Newcastle United vs Sunderland: League Head-to-Head Record

Newcastle United vs Sunderland: 144 recorded league meetings, 51 Newcastle United wins, 44 draws and 49 Sunderland wins.

Newcastle United and Sunderland have 144 recorded league meetings in this database, from to .

Scope: recorded English league matches only. Domestic cups, European competitions, friendlies and separate end-of-season test matches are not included. Club names follow the database's historical naming conventions.

Generated from the results CSV on . The database contains results through . These records refresh with the site's automatic updates; they are not live scores.

Overall league head-to-head record

Across 144 recorded league meetings, Newcastle United have 51 wins, Sunderland have 49 wins, and 44 matches have been drawn.

All league meetings in this snapshot, at either club's home ground
Measure Newcastle United Sunderland
Wins 51 49
Goals scored 212 214

The first recorded league meeting in this dataset was Sunderland 2–3 Newcastle United on 24 December 1898 (Football League First Division). The latest included meeting was Newcastle United 1–2 Sunderland on 22 March 2026.

Wins over time

Cumulative league wins. Hover or tap to see a match; click a team's name to hide or show its line. Swipe vertically to scroll the page.

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Home and away records

Venue split: the win columns always refer to the named club, not the home or away side
Home team Played Newcastle United wins Draws Sunderland wins
Newcastle United 72 31 19 22
Sunderland 72 20 25 27

A home/away split is descriptive, not a forecast. Read about how home advantage has changed in English football before treating a long-run record as a measure of today's teams.

Premier League era

Restricting the record to top-tier league meetings from August 1992 gives 30 matches: 9 Newcastle United wins, 10 draws and 11 Sunderland wins. This is a subset of the all-history total, not an additional set of matches.

Biggest league wins

Newcastle United: 5-goal margin

  • Newcastle United 6–1 Sunderland, 9 October 1920 (Football League First Division).
  • Sunderland 1–6 Newcastle United, 26 December 1955 (Football League First Division).

Sunderland: 8-goal margin

  • Newcastle United 1–9 Sunderland, 5 December 1908 (Football League First Division).

“Biggest” means the largest winning margin; every tied record in the dataset is listed.

Recent league results

The 10 latest recorded league meetings, newest first; home team shown first
Date Home Score Away
Newcastle United 1–2 Sunderland
Sunderland 1–0 Newcastle United
Newcastle United 1–1 Sunderland
Sunderland 3–0 Newcastle United
Sunderland 1–0 Newcastle United
Newcastle United 0–1 Sunderland
Newcastle United 0–3 Sunderland
Sunderland 2–1 Newcastle United
Newcastle United 0–3 Sunderland
Sunderland 1–1 Newcastle United

Explore the full match history

Compare Newcastle United and Sunderland in the interactive head-to-head tool to see the current database, all recorded meetings, season/date filters and charts. You can also reconstruct the league table for a season or compare team-strength ratings over time.