2018–19 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2018–19 season
Chairman	Stewart Donald
Manager	Jack Ross
Stadium	Stadium of Light
League One	5th
FA Cup	Second round replay
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Josh Maja (15); All: Josh Maja (16)
Highest home attendance	46,039 ; (vs. Bradford City)
Lowest home attendance	7,644; (vs. Stoke City U21's)
Average home league attendance	32,157
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →
	All statistics correct as of April 28, 2019.

The 2018–19 season was Sunderland's 140th season in existence, and their first season in the third tier of English football since 1987, after relegation from the Championship the previous season. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup as well as the EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

First team squad[edit]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Age	Ends	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Jon McLaughlin	GK	36	2020	Heart of Midlothian	55	0
25	Robbin Ruiter	GK	37	2019	Utrecht	7	0
32	Max Stryjek	GK	27	2019	Polonia Warsaw	0	0
43	Anthony Patterson	GK	23	2019	Academy	0	0
Defenders
2	Adam Matthews	RB	32	2019	Celtic	66	2
3	Bryan Oviedo	LB	34	2020	Everton	73	2
4	Glenn Loovens	CB	40	2020	Sheffield Wednesday	13	0
5	Alim Öztürk	CB	31	2020	Boluspor	15	0
12	Tom Flanagan	CB	32	2020	Burton Albion	37	2
15	Jack Baldwin	CB	30	2020	Peterborough United	41	3
24	Jack Bainbridge	CB	25	2019	Swansea City	2	0
33	Denver Hume	LB	25	2021	Academy	11	0
38	Owen Gamble	RB	25	2019	Academy	0	0
40	Brandon Taylor	CB	24	2019	Academy	1	0
Midfielders
7	Chris Maguire	RW	35	2020	Bury	37	7
8	Dylan McGeouch	AM	31	2020	Hibernian	28	0
10	George Honeyman (C)	AM	29	2019	Academy	93	15
11	Lynden Gooch	AM	28	2022	Academy	85	9
13	Luke O'Nien	CM	29	2020	Wycombe Wanderers	47	5
14	Duncan Watmore	RW	30	2020	Altrincham	64	6
19	Aiden McGeady	LW	38	2020	Everton	76	21
23	Grant Leadbitter	CM	38	2021	Middlesbrough	139	11
27	Max Power	CM	30	2021	Wigan Athletic	41	4
34	Jake Hackett	CM	24	2019	Academy	3	0
37	Bali Mumba	CM	22	2021	Academy	9	0
45	Daniel Neil	CM	17	2020	Academy	1	0
47	Jordan Hunter	DM	24	2019	Liverpool	1	0
Forwards
9	Charlie Wyke	ST	31	2021	Bradford City	26	5
22	Will Grigg	ST	32	2022	Wigan Athletic	18	5
26	Kazaiah Sterling	ST	25	2019	Tottenham Hotspur (loan)	6	1
39	Jack Diamond	ST	24	2019	Academy	3	0
41	Lee Connelly	ST	24	2019	Queen's Park	3	0
48	Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka	ST	24	2020	IK Sirius	9	2

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

As of 18 July 2018, Sunderland have announced five pre-season friendlies against Darlington, Hartlepool United, Grimsby Town, St Mirren, and Middlesbrough.^[1]

10 July 2018 Friendly	Darlington	1–0	Sunderland	Darlington
19:30 BST	Nicholson 9'	Report		Stadium: Blackwell Meadows Attendance: 1,336

14 July 2018 Friendly	Hartlepool United	1–1	Sunderland	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	Muir 19'	Report	Kimpioka 90'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,734

17 July 2018 Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–1	Sunderland	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST		Report	Gooch 30'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,776

21 July 2018 Friendly	St Mirren	0–6	Sunderland	Paisley, Scotland
15:00 BST		Report	Maja 22', 71' Gooch 33' (pen.), 56' Honeyman 77' Molyneux 86'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 3,133

27 July 2018 Friendly	Middlesbrough	0–0 Abandoned	Sunderland	Middlesbrough
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 7,509
Note: Match abandoned at Half-time due to storms.

