Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2012
Result
Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea: match report
Sunderland lost to Chelsea 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Adam Johnson (66'). Chelsea scored through Fernando Torres (11'), Fernando Torres (45+2', penalty) and Juan Mata (49').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 14 points from 14 and Chelsea 3rd on 26 points from 15. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 9 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-D-D-W-L and Chelsea's L-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 42'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Fernando Torres
- 49'Goal · Juan Mata
- 66'Goal · Adam Johnson
- 72'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 84'Yellow card · Ramires
- 87'Yellow card · Juan Mata
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Phil Bardsley, Carlos Cuéllar, John O'Shea, Craig Gardner, Sebastian Larsson, Simon Mignolet, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Connor Wickham, Danny Rose
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, David Luiz, Ashley Cole, Ramires, Juan Mata, Eden Hazard, Fernando Torres, Oriol Romeu, Victor Moses