Hull City 1-4 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2008

Result

Hull City 1-4 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Hull City 1-4 Sunderland: match report

Hull City were beaten by Sunderland 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 December 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Steed Malbranque opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Hull City's goal came from Nicholas Jonathan Barmby (19'). Sunderland scored through Steed Malbranque (10'), an own goal by Kamil Zayatte (78'), Kenwyne Jones (84') and Djibril Cissé (90').

Discipline: Hull City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hull City were 6th on 27 points from 17 and Sunderland 18th on 18 points from 17. Hull City went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.

Hull City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Steed MalbranqueSunderland · 0-1
  • 16'Yellow card · George BoatengHull City
  • 19'Goal · Nicholas Jonathan BarmbyHull City · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 76'Yellow card · Sam RickettsHull City
  • 78'Own goal · Kamil ZayatteSunderland · 1-2
  • 81'Second yellow · Sam RickettsHull City
  • 84'Goal · Kenwyne JonesSunderland · 1-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Marlon KingHull City
  • 90'Goal · Djibril CisséSunderland · 1-4

Team news

Hull City line-up (4-4-2)

Boaz Myhill, Michael Turner, Richard García, Bernard Mendy, Kamil Zayatte, Ian Ashbee, Nick Barmby, George Boateng, Marlon King, Diego Gómez, Samuel Ricketts

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio