SUNDERLAND

Stadium of Light
0 - 3
16 August 2015
Ref: Rob Jones
Att: 46,233

MADS HERMASEN

Wan-Bissaka

Todibo (Irving)

Kilman

Aguerd

EL HADJI MALICK DIOUF

Rodriguez (CALLUM WILSON)

Ward-Prowse (Soucek)

Paqueta

Bowen

Fullkrug

West Ham United began the 2025/26 Premier League season with a 3-0 defeat by Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Roared on by a deafening home crowd, high on belief after winning promotion via the Championship Play-Offs in May and bolstered by a host of new signings, the Black Cats made the perfect return to the Premier League after an eight-year absence.

For West Ham, what looked a difficult-looking opening-day fixture on paper proved to be too difficult in practice as second-half goals from Play-Off winners Eliezer Mayenda, Dan Ballard and Wilson Isidor sent the Londoners back down south with nothing.

The Irons had lost just one of their previous 17 Premier League games against promoted teams and none of their eight most-recent top-flight matches against the Wearsiders. Sunderland, meanwhile, had not won any of their seven most-recent Premier League opening-day fixtures, and tasted victory in just one of their final 14 top-flight matches of the 2016/17 season – their last at this level.

But all those favourable statistics and positive history counted for absolutely nothing, of course, once referee Robert Jones blew for kick-off and, roared on by a near-capacity 46,233-strong crowd, Sunderland deservedly won the game.

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Sunderland:

Roefs, Hume, Ballard, Seelt (Alderete), Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Diarra, Talbi (Rigg), Adingra (Le Fée), Mayenda (Isidor)

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