Sunderland 0-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 May 2010

Result

Sunderland 0-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 2 May 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 0-1 Manchester United: match report

Sunderland lost to Manchester United 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 May 2010. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Nani of Manchester United in the 28th minute.

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 11th on 44 points from 36 and Manchester United 2nd on 79 points from 36. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 85.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · NaniManchester United · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 54'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 56'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 81'Yellow card · S. MalbranqueSunderland
  • 85'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 3, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Kieran Richardson, John Mensah, Lorik Cana, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, David Meyler, Darren Bent, Fraizer Campbell

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Edwin van der Sar, Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Rio Ferdinand, Dimitar Berbatov, Nani, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville