Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2007

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa: match report

Sunderland drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.

Danny Higginbotham opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Danny Higginbotham (10'). Aston Villa scored through Shaun Maloney (73').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 13 points from 16 and Aston Villa 8th on 27 points from 16. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 4 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Craig GardnerAston Villa
  • 10'Goal · Danny HigginbothamSunderland · 1-0
  • 19'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland
  • 73'Goal · Shaun MaloneyAston Villa · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · A. YoungAston Villa
  • 85'Yellow card · Dwight YorkeSunderland

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 4, Aston Villa 3.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Darren Ward, Paul McShane, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Dickson Etuhu, Dean Whitehead, Ross Wallace, Anthony Stokes, Daryl Murphy, Kenwyne Jones, Dwight Yorke

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg