Enzo Le Fée scored a 36th-minute penalty as Sunderland beat Chelsea 1-0 at the Stadium of Light. The win lifted Sunderland off the bottom of the Premier League and dropped Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea to fifth, with Liverpool moving into the top four.
Sunderland, England: One first-half penalty decided it. Sunderland lost their captain early, kept their composure and beat Chelsea.
Brobbey wins it, Le Fée takes it
Sunderland’s Granit Xhaka went off injured in the opening minutes and was replaced by Jules Ahoka, a setback the home side shrugged off. The turning point came in the 36th minute, when Brian Brobbey was brought down in the area by Levi Colwill. Le Fée stepped up and sent the penalty into the bottom-left corner.
Chelsea fail to respond
Chelsea, who had earlier this season beaten ten-man Manchester United, could not find an equaliser. Alonso’s side now sit fifth, having been in the top four before kick-off, while Sunderland leave the bottom of the table.
Elsewhere in the Premier League
Brighton beat Brentford 2-0 at the Amex Stadium and moved up to second, five points behind leaders Arsenal. Diego Gómez curled a left-footed shot into the top corner in the 15th minute, and Brentford forward Igor Thiago was sent off in the 23rd minute after a VAR review for an incident involving Brighton’s Chema Andrés. Pascal Groß then scored a penalty in the 42nd minute after Keane Lewis-Potter fouled Luka Vušković at a corner, and Brighton went into the international break with their seventh win in ten games.
Result: Sunderland 1, Chelsea 0 (Premier League, Stadium of Light, 8 November 2026). Sunderland: Le Fée 36’ (pen). Also: Brighton 2, Brentford 0 (Gómez 15’, Groß 42’ pen; Thiago sent off 23’).
