Sunderland 2-1 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2007
Result
Sunderland 2-1 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 2-1 Reading: match report
Sunderland beat Reading 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 September 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
K. Jones opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Sunderland's goals came from K. Jones (29') and Ross Wallace (47'). Reading scored through Dave Kitson (85').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 17th on 4 points from 5 and Reading 18th on 4 points from 5. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Reading 18th with 36.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-L-D-W and Reading's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · K. Jones
- 47'Goal · Ross Wallace
- 48'Yellow card · Ross Wallace
- 51'Yellow card · Brynjar Gunnarsson
- 67'Yellow card · Andre Bikey
- 85'Goal · Dave Kitson
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Paul McShane, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Dickson Etuhu, Grant Leadbitter, Ross Wallace, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones, Dwight Yorke
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Andre Bikey, Noel Hunt, James Harper, Leroy Lita, Dave Kitson, Graeme Murty, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson, Liam Rosenior