Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 October 2012

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 21 October 2012, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle United: match report

Sunderland drew with Newcastle United 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Yohan Cabaye opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Sunderland's goal came from an own goal by Demba Ba (85'). Newcastle United scored through Yohan Cabaye (3').

Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 14th on 7 points from 6 and Newcastle United 12th on 9 points from 7. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Newcastle United 15th with 41.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Yohan CabayeNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United
  • 25'Red card · Cheik TioteNewcastle United
  • 68'Yellow card · Fabricio ColocciniNewcastle United
  • 84'Yellow card · M. WilliamsonNewcastle United
  • 85'Own goal · Demba BaSunderland · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Yohan CabayeNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 4, Newcastle United 5.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Mignolet, John O'Shea, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose, Carlos Cuéllar

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)

Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Demba Ba, Shola Ameobi, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa