Stoke City 3-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011

Result

Stoke City 3-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Stoke City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Stoke City 3-2 Sunderland: match report

Stoke City beat Sunderland 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 February 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Kieran Richardson opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Stoke City's goals came from John Carew (32'), Robert Huth (83') and Robert Huth (90+2'). Sunderland scored through Kieran Richardson (3') and Asamoah Gyan (48').

Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 11th on 30 points from 24 and Sunderland 6th on 37 points from 25. Stoke City went on to finish that season 13th with 46 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-1-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Sunderland's L-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Kieran RichardsonSunderland · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Sulley MuntariSunderland
  • 32'Goal · John CarewStoke City · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Asamoah GyanSunderland · 1-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Stéphane SessègnonSunderland
  • 73'Yellow card · Rory DelapStoke City
  • 80'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonSunderland
  • 83'Goal · Robert HuthStoke City · 2-2
  • 90+2'Goal · Robert HuthStoke City · 3-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson

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

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, John Mensah, Nedum Onuoha, Titus Bramble, Anton Ferdinand, Jordan Henderson, Sulley Muntari, Stéphane Sessègnon, Asamoah Gyan