Everton 3-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008
Result
Everton 3-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Everton 3-0 Sunderland: match report
Everton beat Sunderland 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Everton's goals came from Mikel Arteta (10'), Mikel Arteta (27') and Dan Gosling (83'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Everton were 6th on 29 points from 19 and Sunderland 13th on 22 points from 19. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 63 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Everton wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Everton's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Sunderland's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Mikel Arteta
- 26'Yellow card · Steed Malbranque
- 27'Goal · Mikel Arteta
- 54'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 67'Yellow card · Phil Jagielka
- 72'Yellow card · Teemu Tainio
- 73'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 83'Goal · Dan Gosling
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton expected line-up
Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Djibril Cissé, Daryl Murphy, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio