Sunderland vs. Fulham: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Sunderland welcomed Fulham to the Stadium of Light for a matchday 27 meeting in the Premier League on Sunday, and the Cottagers managed to seal all three points.

A Raul Jimenez brace and Alex Iwobi goal guided Fulham to a 3-1 win over Sunderland, with Enzo Le Fee's penalty to make it 2-1 unable to help lead the Black Cats back into the match.

Here, Sports Mole takes a closer look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Sunderland and Fulham.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 68

Fulham wins: 22

Draws: 20

Sunderland wins: 26

Fulham and Sunderland have faced each other a total of 68 times across all competitions, with the Black Cats marginally leading the overall head-to-head record having posted 26 wins to the Cottagers' 22, while 20 draws have been played out between the two clubs.

January 1935 was the very first time that these two teams butted heads, with Sunderland beating Fulham 3-2 on home soil in the third round of the FA Cup.

The most recent encounter between both clubs not in the league also took place in the FA Cup in February 2023 when the Cottagers won by the same scoreline at the Stadium of Light in a fifth-round replay.

Both teams have won two FA Cup ties each against one another, but it was Sunderland who prevailed in the one and only EFL Cup tie to date, winning 3-0 at Craven Cottage in a second-round replay after drawing the initial tie 1-1 on their own turf.

In the league, Fulham and Sunderland had their fair share of successes during their regular battles in Divisions One, Two and Three over the years. The Cottagers won seven and drew four of their first 16 league meetings between 1949 and 1967, including a 6-2 home win in Division One in September 1958 - the biggest winning margin to date in this fixture.

The Black Cats responded in dominant fashion by coming out on top in 12 of their next 20 league encounters (D6 L2) with Fulham over a 17-year period, winning six games in a row across Divisions Two and Three between 1979 and 1988.

In the Premier League era (since 1992-93) Fulham and Sunderland have faced each other 22 times, and it is the former who have picked up 10 victories to the latter's five, with seven draws having also been played out.

Fulham won four of their first five Premier League meetings with Sunderland, including a 3-0 away triumph in September 2002 under Jean Tigana which was replicated just over nine years later under Mark Hughes. Sunderland eventually got their revenge, though, as they celebrated 3-1 and 4-1 victories at Craven Cottage in November 2012 and January 2014 respectively.

However, Marco Silva deservedly oversaw a 1-0 win in the top flight in November 2025, when Raul Jimenez did the damage late on, and the striker helped sink Sunderland once again in February 2026, scoring a brace as Fulham emerged 3-1 winners.