Overview
- The draw extended Crystal Palace's Premier League unbeaten run to 10 matches dating back to April.
- Sunderland remained a point ahead of Palace in the early table with seven points to six after the result.
- Summer signing Yeremy Pino, making his first Palace start after a £26m move from Villarreal, missed a clear one-on-one in the 36th minute and later saw a shot deflected over.
- Sunderland registered no shots on target, yet Robin Roefs earned player of the match by denying efforts from Jean-Philippe Mateta, Daichi Kamada and late substitute Christantus Uche.
- Palace coped without injured Adam Wharton and Ismaila Sarr as Jefferson Lerma and Pino started, Marc Guehi captained following a collapsed Liverpool move, and loan forward Christantus Uche debuted off the bench.