US EditionSunderland Exact Sweet Derby Revenge with 'Visitors' Jibe at Newcastle
Sunderland secured a 1-0 win with an own goal by Newcastle's Nick Woltemade, moving level on points with Liverpool and four points above Newcastle, league officials said.
- A 46th-minute own goal by Nick Woltemade off Nordi Mukiele's cross gave Sunderland AFC a 1-0 win at the Stadium of Light on Dec 14, 2025, in the first Premier League Tyne-Wear derby in nearly a decade.
- After nearly a decade away, the Tyne‑Wear derby returned to the Premier League as Sunderland AFC’s promotion via last season's playoff and strong unbeaten home start set a high-stakes scene.
- Tactically, Sunderland pressed from the outset, dominating possession and earning a reward a minute into the second half; Regis Le Bris selected a 4-2-3-1 with Brian Brobbey up front while Newcastle started a 4-3-3 with Lewis Miley due to Joelinton's absence.
- The result moved Sunderland AFC to seventh with 26 points from 16 matches while Newcastle United remained 12th on 22 points, extending their derby record to 10 Premier League games without victory.
- Culturally, the match mattered beyond points, with a Gary Rowell tribute and a Netflix documentary highlighting Newcastle's rise via the Public Investment Fund takeover and Sunderland's £2 billion urban regeneration.
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Most of the time, we hear good news from Nick Woltemade from England. In the first derby between Newcastle and Sunderland in ten years, however, the DFB star with a headball goal ensures a very bad defeat of the Magpies.
After returning to the Premier League, Sunderland finally played a derby against Newcastle United and won 1-0. Under the young billionaire Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, the club is undergoing a remarkable transformation.
Soccer-Sunderland exact sweet derby revenge with 'visitors' jibe at Newcastle
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Sunderland savoured their sweetest victory in years on Sunday, beating Newcastle United 1-0 in a Premier League derby that served as perfect revenge for a painful FA Cup humiliation in 2024. Read full story
Sunderland exact sweet derby revenge with 'visitors' jibe at Newcastle
Dec 14 : Sunderland savoured their sweetest victory in years on Sunday, beating Newcastle United 1-0 in a Premier League derby that served as perfect revenge for a painful FA Cup humiliation in 2024.Sunderland's triumph at the Stadium of Light was sealed by an unfortunate own goal from Newcastle's Nick Woltem
Newcastle United does not come out of the middle class in the English Premier League. This time it sets a defeat with ascender Sunderland. National stormer Nick Woltemade plays a decisive role in this.
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