Sunderland 2-2 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 November 2012

Result

Sunderland 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 24 November 2012, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Sunderland 2-2 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Sunderland drew with West Bromwich Albion 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 November 2012. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Zoltán Gera opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Craig Gardner (73') and Stéphane Sessègnon (87'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Zoltán Gera (30'), Shane Long (44'), Romelu Lukaku (81', penalty) and Marc-Antoine Fortune (90+4').

Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 12 points from 11 and West Bromwich Albion 4th on 23 points from 12. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 45.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 5 for West Bromwich Albion.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-L-L-D-D and West Bromwich Albion's W-W-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · John O'SheaSunderland
  • 9'Yellow card · John O'SheaSunderland
  • 20'Yellow card · Shane LongWest Bromwich Albion
  • 30'Goal · Zoltán GeraWest Bromwich Albion · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · James MorrisonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 40'Yellow card · James MorrisonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 44'Goal · Shane LongWest Bromwich Albion · 0-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Craig GardnerSunderland
  • 53'Yellow card · Craig GardnerSunderland
  • 73'Goal · Craig GardnerSunderland · 1-2
  • 81'Penalty goal · Romelu LukakuWest Bromwich Albion · 1-3
  • 87'Goal · Stéphane SessègnonSunderland · 2-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellWest Bromwich Albion
  • 90+4'Goal · Marc-Antoine FortuneWest Bromwich Albion · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 3, West Bromwich Albion 5.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Carlos Cuéllar, Sebastian Larsson, Phil Bardsley, Jack Colback, John O'Shea, Simon Mignolet, Lee Cattermole, Adam Johnson, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zoltán Gera, Billy Jones, Shane Long, Gareth McAuley, Chris Brunt, Liam Ridgewell, James Morrison, Jonas Olsson, Claudio Yacob, Boaz Myhill, Peter Odemwingie