Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2007

Result

Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland: match report

Chelsea beat Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.

Andriy Shevchenko opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from Andriy Shevchenko (23') and Frank Lampard (75', penalty). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 31 points from 15 and Sunderland 15th on 13 points from 15. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Andriy ShevchenkoChelsea · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Ross WallaceSunderland
  • 75'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-0
  • 89'Red card · Liam MillerSunderland

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-4-2)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Michael Essien, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho, Joe Cole

Sunderland line-up (4-1-4-1)

Darren Ward, Greg Halford, Paul McShane, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Dickson Etuhu, Dean Whitehead, Liam Miller, Grant Leadbitter, Ross Wallace, Kenwyne Jones