Premiership · Matchday 17

Manchester United v Sunderland

2–0

HT 1–0

Sunday 26th December 2010 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,269

Manchester United beat Sunderland 2–0 at Old Trafford on Sunday 26th December 2010 in the Premiership. Dimitar Berbatov (5') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
5' Dimitar Berbatov Assist: Wayne Rooney 1–0
20' Phil Bardsley
Half Time 1–0
57' Anton Ferdinand OG 2–0
63' Darron Gibson for Anderson
63' Federico Macheda for Giggs
73' David Meyler
82' Javier Hernandez for Berbatov
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

Dimitar Berbatov's 13th goal of 2010-2011, and his 39th for United.

Starting XI

Player

9 Dimitar Berbatov 5'

Substitutes

63' for Anderson

63' for Giggs

82' for Berbatov

Sunderland Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

1 Craig Gordon G

2 Phil Bardsley LB

7 Boudewijn Zenden RM

8 Steed Malbranque LM

10 Jordan Henderson CM-R

11 Darren Bent CF-R

15 Nedum Onuoha CD-R

16 Cristian Riveros CM-L

27 Ahmed Elmohamady RB

29 Anton Ferdinand CD-L

33 Asamoah Gyan CF-L

Substitutes

12 Marcos Angeleri on

14 Paulo da Silva

18 David Meyler on

22 Simon Mignolet

26 Jordan Cook on

34 Blair Adams

37 Adam Tull

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

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Steve Bruce

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd

4-4-2

Formation

Sunderland

4-4-2

Man Utd Sunderland

53%

Possession

47%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 131 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 131 times: 56W 36D 39L.

3 Oct 2009 D 2–2 PL 2 May 2010 W 1–0 PL 2 Oct 2010 D 0–0 PL

26 Dec 2010 W 2–0 This match

5 Nov 2011 W 1–0 PL 13 May 2012 W 1–0 PL 15 Dec 2012 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

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →