Sunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 April 2008
Result
Sunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 26 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Sunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough: match report
Sunderland beat Middlesbrough 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 April 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
Sanli Tuncay opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Danny Higginbotham (6'), Michael Chopra (45') and an own goal by Emanuel Pogatetz (90'). Middlesbrough scored through Sanli Tuncay (4') and Afonso Alves (73').
Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 36 points from 35 and Middlesbrough 14th on 36 points from 35. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-5-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Middlesbrough's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Sanli Tuncay
- 6'Goal · Danny Higginbotham
- 34'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 39'Yellow card · Michael Chopra
- 39'Yellow card · D. Wheater
- 45'Goal · Michael Chopra
- 45'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 67'Yellow card · Emanuel Pogatetz
- 73'Goal · Afonso Alves
- 90'Own goal · Emanuel Pogatetz
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)
Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Carlos Edwards, Dean Whitehead, Liam Miller, Andy Reid, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones
Middlesbrough line-up (4-4-2)
Brad Jones, Luke Young, Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Andrew Taylor, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Lee Cattermole, Afonso Alves, Sanli Tuncay