Sunderland 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005

Result

Sunderland 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 October 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Stephen Elliott (82'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (40'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (76') and Giuseppe Rossi (87').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 5 points from 8 and Manchester United 5th on 14 points from 7. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland
  • 35'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 40'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Steven CaldwellSunderland
  • 71'Yellow card · Jon SteadSunderland
  • 76'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 0-2
  • 82'Goal · Stephen ElliottSunderland · 1-2
  • 87'Goal · Giuseppe RossiManchester United · 1-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 1, Manchester United 5.

Team news

Sunderland line-up

Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Nyron Nosworthy, Justin Hoyte, Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Stephen Elliott, Andy Gray, Kelvin Davis, Andy Welsh, Tommy Miller

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy