Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 May 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

Gareth Barry opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Gareth Barry (43') and Liam Ridgewell (78'). Sunderland scored through Danny Collins (88').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 39 points from 37 and Sunderland 20th on 15 points from 37. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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