SUNDERLAND ENDED THEIR winless run in the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Chelsea at the Stadium of Light.
The Black Cats entered Sunday’s game on a worrying run of form, with Thursday night’s Europa League loss to Dinamo Zagreb the latest setback, but an energetic first-half display against the Blues was rewarded when Enzo Le Fee scored from the penalty spot.
Chelsea enjoyed the bulk of possession after the break but struggled to make it count as they slipped to a fourth league defeat of the season and dropped out of the top four.
Victory ended a long winless run for Sunderland, who had last taken three points in the Premier League against Fulham back in August. They remain in the relegation zone but at least climbed off the foot of the table.
Regis Le Bris made eight changes from the Dinamo defeat, which included a first league start of the season for Chemsdine Talbi, while Chelsea made two switches from last weekend’s win over Manchester United as former Black Cat Jordan Henderson started alongside Pep Chavarría.
Another Evanilson goal helped fire Marco Rose’s Bournemouth to an eighth straight victory with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Ipswich.
Evanilson failed to score in his first six appearances of the season but found the net for a fifth consecutive Premier League match and made it seven goals in eight after five minutes at Portman Road.
It came after a terrible error by Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton, who tried and failed to dribble around the Brazilian forward, before worse followed for the hosts 27 seconds into the second half.
Bournemouth went two up when Ryan Christie’s effort deflected off Leif Davis and in for an own goal.
Gary O’Neil watched Ipswich rally against his former club, with a Jack Clarke penalty halving the deficit with 17 minutes left, but the hosts could not find an equaliser to make it only one win from their last seven matches.
Diego Gomez scored another stunner as Brighton enjoyed a happy homecoming by climbing to second in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over 10-man Brentford at the Amex Stadium.
Albion have clocked up thousands of miles since thumping rivals Crystal Palace 5-0 three weeks ago, playing Conference League fixtures in Czechia and Spain either side of a trip to Liverpool and two visits to Manchester City.
Midfielder Gomez, who scored from the halfway line against Palace, rifled a thunderous, left-footed shot into the top left corner to give the high-flying Seagulls a 15th-minute lead.
Brentford striker Igor Thiago was sent off eight minutes later following a VAR review after catching Brighton midfielder Chema Andres in the face with a raised arm.
Pascal Gross sealed a comfortable victory for the hosts with a 42nd-minute penalty awarded for Keane Lewis-Potter’s shirt pull on Luka Vuskovic.
Albion’s win was a seventh from 10 top-flight games this term and lifted them above City and back to within five points of leaders Arsenal, while eighth-placed Brentford remain on 14 points.
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Sunderland defeat Chelsea to end winless run as Brighton climb up to second
Sunderland 1
Chelsea 0
SUNDERLAND ENDED THEIR winless run in the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Chelsea at the Stadium of Light.
The Black Cats entered Sunday’s game on a worrying run of form, with Thursday night’s Europa League loss to Dinamo Zagreb the latest setback, but an energetic first-half display against the Blues was rewarded when Enzo Le Fee scored from the penalty spot.
Chelsea enjoyed the bulk of possession after the break but struggled to make it count as they slipped to a fourth league defeat of the season and dropped out of the top four.
Victory ended a long winless run for Sunderland, who had last taken three points in the Premier League against Fulham back in August. They remain in the relegation zone but at least climbed off the foot of the table.
Regis Le Bris made eight changes from the Dinamo defeat, which included a first league start of the season for Chemsdine Talbi, while Chelsea made two switches from last weekend’s win over Manchester United as former Black Cat Jordan Henderson started alongside Pep Chavarría.
Ipswich Town 1
Bournemouth 2
Another Evanilson goal helped fire Marco Rose’s Bournemouth to an eighth straight victory with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Ipswich.
Evanilson failed to score in his first six appearances of the season but found the net for a fifth consecutive Premier League match and made it seven goals in eight after five minutes at Portman Road.
It came after a terrible error by Ipswich goalkeeper Christian Walton, who tried and failed to dribble around the Brazilian forward, before worse followed for the hosts 27 seconds into the second half.
Bournemouth went two up when Ryan Christie’s effort deflected off Leif Davis and in for an own goal.
Gary O’Neil watched Ipswich rally against his former club, with a Jack Clarke penalty halving the deficit with 17 minutes left, but the hosts could not find an equaliser to make it only one win from their last seven matches.
Brighton 2
Brentford 0
Diego Gomez scored another stunner as Brighton enjoyed a happy homecoming by climbing to second in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over 10-man Brentford at the Amex Stadium.
Albion have clocked up thousands of miles since thumping rivals Crystal Palace 5-0 three weeks ago, playing Conference League fixtures in Czechia and Spain either side of a trip to Liverpool and two visits to Manchester City.
Midfielder Gomez, who scored from the halfway line against Palace, rifled a thunderous, left-footed shot into the top left corner to give the high-flying Seagulls a 15th-minute lead.
Brentford striker Igor Thiago was sent off eight minutes later following a VAR review after catching Brighton midfielder Chema Andres in the face with a raised arm.
Pascal Gross sealed a comfortable victory for the hosts with a 42nd-minute penalty awarded for Keane Lewis-Potter’s shirt pull on Luka Vuskovic.
Albion’s win was a seventh from 10 top-flight games this term and lifted them above City and back to within five points of leaders Arsenal, while eighth-placed Brentford remain on 14 points.
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