Premiership · Matchday 07

Manchester United v Sunderland

3–0

HT 1–0

Saturday 26th September 2015 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,328

Manchester United beat Sunderland 3–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 26th September 2015 in the Premiership. Memphis Depay (45'+3'), Wayne Rooney (46') and Juan Mata (90') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
38' Adam Johnson
45+3' Memphis Depay Assist: Juan Mata 1–0
Half Time 1–0
46' Wayne Rooney Assist: Anthony Martial 2–0
50' Billy Jones
68' Bastian Schweinsteiger for Carrick
74' Phil Jones for Blind
77' Ashley Young for Depay
85' Lee Cattermole
90' Juan Mata 3–0
Full Time 3–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

7 Memphis Depay 45'+3

8 Juan Mata 90'

10 Wayne Rooney 46'

28 Morgan Schneiderlin

36 Matteo Darmian

Substitutes

Bastian Schweinsteiger

68' for Carrick

Phil Jones

74' for Blind

Ashley Young

77' for Depay

Sunderland Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

1 Costel Pantilimon G

2 Billy Jones RB

3 Patrick van Aanholt LB

6 Lee Cattermole DM

9 Fabio Borini F

11 Adam Johnson RM

15 Younes Kaboul CD-L

16 John O'Shea CD-R

17 Jeremain Lens LM

20 Ola Toivonen CM-L

21 Yann M'vila CM-R

Substitutes

7 Sebastian Larsson on

14 Jordi Gómez

18 Jermain Defoe

22 Sebastián Coates

24 DeAndre Yedlin

25 Vito Mannone

26 Steven Fletcher on

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

Managers

MUFC

Louis van Gaal

Manchester United

OPP

Dick Advocaat

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Sunderland

4-3-3

Man Utd Sunderland

66%

Possession

34%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 142 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 142 times: 64W 37D 41L.

3 May 2014 L 0–1 PL 24 Aug 2014 D 1–1 PL 28 Feb 2015 W 2–0 PL

26 Sep 2015 W 3–0 This match

13 Feb 2016 L 1–2 PL 26 Dec 2016 W 3–1 PL 9 Apr 2017 W 3–0 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 →