Premiership · Matchday 07

Sunderland v Manchester United

1–2

HT 1–0

Saturday 5th October 2013 · Stadium of Light, Sunderland · Att: 45,426

Manchester United beat Sunderland 2–1 at Stadium of Light, Sunderland on Saturday 5th October 2013 in the Premiership. Adnan Januzaj (55', 61') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
5' Craig Gardener 1–0
42' Wayne Rooney
Half Time 1–0
48' Adnan Januzaj
53' Craig Gardner
55' Adnan Januzaj Assist: Patrice Evra 1–1
61' Adnan Januzaj 1–2
70' Nemanja Vidic
77' Antonio Valencia for Januzaj
77' Danny Welbeck for Nani
78' Rafael da Silva
81' John O'Shea
81' John O´Shea
86' Chris Smalling for Rafael
Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

44 Adnan Januzaj 55', 61'

Substitutes

Antonio Valencia

77' for Januzaj

Danny Welbeck

77' for Nani

Chris Smalling

86' for Rafael

Sunderland Lineup

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

4 Ki Sung-Yueng LM

8 Craig Gardner RM ⚽

11 Adam Johnson LF

12 Ondrej Celustka RB

14 Jack Colback LB

16 John O'Shea CD-R

17 Jozy Altidore F

20 Kieren Westwood G

23 Emanuele Giaccherini RF

29 Valentin Roberge CD-L

33 Lee Cattermole CM

Substitutes

6 Cabral

7 Sebastian Larsson on

10 Connor Wickham on

24 Carlos Cuéllar

25 Vito Mannone

27 Ji Dong-Won on

31 Fabio Borini

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

Managers

MUFC

David Moyes

Manchester United

OPP

Kevin Ball

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Sunderland

4-1-4-1

Man Utd Sunderland

63%

Possession

37%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 136 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 136 times: 61W 36D 39L.

13 May 2012 W 1–0 PL 15 Dec 2012 W 3–1 PL 30 Mar 2013 W 1–0 PL

5 Oct 2013 W 2–1 This match

7 Jan 2014 L 1–2 LC 22 Jan 2014 W 2–1 LC 3 May 2014 L 0–1 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 →