Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2025
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United beat Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 October 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.
Mason Mount opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Mason Mount (8') and Benjamin Sesko (31'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 14th on 7 points from 6 and Sunderland 6th on 11 points from 6. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Sunderland 7th with 54.
Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Benjamin Sesko of Manchester United (7.4), level with Senne Lammens (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Sunderland's W-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Mason Mount
- 29'Yellow card · Omar Alderete
- 31'Goal · Benjamin Sesko
- 35'Yellow card · Noah Sadiki
- 57'Yellow card · Bertrand Traoré
- 76'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 81'Yellow card · Casemiro
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Senne Lammens, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Luke Shaw, Amad Diallo, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot, Bryan Mbeumo, Mason Mount, Benjamin Sesko
Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Arthur Masuaku, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Bertrand Traoré, Enzo Le Fée, Simon Adingra, Wilson Isidor