Sunderland 3-1 Queens Park Rangers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 March 2012

Result

Sunderland 3-1 Queens Park Rangers

Premier League · Saturday 24 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 3-1 Queens Park Rangers: match report

Sunderland won against Queens Park Rangers 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Sunderland's goals came from Nicklas Bendtner (41'), James McClean (70') and Stéphane Sessègnon (76'). Queens Park Rangers scored through T. Taïwo (79').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Queens Park Rangers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 9th on 37 points from 29 and Queens Park Rangers 17th on 25 points from 29. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Queens Park Rangers 17th with 37.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Queens Park Rangers in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · S. DiakitéQueens Park Rangers
  • 20'Yellow card · Luke YoungQueens Park Rangers
  • 33'Yellow card · Sotirios KyrgiakosSunderland
  • 33'Yellow card · Bobby ZamoraQueens Park Rangers
  • 41'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerSunderland · 1-0
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Wayne BridgeSunderland
  • 55'Red card · Djibril CisséQueens Park Rangers
  • 70'Goal · James McCleanSunderland · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Stéphane SessègnonSunderland · 3-0
  • 79'Goal · T. TaïwoQueens Park Rangers · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 0, Queens Park Rangers 0.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Mignolet, Wayne Bridge, Michael Turner, John O'Shea, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner, David Vaughan

Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)

Paddy Kenny, Luke Young, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Anton Ferdinand, Nedum Onuoha, Samba Diakité, Adel Taarabt, Jamie Mackie, Djibril Cissé, Bobby Zamora, Shaun Derry