| Date | Competition | Match | Att/KO | View | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Arsenal | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Aston Villa | 4-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Birmingham | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Blackburn Rovers | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Bolton Wanderers | 1-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Burnley | 3-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | 5-3 | Sunderland | - | Table | |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Cardiff City | 3-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Derby County | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Everton | 0-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Huddersfield Town | 4-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Leicester City | 3-3 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Liverpool | 2-5 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Manchester United | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Middlesbrough | 0-3 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Newcastle United | 3-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Portsmouth | 3-5 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sheffield United | 5-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 5-1 | Arsenal | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 2-3 | Aston Villa | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 4-2 | Birmingham | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | Blackburn Rovers | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Bolton Wanderers | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 2-3 | Burnley | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | - | Table | |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Cardiff City | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 0-1 | Derby County | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Everton | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 3-0 | Huddersfield Town | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 2-2 | Leicester City | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | Liverpool | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 4-1 | Manchester United | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | Middlesbrough | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Newcastle United | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 3-3 | Portsmouth | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 0-1 | Sheffield United | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 2-3 | The Wednesday | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Tottenham Hotspur | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Sunderland | 3-2 | West Ham United | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | The Wednesday | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Aug | League | West Ham United | 2-4 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Venue | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 29 |
| Away | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 47 |
| Neutral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 76 |