Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 February 2015
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 28 February 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United won against Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 February 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (66', penalty) and Wayne Rooney (84'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 48 points from 26 and Sunderland 16th on 25 points from 26. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Sunderland 17th with 38.
Manchester United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sunderland in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Sunderland's D-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 45+1'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 65'Red card · Wes Brown
- 66'Penalty goal · Wayne Rooney
- 79'Yellow card · Patrick van Aanholt
- 84'Goal · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (3-5-2)
David de Gea, Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Antonio Valencia, Ander Herrera, Daley Blind, Ángel Di María, Ashley Young, R. Falcao, Wayne Mark Rooney
Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)
Costel Pantilimon, Anthony Reveillere, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrick van Aanholt, Jordi Gómez, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Adam Johnson, Jermain Defoe, Connor Wickham