Manchester United 3-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2012
Result
Manchester United 3-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester United 3-1 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United beat Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Robin van Persie (16'), Tom Cleverley (19') and Wayne Rooney (59'). Sunderland scored through Fraizer Campbell (72').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 39 points from 16 and Sunderland 15th on 17 points from 16. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Sunderland 14th with 41.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Sunderland's W-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 19'Goal · Tom Cleverley
- 59'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 72'Goal · Fraizer Campbell
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-4-1-1)
David de Gea, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Chris Smalling, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young, Wayne Mark Rooney, Robin van Persie, Antonio Valencia
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Carlos Cuéllar, John O'Shea, Jack Colback, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Simon Mignolet, Titus Bramble, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher