Norwich City 0-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2016

Result

Norwich City 0-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2016, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Norwich City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Norwich City 0-2 Sunderland: match report

Norwich City lost to Sunderland 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 April 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Fabio Borini opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Norwich City did not score. Sunderland scored through Fabio Borini (41', penalty), Jermain Defoe (53') and Duncan Watmore (90+1').

Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 17th on 28 points from 33 and Sunderland 18th on 26 points from 32. Norwich City went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fabio Borini of Sunderland (8.7), ahead of Vito Mannone (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Norwich City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Wahbi KhazriSunderland
  • 40'Yellow card · A. WisdomNorwich City
  • 41'Penalty goal · Fabio BoriniSunderland · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Jermain DefoeSunderland · 0-2
  • 58'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 59'Yellow card · Martin OlssonNorwich City
  • 90+1'Goal · Duncan WatmoreSunderland · 0-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Norwich City 4, draws 2, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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

John Ruddy, Andre Wisdom, Ryan Bennett, Sebastien Bassong, Martin Olsson, Matt Jarvis, Gary O'Neil, Jonathan Howson, Robbie Brady, Steven Naismith, Dieumerci Mbokani

Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)

Vito Mannone, DeAndre Yedlin, Lamine Koné, Younès Kaboul, Patrick van Aanholt, Jan Kirchhoff, Fabio Borini, Yann M'Vila, Lee Cattermole, Wahbi Khazri, Jermain Defoe