Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 September 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Memphis Depay opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Memphis Depay (45+4'), Wayne Rooney (46') and Juan Mata (90'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 13 points from 6 and Sunderland 20th on 2 points from 6. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Juan Mata of Manchester United (8.5), ahead of Wayne Mark Rooney (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Adam Johnson
- 45+4'Goal · Memphis Depay
- 46'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 50'Yellow card · Billy Jones
- 85'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 90'Goal · Juan Mata
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Matteo Darmian, Michael Carrick, Morgan Schneiderlin, Juan Mata, Wayne Mark Rooney, Memphis Depay, Anthony Martial
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Costel Pantilimon, Billy Jones, John O'Shea, Younès Kaboul, Patrick van Aanholt, Lee Cattermole, Adam Johnson, Yann M'Vila, Ola Toivonen, Jeremain Lens, Fabio Borini