Sunderland host Brighton in Matchday 6 of the Premier League

Sunderland host Brighton on 10 October 2026 at 17:00 Damascus time, in a meeting between the two sides in Matchday 6 of the Premier League season 2026/27, with the match to be broadcast on beIN Sports.

Brighton sit third in the table with 10 points from 5 matches, having recorded 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, scoring 16 goals and conceding 5. In contrast, Sunderland are in 14th place with just 4 points from 5 matches, having won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3, scoring 6 goals and conceding 10.

Sunderland's results in their last five matches have been mixed, losing 3-5 away to Manchester City, beating AZ Alkmaar 1-0 at home, then losing 0-2 at home to Arsenal, drawing 1-1 away to Brentford, and beating Fulham 1-0 at home.

Brighton, meanwhile, have produced better results in their recent fixtures, beating Arsenal 3-0 at home, crushing Coventry City 5-0 away, drawing 1-1 at home with Leeds United, before losing 3-4 away to Chelsea, then beating Tromso 4-0 at home.

In their last three meetings, Brighton beat Sunderland 0-1 on 14 March 2026, the match between them ended in a goalless draw 0-0 on 20 December 2025, while their last previous meeting before that dates back to 23 August 2011 when Brighton won 1-0.

Sunderland will be without Mohamadou Habib Diarra, Romaine Lee Mondel, Daniel George Ballard and Brian Ebenezer Adjei Brobbey due to injury. Brighton, meanwhile, are missing a longer list of absentees through injury including E. Ferguson, Y. Minteh, S. Tzimas, A. Aziz, Lewis Dunk, Jack Hinshelwood, K. Mitoma, Pascal Struijk and Mats Wieffer, in addition to the absence of Zadok Yohannes for another reason.