Sunderland 0-4 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007
Result
Sunderland 0-4 Manchester United
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Sunderland 0-4 Manchester United: match report
Sunderland lost to Manchester United 0-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-3.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Sunderland did not score. Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (20'), Louis Saha (30'), Cristiano Ronaldo (45') and Louis Saha (86', penalty).
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 18th on 14 points from 18 and Manchester United 2nd on 41 points from 18. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Manchester United 1st with 87.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Manchester United's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 29'Yellow card · Darren Fletcher
- 30'Goal · Louis Saha
- 45'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 62'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 83'Yellow card · Paul McShane
- 86'Penalty goal · Louis Saha
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland expected line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Paul McShane, Grant Leadbitter, Dean Whitehead, Kenwyne Jones, Daryl Murphy, Michael Chopra
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha