Premier League 2 · ENG · Round 8th Finals

Manchester United U21
3 - 2 Full time
Sunderland U21

Progress with Unity Stadium · Leigh, Greater Manchester

Lineups

Manchester United U214-3-3
WM1Murdock
JK2↓77'Kamason
SA3Aljofree
DA4Armer
GK5Kukonki
JM8↓67'Moorhouse
TF6Fletcher
JF10âš½Fletcher
SL7⚽↓77'Lacey
CO9âš½Obi
VM11Musa
IA1Allan
JJ3Jones
AL5Linegard
BK6Kindon
AL2Lightfoot
JJ4↓62'Jones
JW8âš½Whittaker
FS11⚽↓70'Scott
HJ10Jones
CD7Dinsdale
MN9↓70'Neill
Sunderland U214-2-3-1

Manchester United U21 substitutes

15 Jim Thwaites 6.2 ↑67'
12 Yuel Helafu 6.8 ↑77'
16 Samuel Lusale 6.3 ↑77'
13 Cameron Byrne-Hughes
14 Diego León

Coach: Adam Lawrence

Sunderland U21 substitutes

14 Tom Proctor 6.1 ↑62'
16 Bayley Hester 6.0 ↑70'
15 Lewis Campbell 5.8 ↑70'
13 Joe Cowan
12 Liam Hunt

Coach: Graeme Murty

Match events

8'Harrison Jones
15'Chido Obi assist: Jack Moorhouse 1 - 0âš½
26'Jack Fletcher 2 - 0âš½
30'Felix Scott 2 - 1âš½
32'Jack Moorhouse
44'Sonny Aljofree
45+3'Jack Fletcher
Second half
57'Shea Lacey 3 - 1âš½
62'↑ Tom Proctor ↓ Jaydon Jones⇄
67'↑ Jim Thwaites ↓ Jack Moorhouse⇄
70'↑ Lewis Campbell ↓ Marcus Neill⇄
70'↑ Bayley Hester ↓ Felix Scott⇄
72'Jack Whittaker 3 - 2âš½
77'↑ Samuel Lusale ↓ Shea Lacey⇄
77'↑ Yuel Helafu ↓ Jaydan Kamason⇄
90+3'Ben Kindon

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionPremier League 2
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 26 April 2026, 13:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

0Manchester United U21 wins1Draws1Sunderland U21 wins

2 past meetings on record. Biggest Manchester United U21 win: Sunderland U21 5–2 Manchester United U21 (2024).

2 Nov 2024Sunderland U21 5 - 2 Manchester United U21Premier League 2
3 Sep 2023Sunderland U21 5 - 5 Manchester United U21Premier League 2