Competitions[edit]

League One[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Charlton Athletic (O, P)	46	26	10	10	73	40	+33	88	Qualification for League One play-offs^[a]
4	Portsmouth	46	25	13	8	83	51	+32	88
5	Sunderland	46	22	19	5	80	47	+33	85
6	Doncaster Rovers	46	20	13	13	76	58	+18	73
7	Peterborough United	46	20	12	14	71	62	+9	72

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Result summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	19	5	80	47	+33	85	12	10	1	46	25	+21	10	9	4	34	22	+12

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	L
Position	7	7	4	4	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2019. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The fixtures for the 2018–19 season were released on 21 June 2018.^[3]

4 August 2018 1	Sunderland	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Sunderland
12:30 BST	Maguire 9' Maja 65' Gooch 87', 90+6'	Report	Taylor 10' (pen.) Page 34' Pearce 42' Solly 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,075 Referee: John Brooks

11 August 2018 2	Luton Town	1–1	Sunderland	Luton
15:00 BST	McCormack 56' Grant 60' Pearson 68'	Report	Matthews 19' Maja 45' Baldwin 61'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,059 (1,047 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

19 August 2018 3	Sunderland	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Power 22', 90+4' Maja 25' Maguire 42'	Report	Lund 28'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,876 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

22 August 2018 4	Gillingham	1–4	Sunderland	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Eaves 3' Ehmer 51'	Report	Maguire 4' Honeyman 18' Power 20' Cattermole 43' Maja 59' Hume 90+3'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,483 (2,087 away) Referee: Antony Coggins

25 August 2018 5	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Sunderland	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Pigott 9'	Report	Baldwin 43' Cattermole 66', 83'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,848 (727 away) Referee: John Busby

1 September 2018 6	Sunderland	1–1	Oxford United	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Maguire 12' Cattermole 14' Power 19' Gooch 22' Oviedo 48' Wyke 52' Love 75'	Report	Holmes 16' Brannagan 26' Ruffels 61' Baptiste 71'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 32,193 Referee: Mark Heywood

8 September 2018 7	Sunderland	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Baldwin 14' Matthews 33' Maja 38' Cattermole 90+4'	Report	Madden 9' Coyle 12' Eastham 32' Cairns 80' Hunter 81' Husband 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,367 Referee: Darren Drysdale

15 September 2018 8	Burton Albion	2–1	Sunderland	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Allen 19' McFadzean 36', 75' Sbarra 90+3'	Report	Matthews 29' Cattermole 45' Maguire 54'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,566 (1,700 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

22 September 2018 9	Sunderland	4–1	Rochdale	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Loovens 22' Maja 37', 45' Gooch 41' (pen.), 66'	Report	Rafferty 45+3' Rathbone 51' Henderson 52' Done 71' Hart 85'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,764 Referee: Trevor Kettle

29 September 2018 10	Coventry City	1–1	Sunderland	Coventry
12:30 BST	Hyam 9' Clarke-Harris 68'	Report	Cattermole 30', 49'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 16,407 (4,897 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

2 October 2018 11	Sunderland	2–2	Peterborough United	Sunderland
17:45 BST	Maja 21' Power 22' Oviedo 68' Sinclair 79'	Report	Ward 74' Toney 84', 86'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,727 Referee: David Coote

6 October 2018 12	Bradford City	1–2	Sunderland	Bradford
15:00 BST	O'Connor 52' Scannell 90+4' Brünker 90+8'	Report	Cattermole 11' Maja 20' Baldwin 54' Power 66'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,487 (2,893 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

13 October 2018 P	Sunderland	P–P	Blackpool	Sunderland
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light
Note: Fixture was postponed due to international call-ups.^[4]

20 October 2018 13	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Sunderland	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST		Report	Cattermole 13' Beckles 58' (o.g.) O'Nien 84'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 9,007 (1,640 away) Referee: John Busby

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 14	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Sunderland	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Wilks 28' Whiteman 28' Mason 59' Wright 90' Butler 90+2'	Report	McGeouch 14' Cattermole 16' Honeyman 34' Maguire 47' James 49'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 11,881 (3,973 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

27 October 2018 15	Sunderland	3–0	Southend United	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Honeyman 29' Flanagan 45+4' Maguire 53' McGeady 80'	Report	Bunn 41' Yearwood 68'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 30,894 Referee: Robert Lewis

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16	Plymouth Argyle	0–2	Sunderland	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Sarcevic 49'	Report	McGeady 53', 78' (pen.) McGeouch 60' Flanagan 61' O'Nien 84'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 12,065 (1,305 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

17 November 2018 17	Sunderland	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Honeyman 23' Maja 84'	Report	Onyedinma 67' Gape 71'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 30,727 Referee: Michael Salisbury

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18	Walsall	2–2	Sunderland	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Gordon 43', 46' Ginnelly 52'	Report	Power 23' Honeyman 53' McGeady 62' Gooch 75', 89'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 7,868 (3,278 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

