Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2012
Result
Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Aston Villa 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 November 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Gabriel Agbonlahor of Aston Villa in the 57th minute.
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 14th on 9 points from 8 and Aston Villa 17th on 6 points from 9. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 4 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-D-L-W-D and Aston Villa's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 45+3'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
- 57'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 68'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 81'Yellow card · Christian Benteke
- 89'Yellow card · Steven Fletcher
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, Adam Johnson, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Carlos Cuéllar
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Guzan, Ron Vlaar, Ciaran Clark, Joe Bennett, Matthew Lowton, Stephen Ireland, Ashley Westwood, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke