Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2008
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2008, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United won against Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Nemanja Vidić of Manchester United in the 90th minute.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 28 points from 14 and Sunderland 18th on 15 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.
Manchester United 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 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Sunderland's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 90'Goal · Nemanja Vidić
- 90'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, Danny Collins, Pascal Chimbonda, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, El-Hadji Diouf, Dwight Yorke