Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2007
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2007, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland: match report
Manchester United defeated Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 September 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Louis Saha of Manchester United in the 71st minute.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 12th on 5 points from 4 and Sunderland 17th on 4 points from 4. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-D-D and Sunderland's L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Grant Leadbitter
- 64'Yellow card · Michael Chopra
- 71'Goal · Louis Saha
- 72'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Sunderland expected line-up (3-4-3)
Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Paul McShane, Greg Halford, Kieran Richardson, Ross Wallace, Dickson Etuhu, Dean Whitehead, Michael Chopra, Daryl Murphy, Dwight Yorke