Sunderland 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 25 October 2015
Result
Sunderland 2-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 25 October 2015, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Sunderland won against Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 25 October 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Adam Johnson opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Adam Johnson (45+3', penalty), Billy Jones (65') and Steven Fletcher (86'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 3 points from 9 and Newcastle United 18th on 5 points from 9. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 37.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Costel Pantilimon of Sunderland (8.7), ahead of Yann M'Vila (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Cheik Tiote
- 45+1'Red card · Fabricio Coloccini
- 45+3'Penalty goal · Adam Johnson
- 45+3'Yellow card · Jack Colback
- 65'Goal · Billy Jones
- 86'Goal · Steven Fletcher
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Costel Pantilimon, DeAndre Yedlin, John O'Shea, Younès Kaboul, Billy Jones, Lee Cattermole, Yann M'Vila, Adam Johnson, Ola Toivonen, Jeremain Lens, Steven Fletcher
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Elliot, Daryl Janmaat, Chancel Mbemba, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett, Moussa Sissoko, Jack Colback, Cheik Tiote, Georginio Wijnaldum, Ayoze Pérez, Aleksandar Mitrović