Stoke City 0-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2012
Result
Stoke City 0-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 0-1 Sunderland: match report
Stoke City lost to Sunderland 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 February 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from James McClean of Sunderland in the 60th minute.
Discipline: Stoke City received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 9th on 30 points from 23 and Sunderland 8th on 30 points from 23. Stoke City went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Stoke City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-L-D-W-D and Sunderland's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 45'Red card · Robert Huth
- 52'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 60'Goal · James McClean
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-3-3)
Asmir Begović, Danny Higginbotham, Robert Huth, Matthew Upson, Andy Wilkinson, Salif Diao, Wilson Palacios, Kenwyne Jones, Cameron Jerome, Rory Delap
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, David Meyler, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon