Sunderland 1-1 Everton - Ndiaye opens scoring with solo effort
Xhaka equalises 44 seconds after restart
Hosts miss chance to move second
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Image source, Getty ImagesThat's all for tonight as Sunderland and Everton get a point apiece.
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Sunderland 1-1 Everton
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Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris, speaking post-match, said: "It's a good point. We didn't start well. They were better than us for 25/30 minutes. We felt they were a good side and had many threats, the ability to exploit our turnovers, and we were not as consistent enough during this first part of the game to be competitive. But we switched on the last part of the first half, and the second half was much better and we deserved to even score a second goal."
On Granit Xhaka scoring: "It was really important at the beginning of the second half to score because we generated this momentum and when you don't score this moment can be difficult. To be 1-1 at this point is fair, but it is still difficult to score, and he did it with this extra quality in this squad, and Granit is one of these players. Later, because of his position on the pitch, he can drive different moments, and he was important once again."
On coming from behind: "It's important because we will face different scenarios. Sometimes we start well, and you don't really know why. Sometimes we start like we did today, and we don't know why, but we can switch the momentum, so we were still connected with our ideas, and this is the best way to be back in this game."
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Happy to take a point away from home to a team 10 places above us at any stage of the season. Well done Sunderland for your performances so far. UTT!
Ant - Liverpool
Let’s be clear, that’s a decent away point for the Toffees.
Mike - Bristol
What would be a bigger shock, given how the first 10 games have gone: Sunderland end up relegated or Wolves survive?
Kris - Basingstoke
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Granit Xhaka scored his first Sunderland goal as the Black Cats came from behind to draw with Everton and move up to fourth place in the Premier League.
Everton started brightly and led through Iliman Ndiaye's fine solo goal - picking the ball up on the right before beating several defenders and leaving the goalkeeper rooted to the spot.
The Toffees were well on top, with Jack Grealish hitting the post, until Thierno Barry missed a sitter from three yards out in the 28th minute - and suddenly everything changed.
Sunderland took control of the game.
Xhaka scored their equaliser early in the second half with a deflected strike from 20 yards out after Enzo le Fee's effort was blocked.
The Black Cats had the game's next 16 shots after that Barry miss - but could not find a winner.
Sunderland are back in the Champions League places, more than a quarter of the way through the season, while Everton move above Fulham into 14th.
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Moyes needs to just stick with Beto or Barry for a few games, knowing you're getting hooked if you don’t score in 60 minutes must be some pressure cooker to live in.
Matthew - Nuneaton
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Image source, Getty ImagesEverton manager David Moyes, speaking to Sky Sports, said: "I thought for 20, 30 minutes I would be disappointed if I go home with a point, at the end I was pleased we got a point. We missed a good chance to make it 2-0, then we sat back and that gave Sunderland a bit of confidence.
"We didn't manage the last 15 minutes of the first half very well and we didn't manage the second half well.
"We did all the things we hoped we would [at the start], it was a case of would we score. Eli [Iliman Ndiaye] scored a very good individual goal, Jack [Grealish] hits the post and when we missed [Thierno Barry's] chance we didn't have enough, then we conceded immediately after kick-off. Goals make the difference and can change how you feel as a manager.
"Coming to Sunderland, a point is not a bad result, but after 30 minutes I was feeling 'we're alright here, we should get a result'. You could see it was a lucky goal [for Sunderland], it was a deflection but if you shoot, sometimes you get a bit of luck and they got a bit lucky.
"I'm struggling to pick out much positive from any of our football in the second half. The main thing was to not concede a second goal. It summed up the night that we could not find a pass to get that second goal.
"I wanted much more and we're capable of it. I think we have a good team, we played quite well for some periods, but not for long enough."
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More from Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka, speaking to Sky Sports: "I didn't expect to come back to the Premier League after going to Germany, but you never know where you land. After two years in Germany, where I had a lot of good things with titles gives you a lot of confidence with a coach like Xabi Alonso, who was the same player as myself in the six position, who gives you many advice, maybe better than me on the pitch.
"In the end to be back made me happy. I knew exactly the project from the club and to bring the experience, but as well the quality to show the guys day by day by working. I hope I can help them, and I hope in the end we have one objective to give every game, day by day, everything and see in the end where we land."
