Southampton 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2016

Result

Southampton 1-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Southampton 1-1 Sunderland: match report

Southampton drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 August 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Southampton's goal came from Jay Rodríguez (85'). Sunderland scored through Jermain Defoe (80', penalty).

Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 16th on 1 point from 2 and Sunderland 18th on 0 points from 2. Southampton went on to finish that season 8th with 46 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.

Southampton lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sunderland in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathan Redmond of Southampton (7.5), level with Jordan Pickford (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southampton wins, 4 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Nathan RedmondSouthampton
  • 47'Yellow card · Steven DavisSouthampton
  • 65'Yellow card · Steven PienaarSunderland
  • 80'Penalty goal · Jermain DefoeSunderland · 0-1
  • 85'Goal · Jay RodríguezSouthampton · 1-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · J. RodwellSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 4, draws 4, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-3-1-2)

Fraser Forster, Cédric Soares, José Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Matt Targett, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Oriol Romeu, Steven Davis, Dusan Tadic, Charlie Austin, Nathan Redmond

Sunderland line-up (4-3-1-2)

Jordan Pickford, Javier Manquillo, Lamine Koné, Papy Djilobodji, Patrick van Aanholt, Lynden Gooch, Jack Rodwell, Steven Pienaar, Adnan Januzaj, Jermain Defoe, Fabio Borini