27 November 2018 19	Sunderland	4–2	Barnsley	Sunderland
17:45 BST	McGeady 19' (pen.) Maja 20' Gooch 32' O'Nien 83'	Report	Cavaré 33' Moore 41', 61' Pinnock 75'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,514 Referee: Andrew Madley

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) A	Accrington Stanley	A–A	Sunderland	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Sykes 48' McConville 49' Finley 63' Hall 69'	Report	Maguire 49', 63'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 5,257 (2,604 away) Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Game was abandoned in the 74th minute due to severe weather^[5]

15 December 2018 20	Sunderland	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Matthews 45+1', 90+5' Maja 49' Honeyman 57' Gooch 83'	Report	Rodman 11' Upson 36' Kelly 84' Clarke 90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,971 Referee: Thomas Bramall

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 21	Portsmouth	3–1	Sunderland	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Hawkins 27' Evans 48' (pen.) Curtis 52', 53' N. Thompson 60' B. Thompson 63'	Report	Loovens 47' Honeyman 54' O'Nien 57'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 19,402 (2,200 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

26 December 2018 22	Sunderland	1–0	Bradford City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	McGeady 31' Gooch 61' Flanagan 74' Oviedo 90+3'	Report	Chicksen 62' Payne 67' Caddis 90+2' O'Brien 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,039 Referee: Darren England

29 December 2018 23	Sunderland	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Maja 44' Cattermole 58' Baldwin 82'	Report	Waterfall 30' Norburn 36' Grant 37' Docherty 43' Haynes 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 33,288 Referee: Oliver Langford

1 January 2019 24	Blackpool	0–1	Sunderland	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	O'Connor 55'	Report	Cattermole 18' Maja 23' Gooch 55'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,994 (8,000 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

5 January 2019 25	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Sunderland	Charlton
15:00 GMT	James 50' (o.g.)	Report	O'Nien 2' Baldwin 38' Power 52'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 16,317 (3,000 away) Referee: Steve Martin

12 January 2019 26	Sunderland	1–1	Luton Town	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Maguire 16', 90+3' Flanagan 45' James 75'	Report	Lee 45+2' Shinnie 62' Collins 67' (pen.), 80' Hylton 70' McCormack 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,791 Referee: Lee Probert

19 January 2019 27	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Sunderland	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Hammill 87'	Report	Maja 59'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 7,263 (2,749 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

2 February 2019 28	Sunderland	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Sunderland
15:00 BST	McGeady 67' Leadbitter 76'	Report	Oshilaja 36' Seddon 68' Wordsworth 69'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 30,424 Referee: Ben Toner

9 February 2019 29	Oxford United	1–1	Sunderland	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Mackie 27' Mousinho 39' Browne 87'	Report	Dunne 34' James 62' Gooch 76' O'Nien 90+7'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 10,383 (1,800 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

12 February 2019 30	Sunderland	1–1	Blackpool	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Baldwin 75'	Report	Gnanduillet 31' Thompson 80'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,580 Referee: Carl Boyeson

15 February 2019 31	Sunderland	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Baldwin 35' Honeyman 55' McGeady 62'	Report	Kee 30' (pen.) Conneely 42' Smyth 52'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,937 Referee: Darren Drysdale

19 February 2019 32	Sunderland	4–2	Gillingham	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Cattermole 4' Flanagan 10' Honeyman 54' Grigg 66' (pen.) Dunne 68' McGeady 77' (pen.)	Report	Eaves 6' Burke 34' Hanlan 40' Byrne 59' Lopes 65'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,364 Referee: Matthew Donohue

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 33	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Sunderland	Horfield
15:00 GMT		Report	O'Nien 23' 25' James 49' McGeady 55' Dunne 70'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,009 (1,800 away) Referee: James Linington

2 March 2019 34	Sunderland	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Cattermole 32' Dunne 50' Honeyman 87'	Report	Canavan 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 32,360 Referee: Graham Salisbury

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 35	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Sunderland	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Samuel 11', 35' Bean 55' 90+13' Tyson 90+8'	Report	Cattermole 47' McGeady 79' Flanagan 86' Watmore 90+4' Honeyman 90+8'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 8,422 (3,800 away) Referee: Lee Swabey

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 36	Barnsley	0–0	Sunderland	Barnsley
18:45 GMT	Pinnock 63'	Report	Leadbitter 21' Power 88'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 18,282 (5,000 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

