Aston Villa 4-3 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 19 April 2026

Result

Aston Villa 4-3 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 19 April 2026, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Aston Villa · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Aston Villa 4-3 Sunderland: match report

Aston Villa won against Sunderland 4-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 April 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ollie Watkins (2'), Ollie Watkins (36'), Morgan Rogers (46') and Tammy Abraham (90+3'). Sunderland scored through Chris Rigg (9'), Trai Hume (86') and Wilson Isidor (87').

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 4th on 55 points from 32 and Sunderland 11th on 46 points from 32. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Sunderland 7th with 54.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa (8.8), ahead of Enzo Le Fée (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 5 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-0
  • 9'Goal · Chris RiggSunderland · 1-1
  • 36'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 2-1
  • 46'Goal · Morgan RogersAston Villa · 3-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Noah SadikiSunderland
  • 86'Goal · Trai HumeSunderland · 3-2
  • 87'Goal · Wilson IsidorSunderland · 3-3
  • 90+3'Goal · Tammy AbrahamAston Villa · 4-3
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Nordi MukieleSunderland
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Dan BallardSunderland
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Amadou OnanaAston Villa

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Ross Barkley, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Luke O'Nien, Omar Alderete, Reinildo Mandava, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Chris Rigg, Habib Diarra, Enzo Le Fée, Brian Brobbey