Fulham 1-3 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2008

Result

Fulham 1-3 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Fulham 1-3 Sunderland: match report

Fulham lost to Sunderland 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 April 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Danny Collins opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Fulham's goal came from D. Healy (74'). Sunderland scored through Danny Collins (45'), Michael Chopra (54') and K. Jones (76').

Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Fulham were 19th on 24 points from 32 and Sunderland 14th on 33 points from 32. Fulham went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.

Fulham lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Fulham wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Fulham's last five read D-L-W-D-L and Sunderland's W-W-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Leon AndreasenFulham
  • 45'Goal · Danny CollinsSunderland · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Michael ChopraSunderland · 0-2
  • 74'Goal · D. HealyFulham · 1-2
  • 76'Goal · K. JonesSunderland · 1-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Brian McBrideFulham

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Fulham 4, draws 2, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Fulham expected line-up (4-4-2)

Antti Niemi, Paul Konchesky, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Steven Davis, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara, David Healy

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Phil Bardsley, Jonny Evans, Carlos Edwards, Dean Whitehead, Andy Reid, Daryl Murphy, Kenwyne Jones