Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 4 December 2011

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 4 December 2011, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Wolverhampton Wanderers · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 December 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kieran Richardson opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Steven Fletcher (73') and Steven Fletcher (81'). Sunderland scored through Kieran Richardson (52').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 17th on 11 points from 13 and Sunderland 16th on 11 points from 13. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 52'Goal · Kieran RichardsonSunderland · 0-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 61'Yellow card · Ronald ZubarWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 73'Missed penalty · Sebastian LarssonSunderland
  • 73'Goal · Steven FletcherWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Steven FletcherWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Nicklas BendtnerSunderland
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Jody Craddock, Ronald Zubar, Dave Edwards, Noel Hunt, Matt Jarvis, Steven Fletcher, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra, Jamie O'Hara

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Keiren Westwood, Phil Bardsley, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Colback, Stéphane Sessègnon, Dong-won Ji, Nicklas Bendtner