Manchester United 3-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2016
Result
Manchester United 3-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 3-1 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United beat Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Daley Blind opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Daley Blind (39'), Zlatan Ibrahimović (82') and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (86'). Sunderland scored through Fabio Borini (90+1').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 30 points from 17 and Sunderland 18th on 14 points from 17. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 69 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Pogba of Manchester United (9.4), ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimović (9.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Daley Blind
- 39'Goal · Daley Blind
- 61'Yellow card · Fabio Borini
- 82'Goal · Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 86'Goal · Henrikh Mkhitaryan
- 90+1'Goal · Fabio Borini
- 90+3'Yellow card · Lamine Koné
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind, Ander Herrera, Michael Carrick, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jesse Lingard
Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)
Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, Papy Djilobodji, Patrick van Aanholt, Sebastian Larsson, Jason Denayer, Didier Ndong, Victor Anichebe, Jermain Defoe, Fabio Borini