Sunderland 0-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 April 2017

Result

Sunderland 0-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 9 April 2017, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 0-3 Manchester United: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Manchester United 0-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 April 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Zlatan Ibrahimović opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sunderland did not score. Manchester United scored through Zlatan Ibrahimović (30'), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (46') and Marcus Rashford (89').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Manchester United received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 20 points from 30 and Manchester United 6th on 54 points from 29. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Manchester United 6th with 69.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Zlatan Ibrahimović of Manchester United (8.2), ahead of Matteo Darmian (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 7 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Luke ShawManchester United
  • 30'Goal · Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United · 0-1
  • 43'Red card · Sebastian LarssonSunderland
  • 46'Goal · Henrikh MkhitaryanManchester United · 0-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Jesse LingardManchester United
  • 79'Yellow card · Marouane FellainiManchester United
  • 82'Yellow card · Anthony MartialManchester United
  • 85'Yellow card · Didier NdongSunderland
  • 89'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 0-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Matteo DarmianManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 1, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-1-3-2)

Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, Jason Denayer, Bryan Oviedo, Didier Ndong, Lee Cattermole, Jack Rodwell, Sebastian Larsson, Jermain Defoe, Victor Anichebe

Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)

Sergio Romero, Matteo Darmian, Eric Bailly, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Jesse Lingard