League Cup · Semi Final - 1st Leg (agg 1-2)

Sunderland v Manchester United

2–1

HT 1–0

Tuesday 7th January 2014 · Stadium of Light, Sunderland · Att: 31,547

Manchester United lost 1–2 to Sunderland at Stadium of Light, Sunderland on Tuesday 7th January 2014 in the League Cup. Nemanja Vidic (52') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
24' Patrice Evra
45' Ryan Giggs OG 1–0
Half Time 1–0
50' Emanuele Giaccherini
52' Nemanja Vidic 1–1
60' Phil Bardsley
61' Chris Smalling for Evans
63' Rafael da Silva
64' Fabio Borini pen 2–1
74' Darren Fletcher for Cleverley
77' Jozy Altidore
83' Chris Smalling
87' Javier Hernandez for Valencia
90' Vito Mannone
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

Nemanja Vidic's 1st goal of 2013-2014, and his 20th for United.

Starting XI

Player

11 Ryan Giggs 45'

15 Nemanja Vidic 52'

Substitutes

61' for Evans

74' for Cleverley

87' for Valencia

Sunderland Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

2 Phil Bardsley D

4 Ki Sung-Yueng M

5 Wes Brown D

7 Sebastian Larsson M

9 Steven Fletcher F

16 John O'Shea D

23 Emanuele Giaccherini F

25 Vito Mannone G

28 Marcos Alonso D

31 Fabio Borini F ⚽

33 Lee Cattermole M

Substitutes

8 Craig Gardner

11 Adam Johnson on

12 Ondrej Celustka

14 Jack Colback

17 Jozy Altidore on

27 Ji Dong-Won

48 Joel Dixon

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

David Moyes

Manchester United

OPP

Gus Poyet

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd

4-4-2

Formation

Sunderland

4-3-3

Man Utd Sunderland

55%

Possession

45%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 137 of 147

147

Played

Won

Drawn

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 137 times: 61W 36D 40L.

15 Dec 2012 W 3–1 PL 30 Mar 2013 W 1–0 PL 5 Oct 2013 W 2–1 PL

7 Jan 2014 L 1–2 This match

22 Jan 2014 W 2–1 LC 3 May 2014 L 0–1 PL 24 Aug 2014 D 1–1 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

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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 →