Chelsea vs Sunderland: Head-to-head

Chelsea and Sunderland face each other for the first time in more than eight years. Our last encounter was at Stamford Bridge in May 2017, when Chelsea won 5-1 and secured the Premier League title. Antonio Conte and David Moyes managed the teams, with Jordan Pickford in goal for the Black Cats. Sunderland were relegated in last place.

The Blues have won our last three home Premier League matches against Sunderland by an aggregate 11-3.

Our last home defeat against the Black Cats was in April 2014 when the visitors won 2-1 to end Jose Mourinho’s 77-game unbeaten home league run as Blues boss.

This fixture has had 118 goals scored in 32 Premier League games, averaging 3.7 goals per game.

Head-to-Head (all competitions)

Played 125
Won 61
Drawn 22
Lost 42

Biggest wins for each team:

Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland | 2009/10 | Premier League
Sunderland 4-0 Chelsea | 1909/10, 1912/13, 1934/35 | all in Division One
Sunderland’s biggest win at Stamford Bridge | 4-1 in 1909/10 in Division One
Sunderland’s biggest win at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League | 3-0 in 2010/11

Last five meetings at Stamford Bridge

7 Apr 2013 - Premier League W 2-1 Kilgallon own goal, Ivanovic
19 Apr 2014 - Premier League L 1-2 Eto’o
24 May 2015 - Premier League W 3-1 Diego Costa (pen), Remy 2
19 Dec 2015 - Premier League W 3-1 Ivanovic, Pedro, Oscar (pen)
21 May 2017 - Premier League W 5-1 Willian, Hazard, Pedro, Batshuayi 2

Chelsea stats

Chelsea are looking to win five consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since we won our last five Club World Cup matches in the summer.

Chelsea have lost just three of our past 72 home Premier League games against newly-promoted sides (Bournemouth in 2015, West Brom in 2021 and Brentford in 2022). We have won 55 and drawn 14 of the others. Last season at the Bridge we beat Southampton and Leicester and drew with Ipswich.

Chelsea are the second-highest scorers in the Premier League this season with 16 goals, just one behind Manchester City and one more than leaders Arsenal.

Against Nottingham Forest, Chelsea named a Premier League XI without Moises Caicedo for the first time since Christmas Eve 2023 against Wolves, ending a run of 65 consecutive starts for the Ecuadorian.

In the same game, with an average age of 23 years and 345 days, Chelsea named the youngest starting XI in a Premier League game this season.

Only three clubs (Arsenal, Man City and Aston Villa) have conceded fewer Premier League goals in 2025 than Chelsea (29).

Only Manchester City (34) have earned more home points in the Premier League in 2025 than Chelsea (33 – 10 wins, three draws, one defeat), with the Blues’ only defeat at Stamford Bridge this calendar year coming against Brighton last month.

Excluding penalties, no team has scored more goals from set-pieces in the Premier League this season than Chelsea (eight, level with Arsenal). Six of our set-piece goals have come from corners, which is one fewer than our total from corners last season.

If selected, Marc Guiu could face the team he began the season with on loan. He came on for the Black Cats as a sub against Burnley and Brentford in the Premier League and played the whole game and scored in Sunderland’s Carabao Cup tie against Huddersfield.

Enzo Maresca remains the only manager in Premier League history who has not used a single player aged 30 or over.

On Wednesday against Ajax, Maresca made 10 changes from the Nottingham Forest match. Only Romeu Lavia was retained and the team finished with an average age of 21 years and 49 days.

Only Arsenal (10) have had more different scorers in the Premier League this term than the Blues (nine).

Premier League scorers: Caicedo 3, Fernandez 3 (1 pen), Chalobah 2, Joao Pedro 2, Neto 2, Acheampong 1, Estevao 1, James 1, Palmer 1

Premier League assists: Joao Pedro 3, Cucurella 2, James 2, Estevao 1, Fernandez 1, Gusto 1, Neto 1

Milestones

If selected, Reece James would start his 100th Premier League match for the club and Pedro Neto his 50th game for the Blues in all competitions.

Sunderland stats

Last season

Championship - Fourth, promoted by beating Sheffield United 2-1 in the play-off final at Wembley
FA Cup - Lost 1-2 after extra time at home to Stoke City in the third round
Carabao Cup - Lost 0-2 to Preston North End in the first round.
Top scorer (all competitions): Wilson Isidor (13, all in the league)

This season’s Premier League stats

Most minutes played (max 720): Roefs 720, Xhaka 720, Sadiki 712
Goals: Isidor 3, six players on 1
Assists: Xhaka 3, Alderete 1, Hume 1, Talbi 1

Sunderland have 14 points from their opening eight Premier League games this season, their most at this stage since 1999/00 (also 14) and the most by a promoted club since Wolves in 2018/19 (15).

Since the start of the 2022/23 campaign (his final season with Arsenal), Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka has been on the winning side in 77 different league games. Only Federico Valverde (82) has won more games in the big five European leagues.

There have been 99 teams promoted to the Premier League in its history - Sunderland are joint fifth in the amount of points they have managed to accrue in their first eight games (14).

77 per cent of Sunderland’s Premier League goals this season have been scored in the second half (7/9).

71 per cent (10) of Sunderland’s points this season have come at the Stadium of Light. Away from home they have won four points from four games.

Sunderland have won one of their last seven away league games (two draws, four defeats), failing to score in five of those games. Their sole win in that period came at Nottingham Forest last month (1-0).

The Black Cats are unbeaten in their last 13 away league games against London sides (four wins, nine draws), since a 2-1 defeat at Fulham in April 2018. It is Sunderland’s longest-ever unbeaten league run in the capital.

Nordi Mukiele scored his first-ever Premier League goal against Wolves last week. He is the third Frenchman to score for Sunderland this season (after Wilson Isidor and Enzo Le Fee), the first time they have had three different French scorers in a single campaign in the competition.

Last five results

Crystal Palace (a) D 0-0
Aston Villa (h) D 1-1
Nottingham Forest (a) W 1-0
Manchester United (a) L 0-2
Wolves (h) W 2-0

Head coach Regis Le Bris, who joined Sunderland in the summer of 2024, has never played or managed a side against the Blues.

Last Premier League line-up

Saturday 18 October
Sunderland 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
Team (4-2-3-1): Roefs; Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Hume; Xhaka (c), Sadiki (Neil 90+5); Traore (Talbi 63), Rigg (Geertruida 76), Le Fee; Isidor (Mayenda 76)
Goals: Mukiele 16, Krejci own goal 90+2

Discipline

Malo Gusto is suspended (one match) following his red card against Nottingham Forest.

In the Premier League, five yellow cards received before 19 league fixtures have been completed will result in a one-match suspension in the competition.

Premier League yellow cards:

Cucurella 2, Estevao 2, George 2, Hato 2, James 2, Sanchez 2, Caicedo 1, Chalobah 1, Badiashile 1, Fernandez 1, Santos 1, Tosin 1.

Match officials

Referee: Andy Madley
Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis, Marc Perry
Fourth official: David Webb
VAR: Craig Pawson
Assistant VAR: Adrian Holmes

Andy Madley’s only Blues game last season was our 2-1 away win at Leicester City last November.