| Date | Competition | Match | Att/KO | View | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 21st Aug | League | Leeds United | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Mon 23rd Aug | League | West Ham United | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 28th Aug | League | Sunderland | 4-1 | Sheffield United | - | Table |
| Wed 1st Sep | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | West Ham United | - | Table |
| Sat 4th Sep | League | Leicester City | 4-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Mon 6th Sep | League | Aston Villa | 3-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 11th Sep | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | Blackburn Rovers | - | Table |
| Wed 15th Sep | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Aston Villa | - | Table |
| Sat 18th Sep | League | Blackpool | 1-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 25th Sep | League | Sunderland | 2-2 | Fulham | - | Table |
| Wed 6th Oct | League | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 9th Oct | League | West Bromwich Albion | 4-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 16th Oct | League | Sunderland | 3-2 | Nottingham Forest | - | Table |
| Sat 23rd Oct | League | Sheffield Wednesday | 3-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 30th Oct | League | Sunderland | 3-0 | Northampton Town | - | Table |
| Sat 6th Nov | League | Stoke City | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 13th Nov | League | Sunderland | 0-4 | Burnley | - | Table |
| Sat 4th Dec | League | Everton | 2-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 11th Dec | League | Sunderland | 2-3 | Manchester United | - | Table |
| Sat 18th Dec | League | Nottingham Forest | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Jan | League | Sunderland | 1-5 | West Bromwich Albion | - | Table |
| Mon 3rd Jan | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Newcastle United | - | Table |
| Sat 8th Jan | League | Manchester United | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Wed 26th Jan | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Sheffield Wednesday | - | Table |
| Sat 29th Jan | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Leeds United | - | Table |
| Sat 5th Feb | League | Sheffield United | 2-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 12th Feb | League | Liverpool | 4-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 19th Feb | League | Sunderland | 0-3 | Leicester City | - | Table |
| Tue 22nd Feb | League | Chelsea | 3-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 26th Feb | League | Blackburn Rovers | 2-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 5th Mar | League | Newcastle United | 2-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 12th Mar | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | Blackpool | - | Table |
| Sat 19th Mar | League | Fulham | 3-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 26th Mar | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Tottenham Hotspur | - | Table |
| Sat 2nd Apr | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Stoke City | - | Table |
| Sat 9th Apr | League | Burnley | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Mon 11th Apr | League | Sunderland | 2-2 | Liverpool | - | Table |
| Sat 16th Apr | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Chelsea | - | Table |
| Wed 20th Apr | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Arsenal | - | Table |
| Sat 23rd Apr | League | Arsenal | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Mon 25th Apr | League | Northampton Town | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 30th Apr | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Everton | - | Table |
| Venue | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 28 |
| Away | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 44 |
| Neutral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 72 |