On his goal: It makes me happy always to score and help the team. Everyone knows I'm not a guy to score 10 goals in a season, but I always try to give everything on the pitch, try to give them the fight, mentality on the pitch, and the goal was a little bit of luck. I'm very happy to score my first goal for this amazing football club and to help the team."
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Good point tonight for Sunderland, considering the first half, fourth in table, 18 points, it's a superb start, these players have gelled so quickly and it shows they believe in each other and show it in their play, let us fans just enjoy this at the moment.
Neil - Norfolk
Sunderland can start planning for next season in the Premier League. They must have been top of every pundit's list to go down.
Ola - Reading
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Everton have drawn more Premier League games than any other side since David Moyes’ return to the club in January (10), while only three sides have more points on the road than their 21 in that time (Arsenal 28, Crystal Palace 25, Brentford 23).
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Image source, ReutersMore from Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka, speaking to Sky Sports:
On why they didn't start well: "Yesterday in training was not our best training, and we started like we finished our training yesterday. We had a conversation with each other that at this level we needed to show our standards day by day, that's why I think the first 25 minutes was not good enough.
"After this, we came back into the game. The last 20 minutes of the first half was much better but we didn't create many chances. In the second half, I think we deserve a minimum one point."
On why training was not good yesterday: "I believe how you train you play. That's a good philosophy. We had a new day today, and we knew we had to be ready from the beginning. We weren't. Straight after 20 seconds they had a great chance.
"We need to see the first 25 minutes what happened, but it is not easy to play against Everton, a very physical team, good players at the front as well, very compact. But maybe one eye is a little bit disappointed, one eye is a good point."
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Sunderland captain and player of the match Granit Xhaka, speaking to Sky Sports: "To be honest, we lost the three points today in the first 20/25 minutes in my opinion, sloppy on the ball, too many mistakes, easy mistakes.
"At this level, you get punished but second half was very, very good. A lot of emotions. We create a lot of chances. With a bit more luck, we win this game, but in the end we take one point."
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Sunderland have 18 points from their opening 10 Premier League games this season (won five, drawn three, lost two), the most by a newly-promoted side since Hull City in 2008-09 (20).
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Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Sunderland: who would have thought it?
Keith
FT: Sunderland 1-1 Everton
Sunderland go up from seventh to fourth, but miss a chance to go second.
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Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool defender on Sky Sports
I thought Granit Xhaka was absolutely fantastic tonight, not just the goal. He was head and shoulders above everybody else.
He made a mistake and you can easily go and lose the game, and when you think of the results this weekend, Burnley lost, Leeds lost, it's another point to keep ticking along.
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Moyes has a lot of explaining to do - this performance has been shocking.
Jeff - Solihull
Second half yes, but Everton were much the better side during the opening 35 minutes. A failure to grab a second goal proved costly.
Sunderland 1-1 Everton
A point apiece.
Iliman Ndiaye with a wonderful goal to put Everton ahead, before Granit Xhaka made it 1-1 with his first Sunderland goal coming within a minute of the restart.
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Carlos Alcaraz, who could have been the matchwinner for Everton then produces a frustrated-looking challenge, sliding in, catching his opponent and getting a booking.
Sunderland 1-1 Everton
Don Goodman
Former Sunderland striker on Sky Sports
That is one to regret because they were two v one. What a chance.
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Everton with a chance to win it. Carlos Alcaraz with a couple of step overs, but he can't get a shot away. After the second half they have had, that was almost smash and grab.
At a glance
Ndiaye puts Everton ahead with solo goal but Toffees outplayed most of game
Xhaka scores first Premier League goal for Sunderland equaliser
Point takes Sunderland back into top four, Everton are 14th
Granit Xhaka scored his first Sunderland goal as the Black Cats came from behind to draw with Everton and move up to fourth place in the Premier League.
Everton started brightly and led through Iliman Ndiaye's fine solo goal - picking the ball up on the right before beating several defenders and leaving the goalkeeper rooted to the spot.
The Toffees were well on top, with Jack Grealish hitting the post, until Thierno Barry missed a sitter from three yards out in the 28th minute - and suddenly everything changed.
Sunderland took control of the game.
Xhaka scored their equaliser early in the second half with a deflected strike from 20 yards out after Enzo le Fee's effort was blocked.
