Premiership · Matchday 27

Manchester United v Sunderland

2–0

HT 0–0

Saturday 28th February 2015 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,344

Manchester United beat Sunderland 2–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 28th February 2015 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (66', 84') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
45' Antonio Valencia
45' Adnan Januzaj for Di Maria
Half Time 0–0
64' Wes Brown
66' Wayne Rooney pen 1–0
68' Marouane Fellaini for Falcao
79' Patrick van Aanholt
84' Wayne Rooney 2–0
86' Juan Mata for Rooney
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

Wayne Rooney's brace took him to 11 in 2014-2015 and 225 for United.

Starting XI

Player

10 Wayne Rooney 66', 84'

Substitutes

45' for Di Maria

68' for Falcao

86' for Rooney

Sunderland Lineup

4-1-2-3

Starting XI

1 Costel Pantilimon G

3 Patrick van Aanholt LB

5 Wes Brown CD-L

6 Lee Cattermole DM

7 Sebastian Larsson CM-R

10 Connor Wickham LM

11 Adam Johnson RM

14 Jordi Gómez CM-L

15 Anthony Reveillere RB

16 John O'Shea CD-R

28 Jermain Defoe F

Substitutes

4 Liam Bridcutt

9 Steven Fletcher on

19 Danny Graham on

22 Sebastián Coates

25 Vito Mannone

27 Santiago Vergini on

41 Duncan Watmore

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

Managers

MUFC

Louis van Gaal

Manchester United

OPP

Gus Poyet

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-2-1

Formation

Sunderland

4-1-2-3

Man Utd Sunderland

73%

Possession

27%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 141 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 141 times: 63W 37D 41L.

22 Jan 2014 W 2–1 LC 3 May 2014 L 0–1 PL 24 Aug 2014 D 1–1 PL

28 Feb 2015 W 2–0 This match

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