Sunderland 3-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · · Regular Season - 20
This report covers goalscorers with minutes, bookings, both starting elevens, recent form for both sides and the head-to-head record for Sunderland 3-1 Aston Villa.
Match facts
- Venue: Stadium of Light, Sunderland
- Referee: Craig Pawson, England
- Round: Regular Season - 20
Record last updated .
Goals
Goalscorers with match minute.
- 30' P. van Aanholt for Sunderland (assist Y. M'Vila)
- 63' Carles Gil for Aston Villa (assist Adama Traoré)
- 72' J. Defoe for Sunderland (assist A. Johnson)
- 90+2' J. Defoe for Sunderland (assist O. Toivonen)
Bookings
- 26' Wes Brown — Yellow Card
- 33' F. Borini — Yellow Card
- 43' Alan Hutton — Yellow Card
- 69' A. Traore — Yellow Card
- 87' Carles Gil — Yellow Card
- 90' Lee Cattermole — Yellow Card
- 90' Rudy Gestede — Yellow Card
Lineups
Starting elevens and substitutes for both sides.
Sunderland
Starting XI
- 2 · Billy Jones (D)
- 3 · P. van Aanholt (D)
- 5 · Wes Brown (D)
- 6 · Lee Cattermole (M)
- 9 · F. Borini (M)
- 11 · Adam Johnson (M)
- 16 · John O'Shea (D)
- 18 · J. Defoe (F)
- 21 · Yann M'Vila (M)
- 25 · V. Mannone (G)
- 41 · D. Watmore (M)
Substitutes
- 1 · C. Pantilimon (G)
- 17 · J. Lens (F)
- 19 · Danny Graham (F)
- 20 · O. Toivonen (M)
- 22 · S. Coates (D)
- 24 · D. Yedlin (D)
- 26 · S. Fletcher (M)
Aston Villa
Starting XI
- 1 · B. Guzan (G)
- 4 · Micah Richards (D)
- 7 · L. Bacuna (M)
- 8 · I. Gueye (M)
- 16 · Joleon Lescott (D)
- 17 · J. Veretout (M)
- 21 · Alan Hutton (D)
- 25 · Carles Gil (F)
- 39 · Rudy Gestede (F)
- 40 · J. Grealish (F)
- 43 · A. Cissokho (D)
Substitutes
- 5 · J. Okore (D)
- 6 · C. Clark (D)
- 9 · S. Sinclair (M)
- 18 · Kieran Richardson (M)
- 20 · A. Traore (M)
- 27 · L. Kozák (F)
- 31 · Mark Bunn (G)
Recent form (last 5)
Both teams' last five completed league matches — form string, points, and goals for/against.
- Sunderland: LLLLL · 0 pts from 5 · 3-12
- Aston Villa: LDDLD · 3 pts from 5 · 3-7
Head-to-head
Most recent meetings between Sunderland and Aston Villa.
- Aston Villa 4-3 Sunderland · Apr 19, 2026
- Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa · Sep 21, 2025
- Sunderland 0-3 Aston Villa · Mar 6, 2018
- Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland · Nov 21, 2017
- Aston Villa 2-2 Sunderland · Aug 29, 2015