Everton 4-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Monday 9 April 2012

Result

Everton 4-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Monday 9 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Everton 4-0 Sunderland: match report

Everton beat Sunderland 4-0 in the Premier League on Monday 9 April 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

M. Gueye opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Everton's goals came from M. Gueye (52'), Steven Pienaar (75'), Leon Osman (76') and Victor Anichebe (81'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 7th on 44 points from 32 and Sunderland 9th on 42 points from 32. Everton went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.

Everton lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Everton wins, 4 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 52'Goal · M. GueyeEverton · 1-0
  • 75'Goal · Steven PienaarEverton · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Leon OsmanEverton · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · Victor AnichebeEverton · 4-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 6, draws 4, Sunderland 0.

Team news

Everton expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Tony Hibbert, Phil Jagielka, Séamus Coleman, Marouane Fellaini, Steven Pienaar, Leon Osman, Darron Gibson, Tim Cahill, Johnny Heitinga

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Matthew Kilgallon, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, David Vaughan