West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2017
Result
West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Sunderland: match report
West Bromwich Albion beat Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Darren Fletcher opened the scoring in the 30th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Darren Fletcher (30') and Chris Brunt (36'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 8th on 29 points from 21 and Sunderland 20th on 15 points from 21. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.
West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Brunt of West Bromwich Albion (8.1), ahead of Gareth McAuley (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Bromwich Albion wins, 6 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Darren Fletcher
- 36'Goal · Chris Brunt
- 85'Yellow card · George Honeyman
- 90+2'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
Head-to-head
Team news
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Foster, Allan Nyom, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Chris Brunt, Darren Fletcher, Claudio Yacob, Matt Phillips, James Morrison, Nacer Chadli, Salomón Rondón
Sunderland line-up (3-4-2-1)
Vito Mannone, Jason Denayer, John O'Shea, Papy Djilobodji, Billy Jones, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Rodwell, Patrick van Aanholt, Adnan Januzaj, George Honeyman, Jermain Defoe