Sunderland 0-3 Aston Villa: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 6 March 2018

Result

Sunderland 0-3 Aston Villa

Championship · Tuesday 6 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Sunderland 0-3 Aston Villa: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Aston Villa 0-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 6 March 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Lewis Grabban opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Sunderland did not score. Aston Villa scored through Lewis Grabban (34'), James Chester (45+3') and an own goal by Bryan Oviedo (66').

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 24th on 28 points from 35 and Aston Villa 3rd on 63 points from 34. Sunderland went on to finish that season 24th with 37 points, and Aston Villa 3rd with 90.

Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Chester of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of C. Hourihane (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 4 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Donald LoveSunderland
  • 34'Goal · Lewis GrabbanAston Villa · 0-1
  • 35'Yellow card · James ChesterAston Villa
  • 45+3'Goal · James ChesterAston Villa · 0-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Bryan OviedoSunderland
  • 66'Own goal · Bryan OviedoAston Villa · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 4, Aston Villa 5.

Team news

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

Jason Steele, John O'Shea, Tyias Browning, Lamine Koné, Bryan Oviedo, Lee Cattermole, Donald Love, Ovie Ejaria, Ashley Fletcher, Callum McManaman, Aiden McGeady

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

Sam Johnstone, Neil Taylor, James Chester, John Terry, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Glenn Whelan, Robert Snodgrass, C. Hourihane, Albert Adomah, Scott Hogan, Lewis Grabban