Norwich City 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2012

Result

Norwich City 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 2 December 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Norwich City 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Norwich City won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 December 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Sebastien Bassong opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Sebastien Bassong (8') and Alberto Suárez (37'). Sunderland scored through Craig Gardner (44').

Discipline: Norwich City received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 13th on 16 points from 14 and Sunderland 14th on 14 points from 13. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Sunderland 14th with 41.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Matthew KilgallonSunderland
  • 8'Goal · Sebastien BassongNorwich City · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Alberto SuárezNorwich City · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · Craig GardnerSunderland · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Norwich City 1, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steven Whittaker, Ryan Bennett, Sebastien Bassong, Javier Garrido, Alexander Tettey, Bradley Johnson, Robert Snodgrass, Wesley Hoolahan, Anthony Pilkington, Mark Bunn, Grant Holt

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Phil Bardsley, Carlos Cuéllar, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Simon Mignolet, Matthew Kilgallon, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose