West Ham United 3-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 October 2007
Result
West Ham United 3-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Sunday 21 October 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
West Ham United 3-1 Sunderland: match report
West Ham United won against Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 October 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Carlton Cole opened the scoring in the 8th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Carlton Cole (8'), an own goal by Craig Gordon (78') and Craig Bellamy (90+1'). Sunderland scored through K. Jones (52').
Discipline: West Ham United received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Ham United were 11th on 10 points from 8 and Sunderland 15th on 8 points from 9. West Ham United went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 West Ham United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match West Ham United's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Sunderland's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Carlton Cole
- 12'Yellow card · Carlton Cole
- 17'Yellow card · Grant Leadbitter
- 52'Goal · K. Jones
- 56'Yellow card · Greg Halford
- 78'Own goal · Craig Gordon
- 79'Yellow card · Craig Bellamy
- 81'Yellow card · Lee Bowyer
- 90+1'Goal · Craig Bellamy
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, Lucas Neill, George McCartney, Danny Gabbidon, Matthew Upson, Craig Bellamy, Carlton Cole, Matthew Etherington, Mark Noble, Hayden Mullins, Lee Bowyer
Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)
Craig Gordon, Greg Halford, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Dickson Etuhu, Liam Miller, Grant Leadbitter, Ross Wallace, Kenwyne Jones, Roy O'Donovan