Leeds United rose to seventh and Sunderland moved two points from safety as the sides shared an uninspired draw at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.

Black Cats striker Brian Brobbey went closest with a shot before the break, pressuring Jaka Bijol to make an underhit backpass that allowed the Netherlands international to force James Trafford to save with his legs.

England international Trafford was the busier goalkeeper, although Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs denied Ao Tanaka and Dominic Calvert-Lewin before pushing a late Sean Longstaff shot around a post.

Sunderland are now winless in six league matches but ended a four-game run of top-flight defeats, while the Whites have drawn three times in a run of four fixtures without a victory.

Sunderland team vs Leeds United

Sunderland: Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Nordi Mukiele, Luke O’Nien, Reinildo Mandava, Chris Rigg, Granit Xhaka, Enzo Le Fee, Noah Sadiki, Nilson Angulo, Brian Brobbey

Substitutes: Melker Ellborg, Dayann Methalie, Chemsdine Talbi, Omar Alderete, Habib Diarra, Jules Ahoka, Malick Fofana, Juan Angulo, Tymur Tutierov

Leeds team vs Sunderland

Leeds United: James Trafford, James Justin, Jaka Bijol, Tarik Muharemovic, Jayden Bogle, Ethan Ampadu, Ao Tanaka, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Harry Wilson, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Brenden Aaronson

Substitutes: Michael Zetterer, Sean Longstaff, Lukas Nmecha, Anton Stach, Noah Okafor, Jean-Matteo Bahoya, Melvin Bard, Ilia Gruev, Alfie Cresswell

What’s next? Leeds, Sunderland fixtures

Leeds are next in action away to Bournemouth, who earned their second league victory of the season by winning 3-0 at beleaguered Manchester United on Sunday.

Sunderland host fellow Premier League side Brentford in the EFL Cup fourth round on Wednesday, then travel to second-bottom Coventry City in the top flight on Saturday.

Leeds vs Sunderland Premier League stats

• Sunderland missed out on beating Leeds consecutively in the league for the first time since 2006/07 under Roy Keane. In the top flight, they last managed it with wins separated by 10 years in April 1947 and April 1957.
• Leeds have only lost one of their last nine top-flight visits to Sunderland (W6 D2), losing 2-0 in November 2001
• Before the start of the latest round of fixtures, Sunderland had used nine players aged 21 or younger in the Premier League this season, which is more than any other side. Only in the 2002/03 season have they used more (11)
• Before this game, no side had drawn more Premier League games than Leeds in 2026 (13), while it’s their most in the league in a year since 2015 (15 in 46 Championship games)
• Leeds have never won a Premier League game in the 4.30pm kick-off slot in nine attempts (D4 L5)
• Before matchweek eight, no goalkeeper had made more saves in the Premier League this season than James Trafford (26), while the Leeds goalkeeper had the best save percentage (80%) of any goalkeeper to play more than once this term

Premier League results this weekend: Matchweek 8

Friday, October 23

• Ipswich Town 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Saturday, October 24

• Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City
• Arsenal 2-0 Everton
• Coventry City 0-1 Fulham
• Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Sunday, October 25

• Crystal Palace 0-2 Newcastle
• Hull City 1-1 Brentford
• Liverpool 2-0 Brighton
• Man United 0-3 Bournemouth
• Sunderland 0-0 Leeds