Season so far

Premier League

Key, Aston Villa v Sunderland
League position, Aston Villa 4th, Sunderland 10thTotal points, Aston Villa 55, Sunderland 46

Goals scored

Aston Villa 43Sunderland 33

Form guide

All competitions

Aston Villa won
v Bologna
4
0
UEFA Europa League
Sunderland won
v Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
Premier League
Aston Villa draw
v Nottingham Forest
1
1
Premier League
Sunderland won
v Newcastle United
1
2
Premier League
Aston Villa won
v Bologna
1
3
UEFA Europa League
Sunderland lose
v Brighton & Hove Albion
0
1
Premier League
Aston Villa lose
v Elche
1
2
Club Friendlies
Sunderland lose
v Port Vale
1
0
FA Cup
Aston Villa won
v West Ham United
2
0
Premier League
Sunderland won
v Leeds United
0
1
Premier League

Previous meetings

All competitions

Aston Villa and Sunderland

Played143

Draw 38
Aston Villa Won 62Sunderland Won 43

Previous scores

All competitions

Premier League

Sunderland 1 , Aston Villa 1 on the 21st of September 2025
Sunderland
Aston Villa
21st of September 2025

Championship

Sunderland 0 , Aston Villa 3 on the 6th of March 2018
Sunderland
Aston Villa
6th of March 2018
Aston Villa 2 , Sunderland 1 on the 21st of November 2017
Aston Villa
Sunderland
21st of November 2017

Match Facts

  • Aston Villa have lost just one of their last 13 league games against Sunderland (W6 D6), going down 3-1 at the Stadium of Light in January 2016.

  • Sunderland haven’t won any of their last six away league games against Aston Villa (D4 L2). This is their first visit since a 2-1 loss in the Championship in November 2017, and their first in the Premier League since a 2-2 draw in August 2015.

  • Aston Villa ended 2025 on a run of 12 victories in 14 Premier League games (L2) but since the turn of the year, the Villans have only picked up 16 points in 13 games (W4 D4 L5), putting them 14th in the form table in 2026.

  • Sunderland have won their last two Premier League games, and are looking to record three consecutive top-flight victories for the first time since a run of four in April/May 2014. This will be their 148th top-flight game since then.

  • Aston Villa have never lost to a newly promoted team in the Premier League under Unai Emery (W14 D5), with their last defeat coming against Fulham in October 2022 in Steven Gerrard’s last game in charge. Sunderland, though, are one of three teams Emery has faced in the competition and never beaten (P1 D1), along with Ipswich (D2) and Liverpool (D4 L6).

  • Sunderland have won 46 points in the Premier League this season, already their most in a top-flight season since 2010-11 (47). Should they win this game, it’d be their most since earning 57 in 2000-01.

  • Since the start of February, only Newcastle (9) have dropped more points from winning positions than Aston Villa (7) in the Premier League. They’ve won just two of their last five games when going ahead (D2 L1), having won 23 of their previous 24 when leading beforehand (D1).

  • Sunderland’s 12 wins in the Premier League this season are as many as all three newly promoted sides managed combined last season. It’s the most victories by a promoted team in a season since Fulham won 15 in 2022-23.

  • John McGinn has been involved in five goals in his last six Premier League home appearances for Aston Villa (3 goals, 2 assists). Villa have won 58% of their games with the Scotsman in the starting XI this season (14/24), compared to only 25% without him (2/8).

  • Only Wolves (12) have had players of more different nationalities (excl. own goals) score in the Premier League this season than Sunderland (11), though the Black Cats are the only team without an English scorer.