Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 April 2015
Result
Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 5 April 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle United: match report
Sunderland won against Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 April 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Jermain Defoe of Sunderland in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Sunderland received 5 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 26 points from 30 and Newcastle United 12th on 35 points from 30. Sunderland went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Newcastle United 15th with 39.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sunderland wins, 4 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Newcastle United's L-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Santiago Vergini
- 41'Yellow card · Ryan Taylor
- 45+1'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 61'Yellow card · Jordi Gómez
- 62'Yellow card · Jack Colback
- 66'Yellow card · Patrick van Aanholt
- 77'Yellow card · Connor Wickham
- 81'Yellow card · Sebastian Larsson
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland expected line-up (4-3-3)
Costel Pantilimon, Anthony Reveillere, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Patrick van Aanholt, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Rodwell, Lee Cattermole, Jermain Defoe, Connor Wickham
Newcastle United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tim Krul, Mike Williamson, Daryl Janmaat, Fabricio Coloccini, Massadio Haïdara, Moussa Sissoko, Yoan Gouffran, Jack Colback, Sammy Ameobi, Gabriel Obertan, Papiss Demba Cissé