Sunderland 1-0 Hull City · Carabao Cup
Sunderland beat Hull City 1-0 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Sunderland and Hull City met in the Carabao Cup at Stadium of Light in Sunderland on Tuesday, 8 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Sunderland: C. Talbi 71'. Hull City did not score.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 51% to 49%. Sunderland had 14 shots with 4 on target, Hull City 7 with 1 on target. There were 19 corners in total, 7 to Sunderland and 12 to Hull City. Sunderland conceded 8 fouls, Hull City 17. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (1 for Sunderland, 3 for Hull City).
Line-ups
Sunderland started in a 4-2-3-1: Melker Ellborg, Trai Hume, Luke O'Nien, Omar Alderete, Dayann Methalie, Chris Rigg, Jules Ahoka, Jocelin Ta Bi, Chemsdine Talbi, Malick Fofana, Wilson Isidor.
Hull City started in a 4-2-3-1: Dillon Phillips, Lewie Coyle, Lucas Herrington, Nobel Mendy, Matt Targett, Matt Crooks, Lucas Gourna-Douath, Mohamed Ali Cho, Jens Hjertø-Dahl, Sorba Thomas, Robinio Vaz.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Sunderland 0-0 Hull City.
- 71'Goal! Sunderland 1-0 Hull City. C. Talbi (Sunderland) scores, assisted by T. Meunier.
- 90'Full-time. Sunderland 1-0 Hull City.
Full commentary (64 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Sunderland vs Hull City.
- 6'Corner, Sunderland.
- 7'Attempt missed. M. Cho (Hull City), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.03.
- 8'Offside, Hull City.
- 10'Attempt missed. W. Isidor (Sunderland), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.06.
- 13'Corner, Sunderland.
- 13'Attempt saved. J. Ahoka (Sunderland), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 19'Corner, Hull City.
- 20'Corner, Hull City.
- 21'Attempt blocked. N. Mendy (Hull City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 29'Attempt missed. J. T. Bi (Sunderland), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 32'Corner, Hull City.
- 40'Offside, Sunderland.
- 41'Attempt blocked. J. Ahoka (Sunderland), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 41'Attempt saved. C. Talbi (Sunderland), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.19.
- 42'Attempt missed. J. Ahoka (Sunderland), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 45'4 minutes of added time.
- 45+2'Corner, Hull City.
- 45'Half-time. Sunderland 0-0 Hull City.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Hull City: J. Egan comes on for N. Mendy.
- 48'Corner, Sunderland.
- 49'Attempt missed. J. T. Bi (Sunderland), header from a corner. xG 0.16.
- 49'Corner, Sunderland.
- 50'Corner, Sunderland.
- 50'Attempt missed. W. Isidor (Sunderland), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 52'Corner, Sunderland.
- 52'Offside, Sunderland.
- 54'Yellow card for L. Gourna-Douath (Hull City) for handball.
- 54'Attempt missed. C. Rigg (Sunderland), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.05.
- 56'Attempt blocked. M. Fofana (Sunderland), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.04.
- 59'Substitution, Hull City: J. Gelhardt comes on for M. Crooks.
- 60'Substitution, Hull City: C. Mouzakitis comes on for R. Vaz.
- 60'Substitution, Hull City: R. Slater comes on for L. Gourna-Douath.
- 62'Yellow card for L. O'Nien (Sunderland) for foul.
- 63'Attempt saved. S. Thomas (Hull City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.05.
- 64'Corner, Hull City.
- 65'Substitution, Sunderland: T. Meunier comes on for D. Methalie.
- 67'Offside, Sunderland.
- 69'Attempt blocked. J. Hjertø-Dahl (Hull City), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 69'Corner, Hull City.
- 70'Corner, Hull City.
- 71'Goal! Sunderland 1-0 Hull City. C. Talbi (Sunderland) scores, assisted by T. Meunier.
- 71'Attempt blocked. R. Slater (Hull City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 72'Yellow card for J. Egan (Hull City) for foul.
- 73'Attempt missed. J. Ahoka (Sunderland), shot from a set piece. xG 0.02.
- 75'Attempt saved. J. T. Bi (Sunderland), header. xG 0.07.
- 75'Attempt missed. W. Isidor (Sunderland), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 76'Offside, Sunderland.
- 76'Substitution, Hull City: E. Stroud comes on for M. Targett.
- 79'Substitution, Sunderland: T. Tuterov comes on for W. Isidor.
- 79'Substitution, Sunderland: A. Browne comes on for M. Fofana.
- 81'Attempt missed. T. Tuterov (Sunderland), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 82'Attempt missed. J. Gelhardt (Hull City), right-footed shot. xG 0.66.
- 83'Corner, Hull City.
- 86'Substitution, Sunderland: T. Proctor comes on for C. Talbi.
- 87'Corner, Sunderland.
- 89'Corner, Hull City.
- 89'Attempt missed. M. Cho (Hull City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 90'Corner, Hull City.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Corner, Hull City.
- 90+4'Yellow card for E. Stroud (Hull City) for foul.
- 90'Full-time. Sunderland 1-0 Hull City.