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Sunderland and Newcastle United renew hostilities in the Premier League after almost a decade apart.

The Tyne-Wear derby has not taken place in England’s top flight since 2016, when Newcastle were relegated. The Magpies secured an instant return to the Premier League, but Sunderland passed them going in the other direction.

A stint in League One followed for the Black Cats before they dramatically beat Sheffield United in last season’s Championship playoff final.

Eddie Howe’s side won 3-0 at the Stadium of Light in an FA Cup third-round tie in January 2024, but they head into this match below their rivals in the table. Regis Le Bris’ men have had an accomplished start to life back among the elite.

The Sporting News is following the Sunderland vs. Newcastle match live, providing score updates and commentary

Sunderland vs. Newcastle score

Venue: Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Referee: Peter Bankes

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Starting lineups:

Sunderland (4-2-3-1 right to left): 22. Robin Roefs (GK) — 20. Nordi Mukiele, 15. Omar Alderete, 5. Dan Ballard, 17. Reinildo Mandava — 34. Granit Xhaka, 27. Noah Sadiki — 25. Bertrand Traore, 28. Enzo Le Fee, 7. Chemsdine Talbi — 9. Brain Brobbey

Newcastle (4-3-3, right to left): 32. Aaron Ramsdale (GK) — 21. Tino Livramento, 12. Malik Thiaw, 33. Dan Burn, 3. Lewis Hall —8. Sandro Tonali, 39. Bruno Guimaraes, 67. Lewis Miley — 20. Anthony Elanga, 27. Nick Woltemade, 10. Anthony Gordon

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Sunderland vs. Newcastle live updates, highlights, and commentary

25 mins: Roefs gets to Hall’s delivery with a flappy punch. Guimareas leaves Brobbey down in a heap before Woltemade goes down in the area but the referee is not interested.

24 mins: A Newcastle attack! Livramento ventures forward and wins a corner.

18 mins: Mukiele hurls a long throw into the Newcastle box. It falls to Alderete, who clatters the shot from an acute angle, all the way out for a throw on the other side.

14 mins: Traore produces a glorious cross with the outside of his foot. It puts Thiaw in a tricky spot and he has to clear behind. The corner is nodded away by Tonali, who appears to have come as John Terry.

11 mins: Ball over the top of the Newcastle defence, Ramsdale out to take care of matters and Brobbey and Burn grapple after it.

10 mins: Woltemade drifts into some room on the right, around halfway. He looks for Elanga and makes a hash of it. Gordon on the far side was the pass, and he’s not shy about letting him know.

9 mins: Woltemade drops off the front for a give-and-go with Elanga but the return pass runs through to Roefs. At the other end, some lovely play from Xhaka sets Talbi away but his cross is wasteful.

8 mins: Tonali, who will eventually hope to do things other than getting on the end of Sunderland crosses, heads Xhaka’s corner away.

7 mins: A lot of focus down the Newcastle left, where Brobbey harasses Burn into conceding a corner.

6 mins: Tonali makes a bit of a hash of clearing a Mukiele cross. Miley helps him out. Back come Sunderland and again the Italy midfielder’s defensive work is poor. Sunderland can’t capitalise. 

5 mins: Both teams still feeling each other out. Sunderland looking slightly sharper to the second balls.

1 min: Early foul and a chance for Guimaraes to pump a ball into the Sunderland box. When it gets there, Woltemade fouls Reinildo.

Kickoff: 1st Half

Bruno Guimaraes gets us underway.

2 mins before kickoff: Before getting underway, there’s moment of appreciation for Gary Rowell, the former Sunderland player who died aged 68 this weekend. Rowell the last Sunderland player to score a hat-trick in this fixture.

5 mins before kickoff: Here are the teams. By heavens, it’s LOUD.

30 mins before kickoff: There’s a busy Sunday slate today in the Premier League. Manchester City will try to cut the gap to leaders Arsenal when they tackle a tricky trip to Crystal Palace. Nottingham Forest host Tottenham in the game no one is calling the Ange Postecoglou derby, while West Ham welcome Aston Villa to the London Stadium. On the other side of the capital, a little later on, Brentford host Leeds United.

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50 mins before kickoff: Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka has been speaking to Sky Sports, preaching calmness and restraint. People really can change.

It is normal to have the nerves a little bit and the adrenaline. Looking forward to this game, I said before first when I signed for this club they told me about this rival game. Happy to be here and I just want to enjoy it.

The people are already there shouting, screaming and doing things. Getting a little emotional, but we need to be very smart and not silly.

We know the quality they have, but they hopefully know the quality we have as a team. I think it will be a great battle, hopefully enough with fair play.

1 hr 10 mins before kickoff: The Newcastle team is pretty much as expected, with Lewis Miles starting in midfield due to Joelinton’s injury absence. Anthony Elanga gets the nod on the right of the front three.

HA’WAY THE LADS!! 👊#SUNNEW pic.twitter.com/UsNcibCxMu

— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) December 14, 2025

1 hr 15 mins before kickoff: The teams are in. Brian Brobbey gets the nod up front for Sunderland. Reinildo Mandava and Chemsdine Talbi also come in. It looks like Regis Le Bris has reverted to a back four.

HA’WAY THE LADS!! 👊#SUNNEW pic.twitter.com/UsNcibCxMu

— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) December 14, 2025

1 hr 30 mins before kickoff: Since these two last played a league match, Sunderland have spent four seasons in the third tier of English football. But they go into this one a point better off than Newcastle, buoyed by a superb start to the Premier League season and further encouraged by their rivals’ poor away form and set piece defending.

2 hours before kickoff. Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of the 158th Tyne-Wear derby.

Sunderland vs. Newcastle kick off time

The Premier League match kicks off in Sunderland at 2 p.m. local time.

Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:

Sunderland vs. Newcastle lineups, team news

Sunderland full-back Reinildo Mandava is back in training after a groin injury starts on his farewell appearance before departing to the African Cup of Nations with Mozambique.

Luke O’Nien is suspended following his rash red card at Manchester City, while Habib Diarra (groin) and Aji Alese (shoulder) remain sidelined.

Le Bris has plumped for Brian Brobbey ahead of Wilson Isidor at centre forward and has also reverted to a back four.

Sunderland starting XI (4-2-3-1 right to left): Roefs (GK) — Mukiele, Alderete, Ballard, Reinildo — Xhaka, Sadiki — Traore, Le Fee, Talbi — Brobbey

Sunderland subs: Patterson (GK), Geertrvida, Hume, Isidor, Mayenda, Rigg, dingra, Mundle, Neil

Joelinton could be a big miss in midfield after sustaining a groin injury against Bayer Leverkusen in midweek. Boyhood Newcastle fan Lewis Miley will relish being thrown into the derby if the Brazil international is absent.

Emil Krafth (knee), Sven Botman (back), Nick Pope (groin) and Kieran Trippier (thigh) remain out to leave Howe defensively stretched, while forward Will Osula (ankle) is also unavailable.

Newcastle predicted starting XI (4-3-3, right to left): Ramsdale (GK) — Livramento, Thiaw, Burn, Hall —Tonali, Guimaraes, Miley — Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon

Newcastle subs: Ruddy (GK), Schar, Joelinton, Wissa, Barnes, J Murphy, A Murphy, Willock, Ramsey

Sunderland vs. Newcastle live stream, TV channel

Here is how to watch the match in some of the world’s major regions: