Sunderland 2-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008

Result

Sunderland 2-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 2-1 West Ham United: match report

Sunderland won against West Ham United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Fredrik Ljungberg opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Sunderland's goals came from K. Jones (28') and A. Reid (90+1'). West Ham United scored through Fredrik Ljungberg (17').

Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; West Ham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 16th on 30 points from 31 and West Ham United 10th on 44 points from 31. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and West Ham United 10th with 49.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Ham United 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 West Ham United.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-L-L-D-L and West Ham United's D-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Fredrik LjungbergWest Ham United · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Carlton ColeWest Ham United
  • 28'Goal · K. JonesSunderland · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · A. ReidSunderland
  • 90+1'Goal · A. ReidSunderland · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 2, West Ham United 5.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)

Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Phil Bardsley, Jonny Evans, Dean Whitehead, Andy Reid, Daryl Murphy, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones

West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Lucas Neill, George McCartney, Anton Ferdinand, Jonathan Spector, Dean Ashton, Carlton Cole, Fredrik Ljungberg, Scott Parker, Mark Noble, Hayden Mullins