Sunderland vs Everton, 2015-2016 Barclays Premier League
· English Premier LeagueSunderland survive Premier League relegation with defeat of Everton
Sunderland completed another improbable Premier League survival mission and relegated Newcastle in the process with a 3-0 defeat of Everton.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 2': Offside, Everton. Ross Barkley tries a through ball, but Kevin Mirallas is caught offside.
- 5': Foul by Lee Cattermole (Sunderland).
- 5': Ross Barkley (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 6': Offside, Sunderland. Vito Mannone tries a through ball, but Jermain Defoe is caught offside.
- 9': Attempt missed. Matthew Pennington (Everton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gareth Barry with a cross.
- 12': Fabio Borini (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Leighton Baines (Everton).
- 15': Foul by Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland).
- 15': Gareth Barry (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Offside, Sunderland. Vito Mannone tries a through ball, but Jermain Defoe is caught offside.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yann M'Vila.
- 19': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Leighton Baines.
- 19': Attempt saved. Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri with a cross.
- 24': Attempt missed. Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Jan Kirchhoff.
- 26': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Everton).
- 26': Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt missed. Ross Barkley (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gareth Barry.
- 30': Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Everton).
- 30': Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Delay in match Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) because of an injury.
- 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
- 37': Foul by Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton).
- 37': Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Goal! Sunderland 1, Everton 0. Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 39': Foul by Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland).
- 39': Ross Barkley (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 40': Foul by Jermain Defoe (Sunderland).
- 40': Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Fabio Borini (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 41': Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Everton).
- 41': Attempt saved. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri with a cross.
- 41': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Joel Robles.
- 42': Goal! Sunderland 2, Everton 0. Lamine Koné (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Yann M'Vila with a headed pass following a corner.
- 44': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland).
- 44': Romelu Lukaku (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland).
- 45': Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by James McCarthy (Everton).
- 45'+2': Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Sunderland 2, Everton 0.
- 0': Match ends, Sunderland 3, Everton 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Sunderland 2, Everton 0.
- 45': Substitution, Everton. Aaron Lennon replaces Ross Barkley.
- 47': Foul by Younes Kaboul (Sunderland).
- 47': Romelu Lukaku (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Attempt saved. Matthew Pennington (Everton) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Gareth Barry with a headed pass.
- 48': Hand ball by Gareth Barry (Everton).
- 48': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Gareth Barry.
- 49': Attempt missed. Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri with a cross following a corner.
- 52': Attempt blocked. James McCarthy (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin.
- 55': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Matthew Pennington.
- 55': Goal! Sunderland 3, Everton 0. Lamine Koné (Sunderland) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
- 57': Foul by Yann M'Vila (Sunderland).
- 57': James McCarthy (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Ramiro Funes Mori.
- 59': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland).
- 59': Leighton Baines (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Foul by Lee Cattermole (Sunderland).
- 61': James McCarthy (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Foul by Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland).
- 64': Kevin Mirallas (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leighton Baines.
- 66': Attempt saved. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
- 67': Aaron Lennon (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Foul by Lee Cattermole (Sunderland).
- 67': Lee Cattermole (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Attempt saved. Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin Mirallas with a cross.
- 67': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Vito Mannone.
- 68': Attempt saved. Leighton Baines (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Cleverley.
- 68': Delay in match Lamine Koné (Sunderland) because of an injury.
- 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 70': Substitution, Sunderland. Sebastian Larsson replaces Jan Kirchhoff.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 72': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland).
- 72': Tom Cleverley (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gareth Barry.
- 73': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Lamine Koné.
- 73': Attempt saved. Gareth Barry (Everton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leighton Baines with a cross.
- 75': Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland).
- 75': Leighton Baines (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Tom Cleverley (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 76': Corner, Everton. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
- 79': Substitution, Sunderland. John O'Shea replaces Lee Cattermole.
- 83': Delay in match (Everton).
- 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 84': Substitution, Everton. Leon Osman replaces Tom Cleverley.
- 85': Attempt missed. Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
- 86': Substitution, Sunderland. Duncan Watmore replaces Wahbi Khazri.
- 90': Foul by John O'Shea (Sunderland).
- 90': Leon Osman (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Attempt saved. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yann M'Vila.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leighton Baines.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 90'+2': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Lamine Koné.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Leon Osman (Everton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin Mirallas with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Aaron Lennon.
- 90'+4': Corner, Everton. Conceded by Vito Mannone.
- 90'+4': Romelu Lukaku (Everton) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by John Stones with a headed pass following a corner.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ramiro Funes Mori.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sunderland 3, Everton 0.
Statistics
 EVE |
SUN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 15 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 5 | Saves | 6 |
| 62.3 | Possession | 37.7 |
| 17 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 493 | Accurate Passes | 260 |
| 596 | Passes | 352 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 17 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 81 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 45 | Accurate Long Balls | 28 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 19 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 30 |
| 24 | Clearances | 34 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Stadium of Light
Location: Sunderland, England
Attendance: 46,454
Venue: Stadium of Light
Location: Sunderland, England
Attendance: 46,454
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 3 | +4 | 9 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 3 | +6 | 7 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | +4 | 6 |
Line-Ups
Sunderland (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 25 | Vito Mannone (GK) |
| 15 | Younes Kaboul |
| 23 | Lamine Koné |
| 27 | Jan Kirchhoff |
| 3 | Patrick van Aanholt |
| 24 | DeAndre Yedlin |
| 21 | Yann M'vila |
| 6 | Lee Cattermole  |
| 22 | Wahbi Khazri |
| 9 | Fabio Borini |
| 18 | Jermain Defoe |
Everton (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Joel Robles (GK) |
| 25 | Ramiro Funes Mori |
| 5 | John Stones |
| 3 | Leighton Baines |
| 38 | Matthew Pennington |
| 20 | Ross Barkley |
| 16 | James McCarthy |
| 18 | Gareth Barry |
| 10 | Romelu Lukaku |
| 11 | Kevin Mirallas |
| 15 | Tom Cleverley |
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