English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 31, 2015
Burnley DDWLL 0
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Sunderland LWLLD 2
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Stadium of Light · 44,022 att.

Match Report

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Jermian Defoe nets first Sunderland goal in home win over Burnley

The former Toronto FC striker added Black Cats' second of the afternoon to hand Gus Poyet much-needed Premier League win over Sean Dyche's Clarets.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
4
50.3
Possession
49.7
13
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
316
Accurate Passes
305
420
Passes
425
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
11
Accurate Crosses
4
31
Crosses
21
0.4
Cross %
0.2
72
Long Balls
89
36
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
34
36
Clearances
34

Head to Head

SUN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 16John O'SheaCD-L
  3. 27Santiago VerginiCD-R
  4. 4Liam BridcuttDM
  5. 3Patrick van AanholtLB
  6. 15Anthony ReveillereRB
  7. 14Jordi GómezCM-L
  8. 7Sebastian LarssonCM-R
  9. 11Adam JohnsonLM
  10. 10Connor WickhamRM
  11. 28Jermain DefoeF

BUR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 5Jason ShackellCD-L
  3. 25Michael KeaneCD-R
  4. 6Ben MeeLB
  5. 2Kieran TrippierRB
  6. 14David JonesCM-L
  7. 8Dean MarneyCM-R
  8. 37Scott ArfieldLM
  9. 21George BoydRM
  10. 10Danny IngsF
  11. 30Ashley BarnesRCF

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Sunderland 1, Burnley 0. Connor Wickham (Sunderland) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Anthony Réveillere with a cross.
  2. 34' Goal! Sunderland 2, Burnley 0. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
  3. 61' Substitution, Burnley. Ross Wallace replaces George Boyd.
  4. 61' Substitution, Burnley. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Danny Ings.
  5. 69' Adam Johnson (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 75' Substitution, Sunderland. Steven Fletcher replaces Jermain Defoe.
  7. 76' Substitution, Sunderland. Danny Graham replaces Connor Wickham.
  8. 76' Substitution, Burnley. Sam Vokes replaces Ashley Barnes.
  9. 86' Substitution, Sunderland. Ricardo Álvarez replaces Adam Johnson.
  10. 89' Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+3' Costel Pantilimon (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+4' Dean Marney (Burnley) is shown the yellow card.

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