Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2011
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal was an own goal by Wes Brown in the 45th minute, credited to Manchester United.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 23 points from 10 and Sunderland 14th on 10 points from 10. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-D-W-D and Sunderland's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Sebastian Larsson
- 45'Own goal · Wes Brown
- 45+2'Yellow card · Ji Dong-Won
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Gabriel Obertan
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Colback, Stéphane Sessègnon, Connor Wickham, Nicklas Bendtner