16 March 2019 37	Sunderland	2–1	Walsall	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Cattermole 33', 49' Leadbitter 35' Grigg 71' Gooch 90+5'	Report	Gordon 4', 56' Guthrie 38'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 34,647 Referee: Alan Young

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) 38	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Sunderland	Accrington
19:45 BST	Richards-Everton 15' Finley 32' Hughes 75' Kee 86'	Report	McGeady 4' O'Nien 30' Grigg 45+3' Wyke 63' Sterling 79'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,802 (2,000 away) Referee: John Brooks

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 39	Rochdale	1–2	Sunderland	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 28' Bunney 50' Williams 85'	Report	Hume 16' McGeouch 53' Wyke 56' Honeyman 89'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 6,546 (4,164 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

9 April 2019 40	Sunderland	1–1	Burton Albion	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Baldwin 27'	Report	Flanagan 19' (o.g.) Fox 86'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,513 Referee: Scott Oldham

13 April 2019 41	Sunderland	4–5	Coventry City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Honeyman 15' Wyke 41' Leadbitter 44' Grigg 45+4' Power 69'	Report	Enobakhare 12' Bakayoko 18' Hiwula 25' Sterling 42' Shipley 55' Chaplin 78', 79'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 36,134 Referee: John Busby

19 April 2019 42	Sunderland	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	Sunderland
17:15 BST	Morgan 7' Wyke 32' Cattermole 67'	Report	Andrew 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 34,287 Referee: Andy Woolmer

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 43	Peterborough United	1–1	Sunderland	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Lafferty 33' Maddison 48' Godden 90+1'	Report	Oviedo 2' O'Nien 77' Power 87'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 11,277 (4,500 away) Referee: Antony Coggins

27 April 2019 44	Sunderland	1–1	Portsmouth	Sunderland
15:00 BST	McGeady 7' Flanagan 9' Honeyman 13' Power 87'	Report	Thompson 16' Lowe 24' Close 45+1' Pitman 71'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,129 Referee: Craig Pawson

30 April 2019 (2019-04-30) 45	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Sunderland	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Burns 71' Madden 73' Sowerby 83' Hunter 83' Wallace 90+2' Eastham 90+5'	Report	Cattermole 29'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 4,011 (1,100 away) Referee: Robert Jones

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 46	Southend United	2–1	Sunderland	Southend-on-Sea
17:30 BST	Kiernan 41' White 43' Humphrys 87' 88'	Report	Wyke 39' Maguire 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 10,779 (2,400 away) Referee: Darren Bond

League One play-offs[edit]

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) Semi-final first leg	Sunderland	1–0	Portsmouth	Sunderland
19:30 BST	Maguire 62' Honeyman 82' Ozturk 68'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,610 Referee: Andy Woolmer

16 May 2019 (2019-05-16) Semi-final second leg	Portsmouth	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Sunderland	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Evans 4' Naylor 11' Pitman 45+3' Vaughan 79'	Report	Maguire 21' O'Nien 75'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,077 (2,174 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) Final	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Sunderland	Wembley
15:00 BST	Purrington 35' Sarr 44' Bauer 90+4'	Report	Sarr 5' (o.g.) Grigg 65' O'Nien 73' Leadbitter 83' Flanagan 90+2'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 76,155 Referee: Andrew Madley

FA Cup[edit]

On 22 October 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Hitchin.^[6] The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.^[7]

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) First round	Port Vale	1–2	Sunderland	Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
14:30 GMT	Pope 35' Joyce 67'	Report	Honeyman 1' Gooch 19' McGeady 49'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 7,238 (2,500 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) Second round	Walsall	1–1	Sunderland	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Cook 34', 53'	Report	McGeady 37' Matthews 49'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,140 (1,800 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) Replay	Sunderland	0–1	Walsall	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Maguire 11' Watmore 37' O'Nien 74'	Report	Kinsella 52' Guthrie 76'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,212 Referee: Michael Salisbury

EFL Cup[edit]

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[8]

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) First round	Sunderland	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Sunderland
19:00 BST	Honeyman 35' O'Nien 59'	Report	Matias 29' Reach 79'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 13,890 Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Trophy[edit]

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.^[9] The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.^[10] On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.^[11] The Quarter-final draw was made conducted on Sky Sports by Don Goodman and Thomas Frank on 10 January 2019.^[12] The draw for the semi-finals took place on 25 January live on Talksport.^[13]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Sunderland	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	+3	8	Round 2
2	ACA	Stoke City U21	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	6	Round 2
3	L2	Carlisle United	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L2	Morecambe	3	0	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group Game 1	Sunderland	0–0 (4–2 p)	Stoke City U21s	Sunderland
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 7,644 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Sinclair McGeouch O'Nien Hume		Campbell Souttar Sørensen Szerető

