Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 October 2010

Result

Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 23 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa: match report

Sunderland beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 October 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal was an own goal by Richard Dunne in the 25th minute, credited to Sunderland.

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 13th on 9 points from 8 and Aston Villa 8th on 11 points from 8. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Aston Villa 9th with 48.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 6 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Own goal · Richard DunneSunderland · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 73'Yellow card · Emile HeskeyAston Villa
  • 88'Yellow card · Stephen WarnockAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 2, Aston Villa 6.

Team news

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

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Nedum Onuoha, Titus Bramble, Lee Cattermole, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Darren Bent, Danny Welbeck

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)

Stephen Warnock, Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, James Collins, Stewart Downing, Stephen Ireland, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Habib Beye