Premiership · Matchday 18

Manchester United v Sunderland

3–1

HT 1–0

Monday 26th December 2016 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,325

Manchester United beat Sunderland 3–1 at Old Trafford on Monday 26th December 2016 in the Premiership. Daley Blind (39'), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (82') and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (86') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
19' Daley Blind
39' Daley Blind Assist: Zlatan Ibrahimovic 1–0
Half Time 1–0
61' Fabio Borini
62' Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Lingard
82' Zlatan Ibrahimovic Assist: Paul Pogba 2–0
82' Anthony Martial for Mata
84' Marouane Fellaini for Herrera
86' Henrikh Mkhitaryan Assist: Zlatan Ibrahimovic 3–0
90' Lamine Koné
90+1' Fabio Borini 3–1
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

A 5th consecutive win in all competitions.
Daley Blind's 1st goal of 2016-2017, and his 5th for United.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 16th goal of 2016-2017, and his 16th for United.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan's 3rd goal of 2016-2017, and his 3rd for United.

Starting XI

Player

9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 82'

17 Daley Blind 39'

Substitutes

62' for Lingard

86'

Anthony Martial

82' for Mata

Marouane Fellaini

84' for Herrera

Sunderland Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

2 Billy Jones RB

3 Patrick van Aanholt LB

4 Jason Denayer CM

5 Papy Djilobodji CD-L

7 Sebastian Larsson RM

9 Fabio Borini LF ⚽

13 Jordan Pickford G

17 Didier N'Dong LM

18 Jermain Defoe F

23 Lamine Koné CD-R

28 Victor Anichebe RF

Substitutes

1 Vito Mannone

10 Wahbi Khazri on

16 John O'Shea

22 Donald Love on

29 Joel Asoro

39 George Honeyman

40 Elliot Embleton

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

David Moyes

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd

4-3-3

Formation

Sunderland

4-3-3

Man Utd Sunderland

62%

Possession

38%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.67

Avg Player Rating

6.46

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 144 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 144 times: 65W 37D 42L.

28 Feb 2015 W 2–0 PL 26 Sep 2015 W 3–0 PL 13 Feb 2016 L 1–2 PL

26 Dec 2016 W 3–1 This match

9 Apr 2017 W 3–0 PL 4 Oct 2025 W 2–0 PL 9 May 2026 D 0–0 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 →