---
title: "Everton vs Sunderland: Player Ratings"
canonical: "https://readsunderland.com/2015/11/01/everton-vs-sunderland-player-ratings/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Chris Sparks"
section: "Articles"
published: "2015-11-01T15:34:05Z"
modified: "2015-11-01T15:34:05Z"
---

# Everton vs Sunderland: Player Ratings

A bizarre afternoon on Merseyside saw Sunderland suffer defeat to Everton by 6 goals to 2. The Black Cats crawled back from two goals down when Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher scored either side of half-time to make it 2-2. However, Everton ran away with the game from then, with Arouna Kone bagging a hat-trick.

Questions will be asked of Sam Allardyce’s system with a 3-5-2 formation being used and simply not working. Whilst many individuals may have played themselves out of the team.

*Here is how the Sunderland players rated:*