Match summary
Sunderland saw off Cardiff 2-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Eliezer Mayenda put Sunderland ahead in the 2nd minute, Isaak Davies equalised in the 41st minute, and Chris Mepham won it in the 77th minute.
The chances backed that up: Sunderland created 2.45 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Cardiff's 0.57 from 6.
Before kick-off
Sunderland win
62%
Avg odds 1.53
Draw
22%
Avg odds 4.24
Cardiff win
16%
Avg odds 6.10
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
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.