Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 November 2017

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland

Championship · Tuesday 21 November 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Aston Villa · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Aston Villa defeated Sunderland 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 November 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Albert Adomah opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Albert Adomah (10') and Josh Onomah (49'). Sunderland scored through Lewis Grabban (72').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 5th on 29 points from 17 and Sunderland 24th on 11 points from 17. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 3rd with 90 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Albert Adomah of Aston Villa (7.8), level with Darron Gibson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 5 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Albert AdomahAston Villa · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Josh OnomahAston Villa · 2-0
  • 72'Goal · Lewis GrabbanSunderland · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 5, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)

Sam Johnstone, Neil Taylor, Christopher Samba, James Chester, Alan Hutton, Glenn Whelan, Robert Snodgrass, C. Hourihane, Albert Adomah, Joshua Onomah, Keinan Davis

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

Robbin Ruiter, Bryan Oviedo, John O'Shea, Tyias Browning, Adam Matthews, Callum McManaman, Aiden McGeady, Darron Gibson, George Honeyman, Lynden Gooch, Lewis Grabban