Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 15 December 2009

Result

Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Tuesday 15 December 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Aston Villa 0-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 15 December 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Sunderland did not score. Aston Villa scored through Emile Heskey (24') and James Milner (61').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 10th on 21 points from 16 and Aston Villa 4th on 29 points from 16. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 64.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Lorik CanaSunderland
  • 14'Yellow card · George McCartneySunderland
  • 24'Goal · Emile HeskeyAston Villa · 0-1
  • 61'Goal · James MilnerAston Villa · 0-2
  • 68'Yellow card · James MilnerAston Villa
  • 78'Second yellow · Lorik CanaSunderland
  • 89'Yellow card · Luke YoungAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 3, Aston Villa 5.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, George McCartney, Michael Turner, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Lorik Cana, Paulo da Silva, Jordan Henderson, Andy Reid, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Young, Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, Stewart Downing, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar