Premiership · Matchday 26
Manchester United v Sunderland
4–1
Manchester United beat Sunderland 4–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 2nd February 2002 in the Premiership. Phil Neville (6'), David Beckham (25') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (28', 44') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 6' Phil Neville 1–0
- 12' Kevin Phillips 1–1
- 15' Laurent Blanc
- 18' Joachim Bjorklund
- 24' Stanislav Varga
- 25' David Beckham 2–1
- 28' Ruud van Nistelrooy 3–1
- 44' Ruud van Nistelrooy pen 4–1
- 44' Claudio Reyna
- Half Time
- 64' John O'Shea for Blanc
- 79' Nicky Butt for Keane
- Minute not recorded
- — Diego Forlan
- Full Time 4–1
Match Facts
Starting XI
Sunderland Lineup
Starting XI
2 Bernt Haas D
3 Michael Gray D
4 Claudio Reyna M
5 Stanislav Varga D
10 Kevin Phillips F ⚽
11 Kevin Kilbane M
12 Joachim Bjorklund D
16 Jason McAteer M
17 Jody Craddock D
18 Darren Williams M
30 Jurgen Macho G
Substitutes
9 Niall Quinn on
13 Michael Ingham
15 David Bellion
24 George McCartney on
33 Julio Arca on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Peter Reid
Sunderland
Match Information
United vs Sunderland History
Meeting 119 of 147
147
Played
67
Won
38
Drawn
42
Lost
254
Goals For
208
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 4th March 1893. After this match United had played Sunderland 119 times: 48W 32D 39L.
28 Nov 2000 L 1–2 LC 31 Jan 2001 W 1–0 PL 13 Oct 2001 W 3–1 PL
2 Feb 2002 W 4–1 This match
31 Aug 2002 D 1–1 PL 1 Jan 2003 W 2–1 PL 15 Oct 2005 W 3–1 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 73 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 150 | 77 | 58.9 |
| Away | 73 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 99 | 130 | 31.5 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 100.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →