Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2015
Result
Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland: match report
Chelsea beat Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 December 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Branislav Ivanović opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Branislav Ivanović (5'), Pedro (13') and Oscar (50', penalty). Sunderland scored through Fabio Borini (52').
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 14th on 19 points from 16 and Sunderland 19th on 12 points from 16. Chelsea went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-L-D-W-L and Sunderland's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
- 13'Goal · Pedro
- 48'Yellow card · Costel Pantilimon
- 50'Penalty goal · Oscar
- 52'Goal · Fabio Borini
- 62'Yellow card · J. Rodwell
- 88'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 89'Yellow card · John O'Shea
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Kurt Zouma, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, Nemanja Matić, Willian, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa
Sunderland expected line-up (3-5-2)
Costel Pantilimon, Sebastián Coates, Younès Kaboul, Billy Jones, Yann M'Vila, DeAndre Yedlin, Lee Cattermole, Patrick van Aanholt, Steven Fletcher, Jermain Defoe