Sunderland 2-2 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 March 2013
Result
Sunderland 2-2 Fulham
Premier League · Saturday 2 March 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Sunderland 2-2 Fulham: match report
Sunderland drew with Fulham 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 March 2013. The half-time score was 1-2.
Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Craig Gardner (37', penalty) and Stéphane Sessègnon (70'). Fulham scored through Dimitar Berbatov (16', penalty) and Sascha Riether (34').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 11th on 31 points from 27 and Fulham 14th on 29 points from 27. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Fulham 17th with 40.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fulham 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 Fulham.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Fulham's W-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 16'Penalty goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 34'Goal · Sascha Riether
- 37'Penalty goal · Craig Gardner
- 60'Yellow card · Brede Hangeland
- 70'Goal · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 73'Yellow card · Steve Sidwell
- 74'Yellow card · Alfred N'Diaye
- 88'Yellow card · Sascha Riether
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gardner, John O'Shea, Jack Colback, Sebastian Larsson, Danny Graham, Simon Mignolet, Titus Bramble, Alfred N'Diaye, Adam Johnson, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher
Fulham line-up (4-4-2)
Sascha Riether, Philippe Senderos, Brede Hangeland, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Damien Duff, Steve Sidwell, Giorgios Karagounis, Ashkan Dejagah, Dimitar Berbatov, Mark Schwarzer, Bryan Ruiz