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group Game 2	Sunderland	3–1	Carlisle United	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Kimpioka 3' Robson 34' Honeyman 63' O'Nien 72'	Report	Nadesan 22'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,112 Referee: Ben Toner

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Group Game 3	Morecambe	0–1	Sunderland	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Kenyon 35' Cuvelier 45+2' Thompson 54'	Report	Maja 90+1'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,377 (1,800 away) Referee: Paul Marsden

Knockout stage[edit]

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) Round 2	Sunderland	2–0	Notts County	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Mumba 28' Jones 22' (o.g.) Sinclair 73' (pen.)	Report	Hewitt 29' Duffy 76' Vaughan 86'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,580 Referee: Graham Salisbury

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Round 3	Sunderland	4–0	Newcastle United U21s	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Mumba 42' Watts 49' (o.g.) Wyke 52' Maguire 78' Kimpioka 86'	Report	Sangare 53'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 16,654 Referee: Tony Harrington

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22) Quarter-finals	Sunderland	2–0	Manchester City U21s	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Cattermole 17' Watmore 22' Gooch 65'	Report	Ogbeta 31' Pozo 90' Braaf 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 14,679 Referee: Michael Salisbury

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) Semi-finals	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Sunderland	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Nichols 38' Craig 86'	Report	Grigg 44' Morgan 47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,699 (1,800 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) Final	Portsmouth	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Sunderland	London
14:30 GMT	Curtis 32' Thompson 82' Evans 101' Lowe 114' 116'	Report	McGeady 38', 119' 90' Baldwin 80'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,021 Referee: Dean Whitestone
	Penalties
	Evans Pitman Brown Lowe Hawkins		McGeady Cattermole Gooch Power O'Nien

Squad statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

As of April 28, 2019

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League One	FA Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	FW	20	Josh Maja	15	0	1	16
2	MF	19	Aiden McGeady	11	1	2	14
3	MF	10	George Honeyman	6	1	1	8
4	MF	7	Chris Maguire	6	0	1	7
4	MF	11	Lynden Gooch	5	1	1	7
6	MF	6	Lee Cattermole	6	0	0	6
7	FW	9	Charlie Wyke	4	0	1	5
	MF	13	Luke O'Nien	5	0	0	5
	FW	22	Will Grigg	4	0	1	5
10	MF	27	Max Power	4	0	0	4
11	DF	15	Jack Baldwin	3	0	0	3
12	DF	12	Tom Flanagan	2	0	0	2
	MF	14	Duncan Watmore	1	0	1	2
	MF	17	Lewis Morgan	1	0	1	2
	FW	17	Jerome Sinclair	1	0	1	2
	FW	48	Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka	0	0	2	2
16	DF	2	Adam Matthews	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Ethan Robson	0	0	1	1
	FW	26	Kazaiah Sterling	1	0	0	1
	DF	30	Jimmy Dunne	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	2	3
Total				74	3	15	92

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 28 April 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Jon McLaughlin	52	0	46	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	WAL	Adam Matthews	27	1	19+3	1	2	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	CRC	Bryan Oviedo	27	0	14+8	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens	13	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	TUR	Alim Öztürk	15	0	5+3	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole	32	6	27+1	6	0+1	0	1	0	2	0
7	MF	SCO	Chris Maguire	38	7	22+9	6	2	0	1	0	4	1
8	MF	SCO	Dylan McGeouch	29	0	14+7	0	2	0	0	0	5+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Charlie Wyke	26	5	13+10	4	0	0	0	0	2+1	1
10	MF	ENG	George Honeyman	40	8	31+3	6	2	1	1	0	3	1
11	MF	USA	Lynden Gooch	43	7	29+8	5	2	1	0+1	0	0+3	1
12	DF	NIR	Tom Flanagan	37	2	28+2	2	3	0	0	0	4	0
13	MF	ENG	Luke O'Nien	47	5	23+12	5	2+1	0	1	0	7+1	0
14	MF	ENG	Duncan Watmore	16	2	3+8	1	1	0	0	0	3+1	1
15	DF	ENG	Jack Baldwin	41	3	34	3	3	0	1	0	3	0
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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	19	5	80	47	+33	85	12	10	1	46	25	+21	10	9	4	34	22	+12

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	19	5	80	47	+33	85	12	10	1	46	25	+21	10	9	4	34	22	+12