Sunderland 4-0 Stoke City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2011

Result

Sunderland 4-0 Stoke City

Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Sunderland 4-0 Stoke City: match report

Sunderland won against Stoke City 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 September 2011. The half-time score was 3-0.

Titus Bramble opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Titus Bramble (5'), an own goal by Jonathan Woodgate (11'), Craig Gardner (28') and Sebastian Larsson (59'). Stoke City did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 19th on 2 points from 4 and Stoke City 5th on 8 points from 4. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Stoke City 14th with 45.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 3 for Stoke City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Titus BrambleSunderland · 1-0
  • 11'Own goal · Jonathan WoodgateSunderland · 2-0
  • 28'Goal · Craig GardnerSunderland · 3-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonSunderland
  • 55'Yellow card · Robert HuthStoke City
  • 59'Goal · Sebastian LarssonSunderland · 4-0
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Peter CrouchStoke City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 1, Stoke City 3.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)

Simon Mignolet, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Titus Bramble, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner, David Vaughan

Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Asmir Begović, Robert Huth, Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Dean Whitehead, Dave Kitson