Sunderland v Leicester City, 03 December 2016

Score2-1 to Sunderland
RefereeAndre Marriner
CompetitionPremier League
VenueStadium of Light
Attendance39,725

View Sunderland v Leicester City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Following a plane crash on Monday 28 November in Colombia that killed 71, a minute's silence was held before every football match this weekend. Football's world governing body FIFA also requested that all players wear black armbands in remembrance. Nineteen of the dead were members of the Chapecoense Football Club from Brazil on their way to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final in Medelin, Colombia. This was Sunderland's first win against Leicester City since 23 April 2005 in the League Championship, a result that confirmed Mick McCarthy's Black Cats' promotion to the Premier League.

2 Sunderland

1 Leicester City

Goals:

Robert Huth own goal 64 OG
Jermain Defoe 77 G

Goals:

Shinji Okazaki 80 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Jason Denayer
Defender Papy Djilobodji
Defender Billy Jones
Defender Lamine Koné
Defender Patrick Van Aanholt
Defender/Midfielder Didier Ndong
Midfielder Steven Pienaar
Forward Victor Anichebe
Forward Jermain Defoe
Forward Duncan Watmore

Starting lineup:

Ron-Robert Zieler Goalkeeper
Danny Simpson Defender/Right back
Christian Fuchs Defender
Robert Huth Defender
Wes Morgan Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Amartey Defender/Midfielder
Andy King Midfielder
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Islam Slimani Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Jan Kirchhoff for Jason Denayer 46
Seb Larsson for Steven Pienaar 46
Javi Manquillo for Duncan Watmore 85

Substitutions:

Shinji Okazaki for Islam Slimani 68
Demarai Gray for Marc Albrighton 73
Ahmed Musa for Riyad Mahrez 73

Cards:

Patrick Van Aanholt 68 Y
Seb Larsson 72 Y
Papy Djilobodji 78 Y

Cards:

Christian Fuchs 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Vito Mannone
Defender Javi Manquillo
Defender John O'Shea
Defender/Midfielder Jan Kirchhoff
Defender/Midfielder Seb Larsson
Midfielder Adnan Januzaj
Forward Wahbi Khazri

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Luis Hernández
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Nampalys Mendy
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray
Midfielder/Forward Ahmed Musa
Forward Shinji Okazaki

Comments:

League position: 18th After failing to win any of their first ten games of this Premier League season, Sunderland had now won three of the last four. The Black Cats had now won consecutive home games in the Premier League for the second time since May 2014. Jermain Defoe scored the 250th goal of his career in English club football.

Comments:

League position: 15th With two wins and six draws, Ipswich Town in 1962 were now the only reigning league champions to make a worse 14-game start to the defence of their title than Leicester City (three wins and four draws). The Foxes had now lost six of their last seven Premier League away games, conceding 18 goals and failing to score more than one goal in a game during this run. Last season's leader scorer Jamie Vardy had now gone 16 games without a goal for City in all competitions since 10 September 2016.

2 Sunderland

Goals:

Robert Huth own goal 64 OG
Jermain Defoe 77 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Jason Denayer
Defender Papy Djilobodji
Defender Billy Jones
Defender Lamine Koné
Defender Patrick Van Aanholt
Defender/Midfielder Didier Ndong
Midfielder Steven Pienaar
Forward Victor Anichebe
Forward Jermain Defoe
Forward Duncan Watmore

Substitutions:

Jan Kirchhoff for Jason Denayer 46
Seb Larsson for Steven Pienaar 46
Javi Manquillo for Duncan Watmore 85

Cards:

Patrick Van Aanholt 68 Y
Seb Larsson 72 Y
Papy Djilobodji 78 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Vito Mannone
Defender Javi Manquillo
Defender John O'Shea
Defender/Midfielder Jan Kirchhoff
Defender/Midfielder Seb Larsson
Midfielder Adnan Januzaj
Forward Wahbi Khazri

Comments:

League position: 18th After failing to win any of their first ten games of this Premier League season, Sunderland had now won three of the last four. The Black Cats had now won consecutive home games in the Premier League for the second time since May 2014. Jermain Defoe scored the 250th goal of his career in English club football.

1 Leicester City

Goals:

Shinji Okazaki 80 G

Starting lineup:

Ron-Robert Zieler Goalkeeper
Danny Simpson Defender/Right back
Christian Fuchs Defender
Robert Huth Defender
Wes Morgan Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Amartey Defender/Midfielder
Andy King Midfielder
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Islam Slimani Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Shinji Okazaki for Islam Slimani 68
Demarai Gray for Marc Albrighton 73
Ahmed Musa for Riyad Mahrez 73

Cards:

Christian Fuchs 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Luis Hernández
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Nampalys Mendy
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray
Midfielder/Forward Ahmed Musa
Forward Shinji Okazaki

Comments:

League position: 15th With two wins and six draws, Ipswich Town in 1962 were now the only reigning league champions to make a worse 14-game start to the defence of their title than Leicester City (three wins and four draws). The Foxes had now lost six of their last seven Premier League away games, conceding 18 goals and failing to score more than one goal in a game during this run. Last season's leader scorer Jamie Vardy had now gone 16 games without a goal for City in all competitions since 10 September 2016.