Southampton 0-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2012

Result

Southampton 0-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southampton 0-1 Sunderland: match report

Southampton lost to Sunderland 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Steven Fletcher of Sunderland in the 42nd minute.

Discipline: Southampton received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 18th on 15 points from 16 and Sunderland 16th on 17 points from 17. Southampton went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Sunderland 14th with 41.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Steven FletcherSunderland · 0-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonSunderland
  • 68'Yellow card · Adam JohnsonSunderland
  • 79'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Southampton 3, draws 2, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Kelvin Davis, Nathaniel Clyne, Maya Yoshida, José Fonte, Luke Shaw, Jack Cork, Morgan Schneiderlin, Rickie Lambert, Gastón Ramírez, Emmanuel Mayuka, Jason Puncheon

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

Craig Gardner, Carlos Cuéllar, John O'Shea, Jack Colback, Sebastian Larsson, Simon Mignolet, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose