Sunderland3-2BrentfordLineups: starting XIs and fans' predictions

Carabao Cup · 28/10/2026 19:45 (19:45 GMT)Full time

Sunderland AFC played Brentford FC on Wednesday, 28 October 2026. It finished Sunderland 3, Brentford 2.

Sunderland: 20th in the Premier League with 5 points from 9 games, form L W L D D in their last 5.

Brentford: 6th in the Premier League with 14 points from 9 games, form W W D L D in their last 5.

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Sunderland

Fewer than 5 players predicted Sunderland's lineup for this match, so there's no community XI to show.

Confirmed starting XI (4-2-3-1)

31Melker Ellborg
8Alan Browne
4Kevin Danso
15Omar Alderete
6Dayann Methalie
7Chemsdine Talbi
29Jules Ahoka
37Jocelin Bi
19Habib Diarra
39Malick Fofana
57T. Tuterov

Brentford

Fewer than 5 players predicted Brentford's lineup for this match, so there's no community XI to show.

Confirmed starting XI (4-2-3-1)

12Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson
33Michael Kayode
44Jannik Schuster
22Nathan Collins
25El Hadji Malick Diouf
18Mamadou Sangare
27Vitaly Janelt
13Callum Wilson
24Mikkel Damsgaard
19Jaidon Anthony
9Thiago

Community figures are totals from Matchday XI players' predictions for their own club, shown once at least 5 players have picked. Nobody's own lineup is ever shown.

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