesbrough Sunderland

Kick-off

Delano Burgzorg

1-0

11’

33’

Dan Neil

1-1

Half-time1-1

51’

Wilson Isidor

1-2

Hayden Hackney

2-2

59’

87’

Ryan Giles
Own goal

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Middlesbrough

Aidan Morris
Delano Burgzorg

Sunderland

Luke O'Nien
Jobe Bellingham
Ian Poveda

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Middlesbrough 1.43 xGSunderland 2.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sunderland attacking Middlesbrough attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players13 players


Mark Travers	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Ayling	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rav van den Berg	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Edmundson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Giles	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aidan Morris	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–
Hayden Hackney	90′	1	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Morgan Whittaker	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Finn Azaz Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Delano Burgzorg	90′	1	–	4	0.76	–	–
Marcus Forss Taken off	69′	–	–	4	0.52	–	–	–
Samuel Iling Junior Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tommy Conway Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Anthony Patterson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trai Hume	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Chris Mepham	90′	–	–	2	0.07	–	–	–
Luke O'Nien	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dennis Cirkin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dan Neil	90′	1	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Jobe Bellingham	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Patrick Roberts Taken off	88′	–	–	2	0.11	–	–	–
Chris Rigg Taken off	71′	–	–	1	0.09	–	–	–
Enzo Le Fée	90′	–	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Wilson Isidor Taken off	81′	1	–	2	1.02	–	–	–
Salis Abdul Samed Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Eliezer Mayenda Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	2	0.62	–	–	–
Ian Poveda Came on as a substitute	2′	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Middlesbrough win 35% Avg odds 2.70

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.34

Sunderland win 37% Avg odds 2.59

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Middlesbrough W D L W L

Sunderland W W D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sunderland 1-0 Middlesbrough, 21 Sep 24 All Middlesbrough vs Sunderland meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.