Premier League

Manchester United 3-1 Sunderland

Competition Premier League Season 2016/2017 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 26 Dec 2016, 19:00 Venue time 26 Dec 2016, 19:00 GMT

Manchester United vs Sunderland finished 3-1 in Premier League. Key event: 5' Marcos Rojo (assist Phil Jones · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.2%, 72.6%). Head to head: H2H last 4 before 26 Dec 2016: 2 W / 1 D / 1 L for Manchester United. Home form: W W W D D; Away form: W L L W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, top players, recent team results, head-to-head.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (26 Dec 2016): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W W W D D Matches: 5 · 11 pts, goals 7-3, 1.40 scored/match, 0.60 conceded/match

Away form W L L W L Matches: 5 · 6 pts, goals 3-7, 0.60 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Manchester United · season record 8 W · 6 D · 3 L 2016/2017: 17 recorded matches, goals 24–17; before 26 Dec 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Sunderland · season record 4 W · 2 D · 11 L 2016/2017: 17 recorded matches, goals 15–28; before 26 Dec 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 35 events

5' shot Marcos Rojo MUN assist Phil Jones xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.2%, 72.6%

7' shot Michael Carrick MUN xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.1%, 53.6%

12' shot Papy Djilobodji SUN assist Sebastian Larsson xG 0.07 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 89%, 46.7%

12' shot Papy Djilobodji SUN xG 0.06 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 85.3%, 53.8%

15' shot Jesse Lingard MUN assist Michael Carrick xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85%, 72.4%

17' shot Phil Jones MUN assist Ander Herrera xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 91.6%, 43.3%

17' shot Jermain Defoe SUN assist Jordan Pickford xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 82.5%, 63.7%

19' shot Patrick van Aanholt SUN xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 81.2%, 27.4%

26' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Jesse Lingard xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.9%, 60.8%

26' shot Ander Herrera MUN xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 77.9%, 43.7%

28' shot Victor Anichebe SUN xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.9%, 45.2%

30' shot Sebastian Larsson SUN xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 73%, 73.8%

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33' shot Fabio Borini SUN assist Billy Jones xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 37.1%

34' shot Victor Anichebe SUN assist Billy Jones xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.2%, 28.3%

35' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Jesse Lingard xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.4%, 70.8%

36' shot Paul Pogba MUN xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84%, 53.6%

38' shot Daley Blind MUN assist Zlatan Ibrahimovic xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 64.9%

41' shot Jesse Lingard MUN assist Zlatan Ibrahimovic xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.3%, 62.3%

45' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Zlatan Ibrahimovic xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.3%, 40.4%

46' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Zlatan Ibrahimovic xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.9%, 43.9%

46' shot Ander Herrera MUN assist Jesse Lingard xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.7%, 45.4%

48' shot Juan Mata MUN xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 77.5%, 43.6%

49' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Ander Herrera xG 0.14 · Open Play · location 91.6%, 52%

51' shot Zlatan Ibrahimovic MUN assist Juan Mata xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.6%, 32.2%

62' shot Henrikh Mkhitaryan MUN assist Juan Mata xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 65.2%

63' shot Juan Mata MUN xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.2%, 43.3%

64' shot Zlatan Ibrahimovic MUN assist Henrikh Mkhitaryan xG 0.35 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.7%, 35.3%

64' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Ander Herrera xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.9%, 33.2%

65' shot Ander Herrera MUN assist Henrikh Mkhitaryan xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77%, 43.4%

65' shot Ander Herrera MUN assist Paul Pogba xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.7%, 57.6%

81' shot Zlatan Ibrahimovic MUN assist Paul Pogba xG 0.43 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 57.1%

85' shot Henrikh Mkhitaryan MUN assist Zlatan Ibrahimovic xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.7%, 46.8%

88' shot Paul Pogba MUN assist Henrikh Mkhitaryan xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 91.5%, 42.1%

90' shot Fabio Borini SUN xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.1%, 36.7%

93' shot Zlatan Ibrahimovic MUN xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 80.5%, 53.8%

Shot map 35 shots · 4 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Manchester United 26 shots · 2.32 xG · 3 goals

Sunderland 9 shots · 0.49 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (26 Dec 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

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