Sunderland 2-0 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2015

Result

Sunderland 2-0 Burnley

Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sunderland 2-0 Burnley: match report

Sunderland won against Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 January 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Connor Wickham opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Connor Wickham (20') and Jermain Defoe (34'). Burnley did not score.

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 20 points from 22 and Burnley 18th on 20 points from 22. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Burnley 20th with 33.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Burnley in a 4-4-1-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Connor WickhamSunderland · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Jermain DefoeSunderland · 2-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Adam JohnsonSunderland
  • 89'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonSunderland
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Costel PantilimonSunderland
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Dean MarneyBurnley

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 2, Burnley 1.

Team news

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

Costel Pantilimon, Anthony Reveillere, Santiago Vergini, John O'Shea, Patrick van Aanholt, Liam Bridcutt, Adam Johnson, Sebastian Larsson, Jordi Gómez, Connor Wickham, Jermain Defoe

Burnley line-up (4-4-1-1)

Tom Heaton, Kieran Trippier, Michael Keane, Jason Shackell, Ben Mee, George Boyd, Dean Marney, David Jones, Scott Arfield, Ashley Barnes, Danny Ings