Sunderland 3-2 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2016
Result
Sunderland 3-2 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Sunderland 3-2 Chelsea: match report
Sunderland beat Chelsea 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 May 2016. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Diego Costa opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Wahbi Khazri (41'), Fabio Borini (67') and Jermain Defoe (70'). Chelsea scored through Diego Costa (14') and Nemanja Matić (45+3').
Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 31 points from 35 and Chelsea 9th on 52 points from 35. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Chelsea 9th with 54.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 2 draws and 7 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-D-W-L-D and Chelsea's D-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Gary Cahill
- 14'Goal · Diego Costa
- 41'Goal · Wahbi Khazri
- 45+3'Goal · Nemanja Matić
- 52'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 67'Goal · Fabio Borini
- 70'Yellow card · Jermain Defoe
- 70'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 87'Yellow card · Younès Kaboul
- 87'Yellow card · John Terry
- 88'Yellow card · Sebastian Larsson
- 90+5'Second yellow · John Terry
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Vito Mannone, Lamine Koné, DeAndre Yedlin, Patrick van Aanholt, Younès Kaboul, Lee Cattermole, Jan Kirchhoff, Yann M'Vila, Fabio Borini, Wahbi Khazri, Jermain Defoe
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, Abdul Rahman Baba, Cesc Fàbregas, John Mikel Obi, Pedro, Willian, Diego Costa