Aston Villa 6-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Monday 29 April 2013
Result
Aston Villa 6-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Monday 29 April 2013, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Aston Villa 6-1 Sunderland: match report
Aston Villa defeated Sunderland 6-1 in the Premier League on Monday 29 April 2013. The half-time score was 2-1.
Ron Vlaar opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ron Vlaar (31'), Andreas Weimann (38'), Christian Benteke (55'), Christian Benteke (60'), Christian Benteke (72') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (89'). Sunderland scored through Danny Rose (33').
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 34 points from 34 and Sunderland 12th on 39 points from 34. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Sunderland 14th with 41.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-D-W-L-W and Sunderland's W-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Ron Vlaar
- 33'Goal · Danny Rose
- 34'Yellow card · Carlos Cuéllar
- 38'Goal · Andreas Weimann
- 55'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 60'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 66'Yellow card · Danny Rose
- 71'Red card · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 72'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 76'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 89'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Yacouba Sylla, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph, Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Guzan, Joe Bennett, Andreas Weimann, Nathan Baker
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Phil Bardsley, Carlos Cuéllar, John O'Shea, Craig Gardner, Sebastian Larsson, Simon Mignolet, Alfred N'Diaye, Adam Johnson, Stéphane Sessègnon, Danny Graham, Danny Rose