| Date | Competition | Match | Att/KO | View | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 29th Aug | League | Ipswich Town | 3-3 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Wed 2nd Sep | League | Sunderland | 2-1 | Aston Villa | - | Table |
| Sat 5th Sep | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | West Ham United | - | Table |
| Sat 12th Sep | League | Arsenal | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 19th Sep | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | - | Table |
| Wed 23rd Sep | League | Nottingham Forest | 2-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 26th Sep | League | Swansea City | 2-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 3rd Oct | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Coventry City | - | Table |
| Sat 10th Oct | League | Notts. County | 2-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 17th Oct | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Tottenham Hotspur | - | Table |
| Sat 24th Oct | League | Leeds United | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 31st Oct | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Liverpool | - | Table |
| Sat 7th Nov | League | Sunderland | 1-5 | Manchester United | - | Table |
| Sat 14th Nov | League | Middlesbrough | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 21st Nov | League | Everton | 1-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Wed 25th Nov | League | Sunderland | 2-3 | Nottingham Forest | - | Table |
| Sat 28th Nov | League | Sunderland | 1-2 | West Bromwich Albion | - | Table |
| Sat 5th Dec | League | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 19th Dec | League | Manchester City | 2-3 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 30th Jan | League | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 2nd Feb | League | Aston Villa | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 6th Feb | League | Sunderland | 0-0 | Arsenal | - | Table |
| Wed 10th Feb | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Stoke City | - | Table |
| Tue 16th Feb | League | Birmingham City | 2-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 20th Feb | League | Sunderland | 0-1 | Swansea City | - | Table |
| Sat 27th Feb | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Notts. County | - | Table |
| Wed 10th Mar | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Southampton | - | Table |
| Sat 13th Mar | League | Sunderland | 0-1 | Leeds United | - | Table |
| Sat 20th Mar | League | Liverpool | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 27th Mar | League | Manchester United | 0-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 3rd Apr | League | Sunderland | 0-2 | Middlesbrough | - | Table |
| Wed 7th Apr | League | Sunderland | 1-1 | Ipswich Town | - | Table |
| Sat 10th Apr | League | Stoke City | 0-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Mon 12th Apr | League | Sunderland | 2-0 | Birmingham City | - | Table |
| Wed 14th Apr | League | Tottenham Hotspur | 2-2 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 17th Apr | League | Sunderland | 3-1 | Everton | - | Table |
| Sat 24th Apr | League | West Bromwich Albion | 2-3 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Tue 27th Apr | League | Coventry City | 6-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 1st May | League | Sunderland | 3-0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | - | Table |
| Tue 4th May | League | West Ham United | 1-1 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 8th May | League | Southampton | 1-0 | Sunderland | - | Table |
| Sat 15th May | League | Sunderland | 1-0 | Manchester City | - | Table |
| Venue | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 |
| Away | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 32 |
| Neutral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 58 |