The Black Cats had the game's next 16 shots after that Barry miss - but could not find a winner.
Sunderland are back in the Champions League places, more than a quarter of the way through the season, while Everton move above Fulham into 14th.
'It's easy with good players' - Regis le Bris praises midfield duo
Former Arsenal captain Xhaka has been a sensational summer signing for Sunderland from Bayer Leverkusen, leading the way in a whole list of statistics for the team.
And now he has a goal to add to that after another hugely impressive performance.
But this was a team effort and they were unlucky not to win, which would have taken them second.
It was a remarkable in-game turnaround as they were being completely overrun, losing their heads and could have been behind by more with 30 minutes on the clock.
But between the 28th and 85th minutes they had all 16 shots.
Not many were clear-cut efforts admittedly - there were few moments where you felt they had to score - but they have now come from losing positions to grab eight points this season.
Everton should have 'put game away' - David Moyes
Everton have two strikers - with a combined one goal.
Beto - who has that goal - usually starts, and Barry usually comes on. This time they switched it around with Barry starting before being replaced by Beto early in the second half.
It did not make a difference.
And Barry, a £27m summer signing from Villarreal, really should have got his first goal in English football when Grealish picked him out with a cross which he skied over from inside the six-yard box.
Everton could have been two or three goals clear by then - with Grealish having hit the post earlier.
After that Barry miss it all just stopped. Their only other chance came in the closing moments through Vitalii Mykolenko.
Everton, managed by ex-Black Cats boss David Moyes, now have one win in their past eight matches.
Sunderland host leaders Arsenal on Saturday at 17:30 GMT. A win would narrow the gap to four points.
Everton are at home to Fulham, who are one place behind them, at 15:00 that day.
Then there is the third international break of the season.
After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
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| 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
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| 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 18 |
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| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
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| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 17 |
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| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
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| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
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| 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
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| 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
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| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 11 |
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| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 11 |
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| 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 10 |
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| 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 7 |
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| 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 6 |
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| 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 2 |
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Match momentum measures the swing of the match by comparing each team’s threat to see who is more likely to score within that minute. The momentum value is the difference between each team’s most dangerous moment, or team threat, in that minute.
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Sunderland lost both Premier League meetings with Everton the last time they faced in 2016-17, last losing more consecutively against the Toffees between November 2007 and May 2009 (4).
Having won four consecutive Premier League games at the Stadium of Light between August 2002 and May 2009, Everton won just two of their last eight visits to Sunderland (D4 L2). However, one of these was in their most recent visit in September 2016 (3-0).
Everton lost 1-0 at Leeds in their opening Premier League match this season. They last lost consecutive league games against promoted sides in the 2021-22 campaign, losing three in a row against Watford, Brentford and Norwich.
Sunderland have 17 points from nine Premier League games this season, their best record at this stage of a top-flight campaign since 1999-00 (also 17). The Black Cats won their 10th game back then, 4-0 at Bradford City.
Sunderland have won five of their nine Premier League games so far in 2025-26 (D2 L2), just one fewer than they managed in the entirety of their last top-flight campaign in 2016-17 (W6 D6 L26). The Black Cats are looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since May 2014 (a run of four).
Everton have lost 2-0 against Man City and 3-0 against Tottenham in their last two Premier League games. They’ve not lost three in a row under David Moyes since October 2011, while they last did so without scoring under the Scot in October 2005 (6 in a row).
Coming into this weekend’s games, no side has won more points from losing positions in the Premier League this season than Sunderland (7). It’s already one more than the Black Cats earned from behind in their last top-flight campaign of 2016-17 (6).
Wilson Isidor is Sunderland’s top scorer in the Premier League this season (4 goals in 9 games), with no other player netting more than once for the Black Cats. Only four players have reached five Premier League goals in 10 or fewer appearances for Sunderland – Steven Fletcher (4), Kevin Phillips (6), Darren Bent (6) and Asamoah Gyan (10).
Only Chris Richards (10) has made more successful long throws into the box than Nordi Mukiele this season (8), with Mukiele’s long throw eventually leading to Sunderland’s equaliser at Chelsea last time out.
Everton winger Jack Grealish has won more fouls (28) and created more chances from open play (19) than any other player in the Premier League this season.
