Everton 0-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 May 2015

Result

Everton 0-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 9 May 2015, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Everton 0-2 Sunderland: match report

Everton were beaten by Sunderland 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 May 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Danny Graham opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Everton did not score. Sunderland scored through Danny Graham (53') and Jermain Defoe (85').

Discipline: Everton received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 11th on 41 points from 35 and Sunderland 18th on 33 points from 34. Everton went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Sunderland 17th with 38.

Everton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James McCarthy of Everton (7.8), ahead of Costel Pantilimon (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Everton wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Wes BrownSunderland
  • 53'Goal · Danny GrahamSunderland · 0-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Jordi GómezSunderland
  • 66'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeSunderland
  • 73'Yellow card · S. ColemanEverton
  • 85'Goal · Jermain DefoeSunderland · 0-2
  • 88'Yellow card · Luke GarbuttEverton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 5, draws 3, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Everton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tim Howard, Séamus Coleman, John Stones, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, James McCarthy, Gareth Barry, Aaron Lennon, Ross Barkley, Leon Osman, Romelu Lukaku

Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)

Costel Pantilimon, Billy Jones, Sebastián Coates, Wes Brown, Patrick van Aanholt, Sebastian Larsson, Lee Cattermole, Jordi Gómez, Jermain Defoe, Danny Graham, Connor Wickham