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Newcastle vs Sunderland: Head to Head
The tyne-wear derby has produced 15 competitive meetings between Newcastle and Sunderland. The ledger: 3-4-8 from Newcastle's point of view, with 36 goals along the way.
Recent meetings
| Date | Home | Away | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-22 | Newcastle | 1-2 | Sunderland | Premier League |
| 2025-12-14 | Sunderland | 1-0 | Newcastle | Premier League |
| 2024-01-06 | Sunderland | 0-3 | Newcastle | FA Cup |
| 2016-03-20 | Newcastle | 1-1 | Sunderland | Premier League |
| 2015-10-25 | Sunderland | 3-0 | Newcastle | Premier League |
| 2015-04-05 | Sunderland | 1-0 | Newcastle | Premier League |
Reading the rivalry
Goals-wise it is 15-21 in aggregate. Both teams scored in 7 of the 15 meetings (47%), and 7 finished over 2.5 goals (47%).
The most recent meeting came on 2026-03-22: Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland in the Premier League. The biggest win in the sample belongs to Newcastle: Newcastle 5-1 Sunderland on 2010-10-31.
Head-to-head history earns its place in a prediction precisely because fixtures like this keep their character: the Tyne-Wear Derby tends to produce its own patterns regardless of league position. It is one of the inputs our model weighs, alongside current form and market prices, when it builds the daily picks.
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Record covers competitive meetings in the api-sports dataset. Last updated 2026-09-10.