Chelsea 5-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2017

Result

Chelsea 5-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Chelsea · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Chelsea 5-1 Sunderland: match report

Chelsea defeated Sunderland 5-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 May 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Javier Manquillo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Willian (8'), Eden Hazard (61'), Pedro (77'), Michy Batshuayi (90') and Michy Batshuayi (90+2'). Sunderland scored through Javier Manquillo (3').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 90 points from 37 and Sunderland 20th on 24 points from 37. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sunderland in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro of Chelsea (8.9), ahead of Michy Batshuayi (8.8).

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

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Sunderland's L-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Javier ManquilloSunderland · 0-1
  • 8'Goal · WillianChelsea · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Diego CostaChelsea
  • 48'Yellow card · Billy JonesSunderland
  • 61'Goal · Eden HazardChelsea · 2-1
  • 77'Goal · PedroChelsea · 3-1
  • 90'Goal · Michy BatshuayiChelsea · 4-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Michy BatshuayiChelsea · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 2, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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

Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, John Terry, Victor Moses, Cesc Fàbregas, N'Golo Kanté, Marcos Alonso, Willian, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa

Sunderland line-up (3-5-1-1)

Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, John O'Shea, Joleon Lescott, Javier Manquillo, Sebastian Larsson, Lee Cattermole, Jack Rodwell, Bryan Oviedo, Adnan Januzaj, Fabio Borini