Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea: result and report

Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Sunderland lost to Chelsea 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Adam Johnson (66'). Chelsea scored through Fernando Torres (11'), Fernando Torres (45+2', penalty) and Juan Mata (49').

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 14 points from 14 and Chelsea 3rd on 26 points from 15. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 9 for Chelsea.

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