article_snippet: Sunderland (4-1-4-1):
article_snippet: Thus Villa leapfrogged Sunderland and now look up towards safety while Sunderland’s position remains precarious just above Sportsmail's MATCH ZONE, no signs of revival in sight.
article_snippet: A shocking lack of goals has characterised both teams all season, Villa particularly.
article_snippet: At the start of the day they had 38 league goals — between they.
article_snippet: Sunderland now have one league win in 12 games and Villa have two in two, and three wins on the bounce in all competitions.
article_snippet: Villa had scored a measly 15 Premier League goals this season before kick-off and an even more pitiful four of those away from home, in seven months.
article_snippet: In a sustained flow of one-way Villa traffic and atrocious Sunderland defending, the visitors put the game to bed nice and early.
article_snippet: That brought to an end a Villa goal drought away from home that stretched back to December 2 last year: it had endured for six full league games and 614 minutes.
article_snippet: — when Villa doubled the lead inside two minutes.
article_snippet: Villa might well have been three ahead when Bacuna, again, made swift, easy progress down the right and crossed, to Scott Sinclair.
article_snippet: But Sunderland never threatened to get back into this, not remotely.
article_snippet: We’re gonna win 5-4,’ chanted Anthony Réveillere and Villa’s