Stoke City 1-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008
Result
Stoke City 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 1-0 Sunderland: match report
Stoke City beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 October 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Ricardo Fuller of Stoke City in the 73rd minute.
Discipline: Stoke City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 19th on 7 points from 9 and Sunderland 9th on 12 points from 9. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Sunderland's W-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card
- 51'Yellow card · Salif Alassane Diao
- 71'Yellow card · Steed Malbranque
- 73'Goal · Ricardo Fuller
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Leon Cort, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Salif Diao, Dave Kitson, Mamady Sidibé, Rory Delap
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, George McCartney, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Djibril Cissé, El-Hadji Diouf, Dwight Yorke