Sunderland vs Fulham; Premier League
Sunderland vs Fulham. Premier League.
Stadium of LightAttendance47,222.
Sunderland 1
- E Le Fée (76th minute pen)
Fulham 3
- R Jiménez (54th minute, 61st minute pen)
- A Iwobi (85th minute)
Watch match highlights
Sunderland 1-3 Fulham: Raul Jimenez double earns Marco Silva's side valuable victory in race for European spots
Report and free highlights as Fulham ended a three-game losing streak to become only the second side to emerge as winners at the Stadium of Light since Sunderland were promoted to the Premier League; Raul Jimenez scored twice and Alex Iwobi rounded off a swift counter to net a classy third
Sunday 22 February 2026 17:11, UK
Raul Jimenez scored twice to inflict Sunderland's second consecutive home defeat as Fulham ran out deserved 3-1 victors.
Regis Le Bris' side had been on a defiant 12-game unbeaten run at the Stadium of Light until Liverpool visited a fortnight ago and have now succumbed to a second home loss in as many outings, punished for a series of uncharacteristic mistakes.
Jimenez was the beneficiary for Fulham, nodding Alex Iwobi's corner beyond Robin Roefs, completely unmarked, before then rolling in a calm penalty - won by Calvin Bassey and awarded after VAR review - seven minutes after the opener. Both scenarios were entirely avoidable.
- As it happened | Teams | Stats
- Live Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlights
- Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱
- Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺
Those two goals looked set to earn Fulham all three points before a clumsy Ryan Sessegnon challenge gifted Enzo Le Fee a chance to convert from the spot, and he did so emphatically. The reprieve offered only a flicker of hope, though, as Iwobi scored Fulham's third on the counter not long after.
The breakaway was engineered by the in-form Harry Wilson and finished wonderfully by Iwobi from a tight angle, only the third time in his Premier League career that he has both scored and assisted in the same game.
Fulham end a run of three straight defeats to rise to tenth, displacing Newcastle in the Premier League's top half, while Sunderland are a comfortable twelfth, surely already assured of their place in the top flight for next season.
Le Bris: Dip in form usual for Premier League
Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris:
"In the Premier League, it is not unusual [to suffer a dip]. For us and every other team in the league. You can be in the top six and have a long sequence of poor results; we are now in this part of the journey.
"Resilience, togetherness, consistency and standards - it is always the same values we need. It is a bit harder but the journey is always defined by key moments.
"We will try to find a way to change the situation. The intention of the lads was positive but we struggled to find the right way to express it."
