Everton 2-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2006

Result

Everton 2-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 1 April 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Everton 2-2 Sunderland: match report

Everton drew with Sunderland 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 April 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

Leon Osman opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Everton's goals came from Leon Osman (5') and James McFadden (26'). Sunderland scored through Jon Stead (16') and Rory Delap (80').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Everton were 10th on 43 points from 31 and Sunderland 20th on 10 points from 31. Everton went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Everton wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Leon OsmanEverton · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Jon SteadSunderland · 1-1
  • 26'Goal · James McFaddenEverton · 2-1
  • 80'Goal · Rory DelapSunderland · 2-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Everton 4, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Everton expected line-up

Nigel Martyn, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Leon Osman, Kevin Kilbane, Simon Davies, James Beattie, Tim Cahill, James McFadden, David Weir, Nuno Valente

Sunderland line-up

George McCartney, Gary Breen, Danny Collins, Justin Hoyte, Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Grant Leadbitter, Jon Stead, Chris Brown, Kelvin Davis, Rory Delap