Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United defeated Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (5') and an own goal by Anton Ferdinand (57'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 34 points from 16 and Sunderland 6th on 27 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.
Manchester United 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 7 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Sunderland's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 20'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 57'Own goal · Anton Ferdinand
- 74'Yellow card · David Meyler
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Phil Bardsley, Nedum Onuoha, Anton Ferdinand, Boudewijn Zenden, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Cristian Riveros, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Darren Bent, Asamoah Gyan