Sunderland 1-0 Fulham result, stats and report

Ipswich looked dead and buried when Ryan Sessegnon put Fulham ahead on 55 minutes, but two goals in the final three minutes from Abdoul Ouattara and Dara O'Shea completed a remarkable turnaround at Portman Road.

Brighton came to the Stadium of Light and did what good sides do. They waited, they competed, and they punished Sunderland when it mattered.

Lisandro Martínez's own goal gave Fulham the lead in the second half, but Matheus Cunha struck in the 89th minute to earn Manchester United a share of the spoils at Craven Cottage.

Manchester City won 5-3 against Sunderland in a Premier League thriller that raised serious questions about their defensive standards, despite Brian Brobbey's superb hat-trick giving the hosts a platform to work from.

Lech Poznań host Sunderland in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday evening, and the visitors arrive with a clean sheet already banked in this competition. The question is whether Lech can recover their domestic sharpness after a chastening result against Crystal Palace.

Bournemouth have not won a Premier League match in their last five attempts, drawing four of them. Sunderland arrive with problems of their own. Something has to give.

Granit Xhaka has accepted a suspended fine of CHF150,000 (£136,000) after admitting he obtained a forged Covid-19 vaccination certificate in 2022. The Sunderland and Switzerland captain faces no further sporting sanction and is set to return against Brighton on 15 October.

A congested four-match international break has left Kai Havertz, Alex Scott and a string of Premier League assets injured, and Thomas Tuchel's 'zero risk taken from our side' comment has exposed how little accountability federations carry when clubs are left to pick up the pieces.