Position20of 20
Points19in 38
Won, drawn, lost4-7-27
Goals21for, 65 against
FormLLLLL
Results
2002-03Sun 11 May
FT
Sat 3 May
FT
Sat 26 Apr
FT
Mon 21 Apr
FT
Sat 19 Apr
FT
Sat 12 Apr
FT
Sat 5 Apr
FT
Sat 22 Mar
FT
Sat 15 Mar
FT
Sat 1 Mar
FT
Sat 22 Feb
FT
Sat 8 Feb
FT
Sat 1 Feb
FT
Tue 28 Jan
FT
Sat 18 Jan
FT
Sat 11 Jan
FT
Wed 1 Jan
FT
Sat 28 Dec
FT
Thu 26 Dec
FT
Sat 21 Dec
FT
Sun 15 Dec
FT
Mon 9 Dec
FT
Sat 30 Nov
FT
Sat 23 Nov
FT
Sun 17 Nov
FT
Sun 10 Nov
FT
Sun 3 Nov
FT
Mon 28 Oct
FT
Sat 19 Oct
FT
Sun 6 Oct
FT
Sat 28 Sep
FT
Sat 21 Sep
FT
Sat 14 Sep
FT
Tue 10 Sep
FT
Sat 31 Aug
FT
Wed 28 Aug
FT
Sat 24 Aug
FT
Sat 17 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 39thof 81 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 20matches without a win, running now
- 2clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2002-03
- 29%of the team's league goals scored by Kevin Phillips
- 24%of matches won since 2001-02
- 4–0Biggest win since 2001-02: Crystal Palace 0–4 Sunderland
- 0–8Heaviest defeat: Southampton 8–0 Sunderland
In Europe
1 matches in the European cups since 2026-27Won, drawn, lost1-0-0
Goals1– 0
Vesta and Sunderland
43 league matches since 2025-26- 37%of Sunderland's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 4wins in 11 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 19%won with 19%: Newcastle United 1–2 Sunderland
- 22%won with 22%: Leeds 0–1 Sunderland
- 23%won with 23%: Everton 1–3 Sunderland
- 43%lost at 43%: Burnley 2–0 Sunderland
- 39%lost at 39%: Sunderland 0–5 Nottingham Forest
- 37%lost at 37%: Ipswich 2–1 Sunderland
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2002-03, 34 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Against | 6 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 18 |
- 0points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 3points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 2points won after going behind
- 16points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes, for 34 of the 38 matches played. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2002-03Strength
Rating 1,497Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.

