Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2008
Result
Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City: match report
Sunderland lost to Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 April 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Elano opened the scoring in the 79th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Dean Whitehead (82'). Manchester City scored through Elano (79', penalty) and Darius Vassell (87').
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 13th on 36 points from 33 and Manchester City 9th on 49 points from 33. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Manchester City 9th with 55.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 6 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Manchester City's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 22'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 40'Yellow card · Gelson Fernandes
- 73'Yellow card · Vedran Ćorluka
- 78'Yellow card · Nyron Nosworthy
- 79'Penalty goal · Elano
- 82'Goal · Dean Whitehead
- 87'Goal · Darius Vassell
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Phil Bardsley, Jonny Evans, Dean Whitehead, Andy Reid, Daryl Murphy, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones
Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Hart, Michael Ball, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano, Sun Jihai