Preview: Sunderland vs Chelsea (8 November 2026)

On Sunday 8 November 2026, kick-off 14:00 UK / 16:00 Athens, Chelsea travel to the Stadium of Light to face Sunderland in the Premier League — coming off a 2–0 win over Manchester United at the Bridge (Rogers, Palmer penalty).

Match snapshot

• Competition: Premier League
• Venue: Stadium of Light (away)
• Athens time: 16:00
• Storyline: three points on the road against a side that has already beaten Chelsea twice since returning to the top flight

Head-to-head

Across 127 competitive meetings Chelsea lead 61–22–44.

The recent chapter is unambiguous: since Sunderland’s return, the Black Cats have taken both Premier League meetings — 2–1 at the Bridge (25 October 2025) and 2–1 at the Stadium of Light (24 May 2026). Before that double, the last Stamford Bridge blowout in this fixture was the 5–1 title-season send-off in May 2017 (John Terry’s final Chelsea appearance).

Last meetings (Chelsea perspective)

| Date | Score | Competition | Venue | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 24 May 2026 | 1–2 | Premier League | Away | | 25 Oct 2025 | 1–2 | Premier League | Home | | 21 May 2017 | 5–1 | Premier League | Home | | 14 Dec 2016 | 1–0 | Premier League | Away | | 7 May 2016 | 2–3 | Premier League | Away | | 19 Dec 2015 | 3–1 | Premier League | Home | | 24 May 2015 | 3–1 | Premier League | Home | | 29 Nov 2014 | 0–0 | Premier League | Away |

What to watch

• Sunderland have already shown they can punish second-half slips; those two 2–1 results were not flukes of scoreline alone.
• For Chelsea the job is to carry the United clean-sheet control onto the road.
• Wearside has rarely been a soft afternoon — even when the all-time ledger favours the Blues.

Sources: BBC November fixtures, 11v11 H2H, Sports Mole H2H, Transfermarkt record, Chelsea report vs United.