Premiership · Matchday 17

Manchester United v Sunderland

3–1

HT 2–0

Saturday 15th December 2012 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,582

Manchester United beat Sunderland 3–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 15th December 2012 in the Premiership. Robin van Persie (16'), Tom Cleverley (19') and Wayne Rooney (59') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
16' Robin van Persie 1–0
19' Tom Cleverley Assist: Michael Carrick 2–0
Half Time 2–0
46' Paul Scholes for Carrick
59' Wayne Rooney Assist: Robin van Persie 3–0
68' Nemanja Vidic for Ferdinand
72' Fraizer Campbell Assist: Stephane Sessegnon 3–1
73' Ryan Giggs for Cleverley
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

10 Wayne Rooney 59'

20 Robin van Persie 16'

23 Tom Cleverley 19'

Substitutes

Paul Scholes

46' for Carrick

Nemanja Vidic

68' for Ferdinand

Ryan Giggs

73' for Cleverley

Sunderland Lineup

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

7 Sebastian Larsson RM

8 Craig Gardner LM

14 Jack Colback LB

16 John O'Shea CD-L

19 Titus Bramble CD-R

21 Adam Johnson AM-R

22 Simon Mignolet G

23 James McClean AM-L

24 Carlos Cuéllar RB

26 Steven Fletcher F

28 Stéphane Sessegnon RCF

Substitutes

9 Fraizer Campbell on ⚽

10 Connor Wickham on

11 James Mcfadden on

12 Matthew Kilgallon

15 David Vaughan

20 Kieren Westwood

25 Louis Saha

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

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Martin O'Neill

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd

4-4-1-1

Formation

Sunderland

4-4-1-1

Man Utd Sunderland

56%

Possession

44%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 134 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 134 times: 59W 36D 39L.

26 Dec 2010 W 2–0 PL 5 Nov 2011 W 1–0 PL 13 May 2012 W 1–0 PL

15 Dec 2012 W 3–1 This match

30 Mar 2013 W 1–0 PL 5 Oct 2013 W 2–1 PL 7 Jan 2014 L 1–2 LC

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 →