Sunderland 2-0 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2015
Result
Sunderland 2-0 Burnley
Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sunderland 2-0 Burnley: match report
Sunderland won against Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 January 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Connor Wickham opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Connor Wickham (20') and Jermain Defoe (34'). Burnley did not score.
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 20 points from 22 and Burnley 18th on 20 points from 22. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Burnley 20th with 33.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 1 draw and 1 for Burnley.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Burnley's L-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Connor Wickham
- 34'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 69'Yellow card · Adam Johnson
- 89'Yellow card · Sebastian Larsson
- 90+3'Yellow card · Costel Pantilimon
- 90+4'Yellow card · Dean Marney
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)
Costel Pantilimon, Anthony Reveillere, Santiago Vergini, John O'Shea, Patrick van Aanholt, Liam Bridcutt, Adam Johnson, Sebastian Larsson, Jordi Gómez, Connor Wickham, Jermain Defoe
Burnley line-up (4-4-1-1)
Tom Heaton, Kieran Trippier, Michael Keane, Jason Shackell, Ben Mee, George Boyd, Dean Marney, David Jones, Scott Arfield, Ashley Barnes, Danny Ings