| Date | Competition | Match | Att/KO | View | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10th Aug | League | Stoke City | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Wed 14th Aug | League | Sunderland | 3-0 | Ipswich Town | - | Table |
| Sat 17th Aug | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | Southampton | - | Table |
| Tue 20th Aug | League | Queens Park Rangers | 2-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 24th Aug | League | Liverpool | 4-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Wed 28th Aug | League | Leeds United | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 31st Aug | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Newcastle United | - | Table |
| Sat 7th Sep | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Leicester City | - | Table |
| Sat 14th Sep | League | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 21st Sep | League | Sunderland | 0-4 | Manchester City | - | Table |
| Sat 28th Sep | League | Arsenal | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 5th Oct | League | Sheffield Wednesday | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Wed 9th Oct | League | Sunderland | 0-1 | Leeds United | - | Table |
| Sat 12th Oct | League | Sunderland | 3-1 | Nottingham Forest | - | Table |
| Sat 19th Oct | League | West Ham United | 8-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 26th Oct | League | Sunderland | 3-0 | Coventry City | - | Table |
| Sat 2nd Nov | League | Everton | 2-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 9th Nov | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Manchester United | - | Table |
| Sat 16th Nov | League | Tottenham Hotspur | 5-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 23rd Nov | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Burnley | - | Table |
| Sat 30th Nov | League | West Bromwich Albion | 3-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 7th Dec | League | Sunderland | 3-2 | Chelsea | - | Table |
| Sat 14th Dec | League | Nottingham Forest | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 21st Dec | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | West Ham United | - | Table |
| Thu 26th Dec | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Sheffield Wednesday | - | Table |
| Sat 11th Jan | League | Sunderland | 1-3 | Everton | - | Table |
| Sat 18th Jan | League | Manchester United | 4-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Feb | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Tottenham Hotspur | - | Table |
| Sat 22nd Feb | League | Chelsea | 5-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st Mar | League | Sunderland | 4-1 | Stoke City | - | Table |
| Tue 4th Mar | League | Coventry City | 3-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 8th Mar | League | Southampton | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Mon 10th Mar | League | Sunderland | 0-1 | West Bromwich Albion | - | Table |
| Sat 15th Mar | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Liverpool | - | Table |
| Sat 22nd Mar | League | Newcastle United | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Fri 4th Apr | League | Ipswich Town | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 5th Apr | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Arsenal | - | Table |
| Mon 7th Apr | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Queens Park Rangers | - | Table |
| Sat 12th Apr | League | Manchester City | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 19th Apr | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | - | Table |
| Wed 23rd Apr | League | Burnley | 1-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Mon 5th May | League | Leicester City | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Venue | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 18 |
| Away | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 49 |
| Neutral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 67 |