Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 21 December 2011
Result
Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Sunderland
Premier League · Wednesday 21 December 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Sunderland: match report
Queens Park Rangers lost to Sunderland 2-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 21 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Queens Park Rangers's goals came from Heidar Helguson (63') and Jamie Mackie (67'). Sunderland scored through Nicklas Bendtner (19'), Stéphane Sessègnon (53') and Wes Brown (89').
Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 15th on 16 points from 16 and Sunderland 17th on 14 points from 16. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.
Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.
Going into the match Queens Park Rangers's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Sunderland's L-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Nicklas Bendtner
- 53'Goal · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 63'Goal · Heidar Helguson
- 67'Goal · Jamie Mackie
- 68'Yellow card · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 80'Yellow card · Luke Young
- 85'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 89'Goal · Wes Brown
- 90+4'Yellow card · Alejandro Faurlin
Team news
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Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-1-1)
Paddy Kenny, Danny Gabbidon, Armand Traore, Matthew Connolly, Luke Young, Alejandro Faurlin, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jamie Mackie, Heidar Helguson, Shaun Derry, Joey Barton
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Keiren Westwood, Phil Bardsley, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Titus Bramble, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner, David Vaughan