Everton 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2017
Result
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Everton 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Everton beat Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 February 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Idrissa Gueye opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Everton's goals came from Idrissa Gueye (40') and Romelu Lukaku (80'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Everton were 7th on 41 points from 25 and Sunderland 20th on 19 points from 25. Everton went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.
Everton lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Idrissa Gueye of Everton (8.7), ahead of Séamus Coleman (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Everton wins, 1 draw and 4 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Everton's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Sunderland's L-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Darron Gibson
- 40'Goal · Idrissa Gueye
- 77'Yellow card · Bryan Oviedo
- 80'Goal · Romelu Lukaku
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton line-up (4-3-3)
Joel Robles, Séamus Coleman, Ashley Williams, Ramiro Funes Mori, Leighton Baines, Tom Davies, Morgan Schneiderlin, Idrissa Gueye, Ross Barkley, Romelu Lukaku, Ademola Lookman
Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)
Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, John O'Shea, Bryan Oviedo, Adnan Januzaj, Darron Gibson, Sebastian Larsson, Didier Ndong, Fabio Borini, Jermain Defoe