Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Friday 2 May 2003

Result

Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Friday 2 May 2003, 22:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland: match report

Aston Villa defeated Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Friday 2 May 2003. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Marcus Allback of Aston Villa in the 80th minute.

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 14th on 42 points from 36 and Sunderland 20th on 19 points from 36. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 45 points, and Sunderland 20th with 19.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-D-W-D-D and Sunderland's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Kevin PhillipsSunderland
  • 80'Goal · Marcus AllbackAston Villa · 1-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 4, Sunderland 1.