Donald Alistair Love

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Donald Alistair Love, the Scottish defender, made 33 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 1 time, averaging 0.03 goals per game. He also set up 3 goals for team-mates in our match data. In our match data he features from 2016 to 2018. More of his recorded appearances came under Chris Coleman than any other manager — 23 in all. Among the bigger results he featured in was a 4-1 win over Derby County away in 2018. He lined up alongside John O'Shea more than any other team-mate in our data, the two starting 17 games together. Across 22 matches we hold detailed data for, his average match rating is 6.72.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.
Donald Alistair Love

Donald Alistair Love (born 2 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Accrington Stanley . Love began his professional career with Manchester United , but made just two senior appearances, and after a loan spell with Wigan Athletic in 2015, he was sold to Sunderland at the end of the 2015–16 season. Three years into a four-year contract, he was released by the club and joined Shrewsbury Town. Born in England, Love represents Scotland at international level, having played for the under-17 , under-19 and under-21 national teams. — Wikipedia

Position
DF
Nationality
Scotland
Birthplace
Rochdale
Born
2 Dec 1994
Height
179 cm
Weight
72 kg
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At Sunderland

On 11 August 2016, Love joined Premier League club Sunderland on a four-year deal. He joined with his Manchester United teammate Paddy McNair , for a combined fee of £5.5 million. [ 7 ] He made his debut two days later, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 loss at Manchester City , [ 8 ] and scored his first goal for Sunderland in an EFL Cup tie against Carlisle United on 22 August 2017. [ 9 ] In August 2018, Love sustained an injury to his ankle which, after attempting to continue playing for another three matches, kept him out of first-team action for the remainder of the 2018–19 season . [ 10 ] After three years, a year before the end of his contract, Love was released by Sunderland in July 2019. [ 11 ] — Wikipedia

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Match record (2010–present)
33
Appearances
1
Goals
3
Assists2010+
7
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Goals per season across 3 seasonsgoals per season
SeasonAppsGoalsMins
2018-1940—
2017-181411,070
2016-17150607

Appearances counted as matches started or come on as substitute.

Goals scored in

1

Appearances

68
2020-21Start1–2Shrewsbury Town9 Feb 20212020-21Start1–0Shrewsbury Town23 Jan 20212019-20Start0–1Shrewsbury Town26 Oct 20192018-19Sub1–0Doncaster Rovers23 Oct 20182018-19Sub0–0Stoke City4 Sept 20182018-19Start1–1Oxford United1 Sept 20182018-19Start2–1AFC Wimbledon25 Aug 20182018-19Start4–1Gillingham22 Aug 20182018-19Start2–1Charlton Athletic4 Aug 20182017-18Start2–2Reading14 Apr 20182017-18Start1–1Norwich City10 Apr 20182017-18Start1–1Leeds United7 Apr 20182017-18Start1–3Sheffield Wednesday2 Apr 20182017-18Start4–1Derby County30 Mar 20182017-18Start0–3Aston Villa6 Mar 20182017-18Sub0–1Bolton Wanderers20 Feb 20182017-18Sub3–3Bristol City10 Feb 20182017-18Sub0–2Ipswich Town3 Feb 20182017-18Sub1–3Birmingham City30 Jan 20182017-18Sub1–0Hull City20 Jan 20182017-18Sub0–4Cardiff City13 Jan 20182017-18Start0–2Middlesbrough6 Jan 20182017-18Start0–1Barnsley1 Jan 20182017-18Start1–0Nottingham Forest FC30 Dec 20172017-18Sub0–3Sheffield United26 Dec 20172017-18Start1–1Birmingham City23 Dec 20172017-18Start1–0Fulham16 Dec 20172017-18Start0–0Wolverhampton Wanderers FC9 Dec 20172017-18Sub1–3Reading2 Dec 20172017-18Sub2–0Burton25 Nov 20172017-18Sub1–2Aston Villa21 Nov 20172017-18Sub1–1Queens Park Rangers FC14 Oct 20172017-18Start0–3Everton20 Sept 20172017-18Sub1–1Hull City16 Sept 20172017-18Sub0–1Nottingham Forest FC12 Sept 20172017-18Start2–1Carlisle United22 Aug 20172017-18Sub1–0Bury10 Aug 20172016-17Sub1–5Chelsea21 May 20172016-17Sub0–2Arsenal16 May 20172016-17Sub2–0Hull City6 May 20172016-17Start0–1Bournemouth29 Apr 20172016-17Sub0–2Manchester City5 Mar 20172016-17Sub0–2Everton25 Feb 20172016-17Sub0–0Tottenham Hotspur31 Jan 20172016-17Sub0–2West Bromwich Albion FC21 Jan 20172016-17Start0–2Burnley17 Jan 20172016-17Start1–3Stoke City14 Jan 20172016-17Start0–0Burnley7 Jan 20172016-17Start2–2Liverpool2 Jan 20172016-17Sub1–4Burnley31 Dec 20162016-17Sub1–3Manchester United26 Dec 20162016-17Start1–0Watford17 Dec 20162016-17Sub0–1Chelsea14 Dec 20162016-17Sub0–2Liverpool26 Nov 20162016-17Sub3–0Hull City19 Nov 20162016-17Sub2–1Bournemouth5 Nov 20162016-17Sub1–4Arsenal29 Oct 20162016-17Sub0–1Southampton26 Oct 20162016-17Sub0–2Stoke City15 Oct 20162016-17Sub1–1West Bromwich Albion FC1 Oct 20162016-17Sub2–1Queens Park Rangers FC21 Sept 20162016-17Sub0–1Tottenham Hotspur18 Sept 20162016-17Sub0–3Everton12 Sept 20162016-17Sub1–1Southampton27 Aug 20162016-17Start1–0Shrewsbury Town24 Aug 20162016-17Start1–2Middlesbrough21 Aug 20162016-17Start1–2Manchester City13 Aug 20162015-16Sub2–1Manchester United13 Feb 2016

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