Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 2 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 January 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sunderland's goals came from an own goal by Micah Richards (30'), Jermain Defoe (72') and Jermain Defoe (90+2'). Aston Villa scored through Carles Gil (63').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 19th on 12 points from 19 and Aston Villa 20th on 9 points from 19. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jermain Defoe of Sunderland (8.4), ahead of Yann M'Vila (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 5 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Aston Villa's L-D-D-L-D.