Aston Villa 0-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 5 January 2011

Result

Aston Villa 0-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Wednesday 5 January 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 0-1 Sunderland: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Sunderland 0-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 5 January 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Phil Bardsley of Sunderland in the 80th minute.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 21 points from 20 and Sunderland 6th on 30 points from 21. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 29'Yellow card · Ciaran ClarkAston Villa
  • 42'Yellow card · Titus BrambleSunderland
  • 45'Yellow card · James CollinsAston Villa
  • 60'Yellow card · Boudewijn ZendenSunderland
  • 68'Red card · Emile HeskeyAston Villa
  • 79'Yellow card · Richard DunneAston Villa
  • 80'Goal · Phil BardsleySunderland · 0-1
  • 86'Second yellow · Boudewijn ZendenSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 6, draws 2, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Ciaran Clark, James Collins, Stewart Downing, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, Titus Bramble, Anton Ferdinand, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, David Meyler, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Darren Bent, Danny Welbeck