Sunderland have won just three of their 33 Premier League games against Manchester United (D6 L24), with their 24 defeats against the Red Devils their most against any opponent in the competition.

Manchester United have lost just one of their 15 visits to the Stadium of Light to face Sunderland in the Premier League (W10 D4), going down 2-1 in February 2016.

Sunderland haven’t won any of their last 28 Premier League matches against sides starting the day in the top four of the table (D9 L19) since a 2-1 victory away at Chelsea in April 2014 under Gus Poyet.

Since Michael Carrick’s first Premier League game in charge of Manchester United this season on 17 January, Manchester United have won more points than any other side (32). Carrick has won more points in his 14 games than Ruben Amorim managed in his 20 games this season (31).

Only Wolves (6), Burnley (7) and Nottingham Forest (10) have opened the scoring in fewer Premier League games than Sunderland this season (12). However, the Black Cats are one of three sides still unbeaten when scoring first (W7 D5) along with Forest (W8 D2) and today’s opponents Manchester United (W15 D7).

Only Aston Villa (14.3) have overperformed their expected points more than Sunderland in the Premier League this season (10.2), who have 47 points and an expected points total of 36.8. Meanwhile, since Michael Carrick’s first game in charge in January, Manchester United have overperformed their xP more than any other side (11.3 – 32 points from 20.7 expected).

Manchester United have scored in their last 23 Premier League games, since a 1-0 home loss to Everton in November. Only once have they had a longer scoring run in the competition, going 36 games between December 2007 and November 2008.

With three goals and two assists, Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka has been involved in more Premier League goals against Manchester United than any other opponent (5). All three of his goals against them have come from outside the box, with no player netting more from distance against the Red Devils.

Among players to feature in at least 500+ minutes under a Manchester United manager in the Premier League, Benjamin Sesko under Michael Carrick has the best minutes per goal ratio – he’s scored seven goals in 595 minutes (one every 85 minutes).

Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes has created 5+ chances in 14 different Premier League games in 2025-26. Since 2003-04, only Arsenal’s Mesut Özil has done so more often in a season (15 in 2015-16). His 120 chances created this season is the most by a Red Devils player in one campaign on record since 2003-04.